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Let the games begin!

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:22:40 -0400

By Trudy Harris Beijing Aug. 8: A thundering display of fireworks exploded over the "Bird's Nest" Stadium in the shape of a blossoming red flower as China

Tough draw for Lakra

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:16:42 -0400

Beijing, Aug. 8: Lady luck did not smile on A.L. Lakra and a tough draw pitted the Indian against Athens Olympics bronze medallist Bahodirjon Sultonov

Anjali, Manavjit to kickstart campaign

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:19:11 -0400

Beijing, Aug. 8: A billion hopes will rest on the broad shoulders of Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Anjali Bhagwat as two of country’s finest shooters

End of ‘Perfect 10’ era in gymnastics

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:15:14 -0400

Beijing, Aug. 8: The likes of Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci made it a habit to score ‘Perfect 10’ in their pomp. The current and future

Serbs primed for golden battle

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:16:07 -0400

By Barnaby Chesterman BEIJING Aug. 8: Serbian pair Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic will lead the chase to succeed the now retired Justine Henin as Olympic champion

Russian tanks enter Georgia

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:08:26 -0400

Java (Georgia), Aug. 8: Russian tanks and troops entered Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia province on Friday to repel a Georgian military offensive to reclaim the

UK underworld runs £40 billion economy

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:08:06 -0400

By OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT London Aug. 8: Britain’s £40 billion underworld economy is run by homegrown criminals from inside British jails, according to a report. An intelligence map,

Disunity might cloud Democrat convention

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:06:41 -0400

By STEVEN R. HURST Washington Aug. 8: A cloud of disunity hangs over preparations for the Democratic party’s national convention later in August as Barack Obama’s vanquished

‘Flu bigger threat than terrorism in Britain’

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:07:03 -0400

By OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT London Aug. 8: The most serious threat to security in the UK is a flu pandemic as it would claim up to 750,000

Fritzl lied about door timer

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:06:00 -0400

London, Aug. 8: Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl lied that he rigged the cellar door to open if he died, it has emerged. This revelation implies