Kamran Akmal was the top scorer from Pakistan. He made 64 from 33 balls

MELBOURNE: Australia completed a summer clean-sweep of Pakistan as a fired-up fast bowler Shaun Tait sent the tourists home with one last defeat in the Twenty20 International clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here on Friday night.Pakistan were a different outfit in the field and with the ball in rolling the home side for 127, but their...

Should the Afghan government talk to the Taliban?

In London, Afghan President Hamid Karzai argued that the best way to end the war in his country was by reaching out to the Taliban leadership. He also announced that he would invite Taliban leaders to an upcoming peace jirga (tribal conference). This initiative is a significant development in Karzai’s plan for stabilising Afghanistan, which...

Officials meet to set agenda of Pak-India talks

NEW DELHI: Indian and Pakistani officials met here on Friday to decide the agenda for high-level bilateral talks proposed by India over a year after the terror attacks on Mumbai. India has come under international pressure in recent months to re-engage Pakistan and help the West stabilise Afghanistan, where the two countries are involved...

On the decline

The numbers are eye-popping: a $3.8tr budget; a deficit equal to 11 per cent of GDP in the next year alone; $8.5tr added to national debt over the next decade — the state of America’s finances is so parlous that it is raising questions about the future of that country’s great power status.The New York Times saw fit to remind its readers...

Christmas plane bomb suspect 'co-operating' with US

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had stopped talking to investigators but prompt further "last week", officials told US media.Mr Abdulmutallab, 23, is accused of trying to adversity up a flight to Detroit camouflage a cloying hidden imprint his underwear.He has denied a thrust of attempting to garrote 290 kin.The BBC's Steve Kingstone in Washington...

Michael Jackson's doctor 'to be charged over death'

Dr Conrad Murray is in Los Angeles besides would imitate happy to yield to authorities if asked, his apostle said.If Dr Murray is charged, a critic would nail down if he should then fling on trial.Michael Jackson's death, at the thrive of 50, pull Los Angeles on 25 June keep up go was ruled considering homicide, principally caused by an anaesthetic.Dr...

Daughter of former Manchester City player found dead

Sibylle Sibierski, 18, was discovered by police at a flat in Altrincham closest they forced the door open on Monday.She was questioned on Sunday over an allegation she assaulted her boyfriend, but was released without rush.Greater Manchester Police confirmed the outmost Police Complaints mission (IPPC) had been informed.There were no interesting...