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  • England Lions thrashed by Pakistan A in Dubai
  • Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
  • England Lions collapsed to 96 all out as they were hammered by 83 runs by Pakistan A in the first one-day match in Dubai on Monday. The Lions, who lost opener Craig Kieswetter to the senior side, were indebted to Ian Bell for sparing them from total humil...
  • UK plane-spotters 'admit monitoring aircraft' in India
  • Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
  • Two UK plane-spotters have admitted illegally monitoring aircraft in India, the MP fighting for their return home said. Stephen Hampton, 46 and Steven Ayres, 56, both from Bristol, have been released on bail after being charged with intercepting communica...
  • Pakistan confirms Taliban 'number two' arrested
  • Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
  • Pakistan's military has confirmed a Taliban suspect captured earlier this month is one of the organisation's top leaders, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. "Detailed identification procedures" had been completed, Pakistani army spokesman Maj Gen Athar...
  • Mahmudullah leads Bangladesh fightback against NZ
  • Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
  • Mahmudullah claimed his maiden Test century as Bangladesh made a spirited fightback in the one-off Test against New Zealand in Hamilton. Resuming on 87-1, Mahmudullah's 115 and an aggressive 87 from Shakib Al Hasan helped Bangladesh reach 408 in reply to ...
  • Australia complete series whitewash over Pakistan
  • Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
  • Australia completed a 3-0 series whitewash against Pakistan following an emphatic 231-run victory in Hobart. It was a fifth win from six Tests in their summer, and a fourth successive 3-0 series victory over Pakistan. "We improved a lot through the ...
  • Sachin Tendulkar hits century despite fog in first Test
  • Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
  • Bangladesh closed 184 adrift on 59-3 after a truncated second day of the first Test with India in Chittagong. Less than 25 overs were possible as foggy conditions left the light unfit but there was time for Sachin Tendulkar to record his 44th Test century...
  • Five US terror accused in Pakistan allege torture
  • Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
  • Five US citizens being held in Pakistan on suspicion of plotting attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan say they have been tortured in custody. They made the allegations in comments shouted to reporters as they were being driven from court in eastern Pakista...
  • Tendulkar sets record as Bangladesh make India struggle
  • Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
  • Another Sachin Tendulkar batting record was the high point of a far-from-convincing Indian display on day one of the first Test against Bangladesh. When bad light stopped play India were 213-8 as Shakib Al Hasan and Shahadat Hossain took four wickets each...
  • Biofuel bus driver bailed after India sat phone arrest
  • Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
  • An environmental campaigner on a world tour in a bus powered by biofuel has been bailed after he was held in India for illegally using a satellite phone. Andy Pag, 35, of Croydon, south London, was arrested in Ajmer, in Rajasthan state, on suspicion of be...
  • Lindsay Lohan to front BBC child trafficking film
  • Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010
  • Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan is to front a new BBC Three documentary which will focus on child trafficking in India. Lohan has travelled across the continent interviewing the people involved in trying to find solutions to the illegal trade. The channe...
  • 'Afghanistan CIA bomber' shown vowing revenge
  • Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010
  • Video purportedly of a Jordanian who blew up CIA agents in Afghanistan has shown him vowing revenge for Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud's death. In a clip broadcast on al-Jazeera TV, a man said to be bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi says M...
  • Dubai set for England-Pakistan Twenty20 internationals
  • Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010
  • England are set to face Pakistan in two Twenty20 internationals in Dubai ahead of their winter tour to Bangladesh. The matches will take place at Dubai Sports City and provide an extra chance for England to gel before the ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies...
  • Punjabi set for Welsh Champion hurdle showpiece
  • Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010
  • Reigning champion hurdler Punjabi will be the star attraction at the revived Welsh Champion hurdle at Ffos Las. The £50,000 grade two showcase is the first Champion Hurdle in Wales since the last one run at Chepstow in 2002. Punjabi, winner of the ...
  • Bangladesh NGO head gets UK award
  • Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010
  • The founder of one of the world's largest non governmental organisations, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, has been honoured in the UK. Fazle Hasan Abed - who holds dual British and Bangladesh citizenship - will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth i...
  • Pakistan's Mohammad Asif skittles Australia in Sydney
  • Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010
  • Mohammad Asif claimed a career-best 6-41 as Pakistan skittled Australia for their lowest Sydney total in 15 years on day one of the second Test. Ricky Ponting opted to bat but fell first ball as Mohammad Sami reduced Australia to 10-3 before they were eve...
  • Bomb kills ex-Pakistan minister
  • Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010
  • A former provincial minister and two other people have been killed in a bomb attack near the north-western Pakistani town of Hangu, police have said. Ghani-ur Rehman, a former North-West Frontier Province education minister, died when a roadside bomb expl...
  • Australia captain Ricky Ponting sets Test win record
  • Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
  • Ricky Ponting became the most successful captain in Test history as Australia's victory over Pakistan gave him a record 42nd win as skipper. Australia thrashed Pakistan by 170 runs in the first Test in Melbourne to take Ponting past predecessor Steve Waug...
  • India hit by new state protests
  • Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
  • Large parts of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) have shut down in a strike called by the supporters of a new state. Strict security has been imposed in 10 districts of the state and more than 100,000 security personnel deployed. Fearing v...
  • Visa rules 'blocked our reunion'
  • Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009
  • Accessibility linksPakistanis top a table of nationals turned down for visas to visit the UK. Forty one per cent of applicants for family visitor visas from Pakistan were rejected in the last year, according to Home Office figures seen by the BBC. Concer...
  • India pace bowler Sree Santh has swine flu
  • Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009
  • India pace bowler Sree Santh has been taken to hospital in Chandigarh after contracting swine flu. The 26-year-old had already missed the first Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka with what was thought at the time to be a viral infection. "He w...
  • Bangladesh ferry death roll rises to 72
  • Date: Monday, November 30, 2009
  • The number of people dead after a ferry capsized in Bangladesh has risen to 72 with the recovery of more bodies, officials say. Rescuers found the bodies floating on the Tetulia river where the overcrowded ferry capsized on Friday, a police official said....
  • Shane Bond leads New Zealand to thrilling win
  • Date: Monday, November 30, 2009
  • Returning fast bowler Shane Bond inspired New Zealand to a thrilling 32-run victory in the first Test against Pakistan in Dunedin. Bond, playing his first Test since 2007, followed his 5-107 in the first innings with 3-46 as Pakistan, set 251 to win, were...
  • India nuclear leak 'inside job'
  • Date: Monday, November 30, 2009
  • A "disgruntled" worker could be behind the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at an atomic power plant in southern India, police say. Preliminary investigations suggested it was an "inside job", a senior police officer...
  • Pakistan must help break al-Qaeda, says Brown
  • Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009
  • Gordon Brown has told the BBC that Pakistan must do more to "break" al-Qaeda and find Osama Bin Laden. Questions must be asked about why nobody had been able "to spot or detain or get close to" the al-Qaeda leader, the prime minister s...
  • Mumbai attacks: One year on
  • Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009
  • Ceremonies have been held in Mumbai (Bombay) to mark the first anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. Police have paraded in the city, a memorial has been inaugurated and candle-lit prayer services held. The attac...
  • India spinners seal emphatic Test win over Sri Lanka
  • Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009
  • India earned their 100th Test victory by comprehensively beating Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs in Kanpur. The margin was India's biggest over Sri Lanka, surpassing the previous best of an innings and 119 runs in 1994. Resuming on 57-4, Sri Lanka w...
  • India launches ballistic missile
  • Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
  • India has test-fired its intermediate-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, Agni-II. The surface-to-surface missile was test-fired off an island in Orissa state in eastern India, officials say. With a range of more than 2,000km (1,250 miles), the miss...
  • Policemen die in blast in Pakistani city of Peshawar
  • Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009
  • At least three policemen have been killed and four others injured in an explosion in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. The blast occurred when the vehicle carrying them hit a roadside bomb. It came hours after a bomb attack outsid...
  • India unveils plans for massive solar power boost
  • Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009
  • India has approved plans for a huge increase in the amount of electricity it generates from solar power. It aims to boost solar output 1,000-fold over 12 years from its current negligible level. Its 20 gigawatt target would power several big cities. The...
  • India's unique record breaking cricketers
  • Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009
  • When a school boy and a grandfather in India break cricket records separately, the game truly cuts across generations. Twelve-year-old school boy Sarfaraz Khan batted almost 10 hours to pile up 439 runs in a school match in western Mumbai city a fortnigh...