• Djokovic stunned by Dimitrov in Madrid second round

    MADRID: World number one Novak Djokovic was dumped out of the Madrid Open in the second round on Tuesday when he went over on his damaged ankle and was upset 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 by unseeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

    MADRID: World number one Novak Djokovic was dumped out of the Madrid Open in the second round on Tuesday when he went over on his damaged ankle and was upset 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 by unseeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

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  • Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse reaches 761

    DHAKA: The death toll from a collapsed building housing five garment factories rose to 761 on Wednesday as authorities started disbursing salary and other benefits to the survivors in the country's deadliest industrial disaster.

    DHAKA: The death toll from a collapsed building housing five garment factories rose to 761 on Wednesday as authorities started disbursing salary and other benefits to the survivors in the country's deadliest industrial disaster.

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  • 10 years on, 3 abducted girls freed in US

    CLEVELAND: Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago were found on Monday in a home just south of downtown and likely had been tied up during years of captivity, said police, who arrested three brothers. One of the women said she had been abducted and told an emergency dispatcher in a frantic call, "I'm free now."

    CLEVELAND: Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago were found on Monday in a home just south of downtown and likely had been tied up during years of captivity, said police, who arrested three brothers. One of the women said she had been abducted and told an emergency dispatcher in a frantic call, "I'm free now."

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  • Transgender in electoral fray against all odds

    KARACHI: Bindiya Rana looks stressed. She's been campaigning for the last several weeks hoping to win from Karachi's Mehmoodabad area, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement stronghold. The competition is stiff, and Rana knows she is unlikely to win, given that she represents the transgender community, a small and marginalized community across Pakistan.

    KARACHI: Bindiya Rana looks stressed. She's been campaigning for the last several weeks hoping to win from Karachi's Mehmoodabad area, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement stronghold. The competition is stiff, and Rana knows she is unlikely to win, given that she represents the transgender community, a small and marginalized community across Pakistan.

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  • Sigmund Freud's couch cries for restoration

    LONDON: The world's most famous piece of furniture, Sigmund Freud's couch, that is witness to more than a century of insight into the human brain, is screaming for help. Freud's couch, upon which his patients comfortably reclined during psychoanalytic sessions, is in dire need of restoration.

    LONDON: The world's most famous piece of furniture, Sigmund Freud's couch, that is witness to more than a century of insight into the human brain, is screaming for help. Freud's couch, upon which his patients comfortably reclined during psychoanalytic sessions, is in dire need of restoration.

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  • CBI chief vows not to spare any one in Railgate case

    NEW DELHI: In the line of fire for politically-sensitive cases, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Ranjit Sinha on Tuesday said the agency will not spare any one involved in the "Railgate" case, irrespective of position and influence.

    NEW DELHI: In the line of fire for politically-sensitive cases, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Ranjit Sinha on Tuesday said the agency will not spare any one involved in the "Railgate" case, irrespective of position and influence.

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  • Karnataka election results 2013: Congress may get majority on its own, BJP decimated

    BANGALORE: The Congress appears to be inching towards a majority on its own in Karnataka.

    BANGALORE: The Congress appears to be inching towards a majority on its own in Karnataka.

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  • Rajasthan Royals look to continue home dominance

    JAIPUR: If chasing down a mammoth target against Pune Warriors India was a test of character for Rajasthan Royals, Tuesday could throw up a bigger challenge for the hosts. When Rahul Dravid's men square off against Delhi Daredevils in a crucial match, they would be cautious of a slip-up.

    JAIPUR: If chasing down a mammoth target against Pune Warriors India was a test of character for Rajasthan Royals, Tuesday could throw up a bigger challenge for the hosts. When Rahul Dravid's men square off against Delhi Daredevils in a crucial match, they would be cautious of a slip-up.

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  • Miller scores 38-ball ton to help Punjab clinch unbelievable win over RCB

     MOHALI: It was an insult to injury for Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli. What a costly miss? He dropped David Miller when the Kings XI Punjab's South African southpaw was batting on 41 in his team's 14th over. It was not just any other dropped catch -- Kohli and every spectator realised this soon. What Miller did after that was something left everyone in a daze. It was over in the next four overs.

     MOHALI: It was an insult to injury for Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli. What a costly miss? He dropped David Miller when the Kings XI Punjab's South African southpaw was batting on 41 in his team's 14th over. It was not just any other dropped catch -- Kohli and every spectator realised this soon. What Miller did after that was something left everyone in a daze. It was over in the next four overs.

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  • Why BCCI doesn't like FICA head Tim May?

    MUMBAI: Exactly two years after the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) conducted a survey pointing out that the BCCI exerts unfair influence on the International Cricket Committee's (ICC) decision making and called for compulsory use of the controversial Decision Review System (DRS) while arguing that the image of cricket as a world sport was tarnished, the Indian cricket board has shunted out its chief executive from the technical committee of the ICC.

    MUMBAI: Exactly two years after the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) conducted a survey pointing out that the BCCI exerts unfair influence on the International Cricket Committee's (ICC) decision making and called for compulsory use of the controversial Decision Review System (DRS) while arguing that the image of cricket as a world sport was tarnished, the Indian cricket board has shunted out its chief executive from the technical committee of the ICC.

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