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News for Thursday, 9 Aug 2012

Asian markets mostly rise, Europe fears cap gains

Asian markets mostly edged up early Thursday with Chinese inflation data lifting hopes for fresh easing measures by Beijing, but gains were limited as weak European data dented recent optimism. Wall...

Murray, Djokovic advance at Toronto tennis

Olympic gold medallist Andy Murray and top seed Novak Djokovic both avoided post-Games letdowns with quick opening wins at the Toronto masters on Wednesday. Murray, fresh from his home success at...

Libya council hands power to new assembly

Libya's National Transitional Council on Wednesday handed power to a new assembly, in a symbolic move marking a peaceful transition following the overthrow of Moamer Kadhafi's 40-year dictatorship. "I hand over...

LHC kicks out ‘Q’ lawmaker for holding fake degree

The Lahore High Court on Wednesday disqualified Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) lawmaker Iqbal Langhrial for holding a fake degree. The PML-Q leader’s membership was challenged by one of his...

Million dollar archaeological smugglers

When a Pakistani family dispute over land degenerated into cold-blooded murder, Zaman Khan was quickly in over his head. As cousins killed cousins, he borrowed more than $18,500 to buy guns,...

7 Cameroon athletes ‘defect’ at London Olympics: report

Seven athletes from Cameroon have "defected" in London where some were participating in the 2012 Olympics, Cameroon media reported Tuesday, citing an official. The disappearance of the seven athletes was...

Aussie minister to wear GB shirt after losing bet

Australia's sports minister Kate Lundy Wednesday promised to wear a Team GB shirt and row the Olympic course after losing a bet with her British counterpart. Lundy said she would...

Disgraced Italian walker open to Beijing retest

Italy's disgraced 50km walk champion Alex Schwazer, who was withdrawn from the Olympics for failing a drugs test, said Wednesday he would be happy for the IOC to retest his...

Opener Aslam shines for Pakistan in last warm-up match

Two-time former champion Pakistan warmed-up for its Saturday’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 opener against Afghanistan with a comfortable eight wickets victory over Papua New Guinea (PNG) in its...

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