Tendulkar gears up for 2011 WC

COLOMBO: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is looking forward to next year’s ICC cricket World Cup which will be staged in the Indian sub-continent after a span of one and a half decades.

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Oil hovers below $78 in Asia

SINGAPORE: Oil prices hovered below $78 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a report showed U.

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UK troops may start leaving Afghanistan in 2011

WASHINGTON: Britain could start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan as early as next year, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday.

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SKorea military wants sharp budget hike

SEOUL: South Korea’s Defense Ministry is seeking a sharp increase in next year’s budget to improve its fighting capability due to tensions over the deadly sinking of a warship blamed on North Korea, an official said Wednesday.

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Production Of Cotton Likely To Rise

Production of cotton is expected to reach 1 crore and 60 lac bales next year due to rise in price at local level. Cotton Ginners Association chairman Haji Muhammad Akram told that this year 1 crore and 27 lac bales of cotton were produced in the country while last year this volume was 1 crore 14 lac bales.

India, China To Expand Cultural Ties

TrendPK.com India, China To Expand Cultural Ties:Aiming to augment people-to-people relations, India and China will showcase their culture in each other’’s land, holding major cultural festivals next year devoted to traditional and contemporary arts. The year 2010 will see the two countries engage in a major cultural exchange programme, with India hosting

TrendPK.com India, China To Expand Cultural Ties:Aiming to augment people-to-people relations, India and China will showcase their culture in each other’’s land, holding major cultural festivals next year devoted to traditional and contemporary arts. The year 2010 will see the two countries engage in a major cultural exchange programme, with India hosting [...]