Sachin Tendulkar created history by firing the first double century in one-day internationals as India put South Africa to the sword in Gwalior.
The 36-year-old was in indomitable form as he bludgeoned 25 fours and three sixes in a stunning 200 off 147 balls.
It passed the previous best of 194, set by Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar in 1997 and Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry last year.
And it saw India, aided by a fabulous cameo of 68 off 35 balls from Mahendra Dhoni, to a superb 401-3 from 50 overs.
Tendulkar, whose previous best one-day knock was [...]
American Airlines and British Airways got a tentative US approval to strengthen their alliance without experiencing any antitrust problems.
It has been a decade quest since the airlines first attempted to get the immunity. The temporary approval becomes permanent after 60 days. This will allow the airlines to jointly price, market and schedule international flights in their Oneworld Alliance.
The approval didn’t come out without payment. The airlines were to give up four pairs of take-off and landing spots at the busiest airport in Europe – London Heathrow Airport. The slots are to be given to rivals that would provide [...]
An on campus shooting incident at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has left three people dead and several others wounded, reports said. The shooting occurred inside the university’s Shelby Center while faculty members of the biology department were on a meeting. Police said all of the victims were faculty staff. A suspect is already in custody, police said.
The school has been locked down after the incident. Students who are still on campus have been feeding information to the media through text messaging. The university administration has ordered all students to go home following the shooting on [...]
Thi Nguyen, 35-year-old Eldersburg woman, has been charged with sex crimes for allegedly engaging in sex with a 14-year-old boy. She faces counts of third-degree sex offense and sex abuse of a minor. Nguyen’s husband discovered information regarding the alleged sex and alerted police.
Police say the 14 year old Prince George’s County boy was staying with the Sykesville couple last summer to learn how to fix cars from Nguyen’s husband who is an auto mechanic. Some time later Nguyen’s husband discovered several photos and online chats between the teen and his wife. Those photos showed Nguyen and the teen [...]
Port-au-Prince: The 10 American missionaries, who were detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti, were charged with child abduction and criminal conspiracy. They were arrested at the border with the Dominic Republic.
The Haitian authorities believe that the missionaries were trying to smuggle the children out of the country without valid documents. Their cases would now be sent to an investigating judge who would decide how to proceed.
The missionaries have returned to a jail in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, where they have been held since their arrest last Friday. They are members of a Christian charity called [...]
Karachi: Bomb Blast at Jinnah Hospital – Another blast has occurred at the JinnahHospital, where the dead and the injured of Shahra-e-Faisal blast were being shifted. According to Geo News, the blast has taken place at the Emergency gate of JinnahHospital.
The injured are new being rushed to other city’s hospital after the blast.
NEW YORK (Associated Press) – A New York City fourth-grader was sent to the principal’s office and nearly suspended for bringing a 2-inch toy gun to school.
Nine-year-old Patrick Timoney and a friend were playing with Legos in the cafeteria at Public School 52 in Staten Island on Tuesday when Patrick produced the tiny plastic machine gun and put it in the hands of a plastic police officer.
After Patrick’s mother got a call from the school, his parents met with the principal and persuaded her not to discipline him if he agreed to leave the toy gun at home.
The boy’s [...]
A recent spike in terrorist activity has prompted Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair to believe that Al Qaeda and other groups may be planning to attack the United States. Speaking before a Senate panel, Blair said he was “highly certain” that terrorists would try to sow chaos on American soil in the first half of the year. He cited the failed attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest airliner on Christmas Day as one the bases for his assessment.
Meanwhile, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, who was also present at the Senate Intelligence Committee meeting, said there is no immediate threat of attacks similar in magnitude to 9/11, [...]
The gap in the relationship between China and the United States continue to widen after the possible meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama.
China said that the meeting would further hurt the Sino-US relations vowing to go ahead with the planned sanctions against American companies who will sell arms to Taiwan.
“If that comes to pass, then China will be strongly opposed as always,” said Zhu Weiquin, a Chinese Vice Minister. He further said that it “would be totally at odds with international accepted practices.”
“From our perspective, we feel the role [...]
State Of The Union Address (Video): US President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union speech, in front of hundreds of legislators in the Capitol and millions of viewers nationwide, on January 27 at 9 p.m. Eastern.
If you missed the live broadcast of the event, we have embedded the full video and transcript of Obama’s “State of The Union Address” below:
