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Colts extend run as Pats gamble fails

Sports | American football
2009-11-17

THE Indianapolis Colts capitalized on a failed gamble by the New England Patriots to retain their unbeaten record with a stunning 35-34 comeback victory in the dying seconds on Sunday. Clinging to a 34-28 lead...

Crocodiles in danger to provide video data

World
2009-11-10

CALL it video blogging for reptiles: conservationists are attaching cameras to the critically endangered Indian gharial, a crocodile-like creature, to understand more about its life in a bid to save it. Only about...

Colts, Saints extend unbeaten streak

Sports | American football
2009-11-10

THE Indianapolis Colts kept their unbeaten record with a 20-17 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday when Kris Brown was wide to the left on a potentially game-tying 42-yard field goal attempt. The victory...

India pushes with revamp for 7% GDP growth

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-11-9

THE Indian government is pushing ahead with economic reforms aimed at achieving a growth rate of more than 7 percent next year but will make sure the benefits reach the poor, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday. ...

'Grave fears' for those missing in boat disaster

World
2009-11-3

PLANES and ships searching a remote patch of the Indian Ocean found no signs today of additional survivors from the sinking of a suspected asylum-seeker boat. Eleven people were believed missing, while 27 were rescued. ...

Indians, Wedge to part ways

Sports | Baseball
2009-10-2

CLEVELAND Indians manager Eric Wedge and his coaches will be relieved of their duties at the end of the season, the American League team said on Wednesday. Wedge, whose seven-year tenure as Indians manager included...

Young Indian lovers murder 7 family members

World
2009-9-21

POLICE have arrested a young Indian couple for killing seven relatives who opposed their relationship. The arrests were made on Saturday after the lovers confessed, senior superintendent of police Anil Kumar Rao...

India powerful politician dies in copter crash

World
2009-9-4

A POWERFUL Indian politician and four other people were killed when their helicopter crashed in the dense jungles of southern India during a pounding rainstorm, the government announced yesterday. The helicopter...

1 dead, at least 100 injured as earthquakes rock Asian areas

World
2009-8-12

A PAIR of powerful earthquakes struck at opposite ends of Asia just 12 minutes apart yesterday, leaving one dead and more than 100 injured in Japan and sending panicked islanders in the Indian Ocean running into the...

Indian monsoon among risks from climate change

World
2009-7-10

RISING seas, a rapid weakening of the Indian monsoon and spiralling costs of adapting to a warmer, drier world are just some of the looming risks from rapid climate change, a report for the Australian government says....