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News for Friday, 30 Mar 2012

Strauss under scrutiny as England slump

England captain Andrew Strauss faces close scrutiny of his batting and leadership skills as he attempts to keep his spin-shattered team on top of the world Test rankings. England, who...

Whatmore observes young talent in hand

The new Pakistan cricket team coach Dav Whatmore has shown he meant business as he spent most of his time this week at the Rawalpindi cricket stadium where the National...

United Nation official raps India over ‘extrajudicial killings’

A top UN official called on India on Friday to investigate allegations of rampant extrajudicial killings and abolish a sweeping law that allows security forces to shoot on sight. Christof...

Hungary president cancels plans amid plagiarism scandal

Hungarian President Pal Schmitt cancelled all his engagements Friday, news agency MTI reported, amid speculation he could resign after he was stripped of his university doctorate over plagiarism. Schmitt’s spokesman...

US Senate urges Iran to free Bahai leaders

The US Senate has urged Iran to free jailed leaders of the Bahai faith and urged sanctions against officials in the Islamic Republic over treatment of the religion’s followers. In...

Turkey to cut Iran oil imports, bows to US pressure

Turkey said on Friday it will cut imports of oil from Iran by a tenth, ceding to US pressure a week after Washington warned Tehran’s customers they could incur US...

US, Russia to focus on ‘homework’ until election: official

Big breakthroughs between Washington and Moscow will have to wait until after the November US elections, with the two sides meanwhile doing “homework” on isues such as missile defence, a...

Afghan policeman shoots dead nine colleagues

An Afghan policeman poisoned and then shot dead nine of his colleagues while they were sleeping early Friday in the eastern province of Paktika, police and provincial government officials said. It...

Clinton in Saudi push to end crackdown in Syria

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met King Abdullah on Friday in the Saudi capital, state news agency SPA said, as she kicked off a two-country tour aimed at raising...

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