Tag: Drought

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced Rs one billion aid to the provide assistance to the famine affected families. He along with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Patron-in-Chief...

A huge cargo of elaborate marble stonework that sank to the bottom of Poland’s Vistula River four centuries ago has re-appeared after a drought...

The Centre for Environment and Development (CED) has called for establishment of a permanent national drought fund to finance the government’s obligations of food...

US corn and soybean prices closed at new record highs Tuesday as a new survey showed worse-than-expected crop damage from a brutal drought across...

The United States is experiencing its widest-spread drought in 56 years, according to a release by the nation’s meteorological agency Monday. The National Oceanic...

National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza Saturday stressed the need for coordinated and stringent measures for combating the looming threat of desertification and drought....

Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Speaker National Assembly has stressed the need for coordinated and stringent measures for combating the looming threat of desertification and drought. She...

French world number 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his first title in two years on Sunday when he defeated Croatia’s Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-7 (4/7),...

South African Jbe Kruger plans to shed his bridesmaid's tag by securing a first Asian Tour victory at the ISPS Handa Singapore Classic which...

African leaders held a rare fund-raiser in Ethiopia Thursday in a bid to plug a $1.1 billion shortfall in aid for millions facing starvation...

Ten million people in the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, with some areas on the verge...

A drought that has gripped parts of central and southern China has retreated after downpours over the weekend that brought deadly flooding to one...

PATTAYA - Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia won her fourth WTA singles title Sunday with a crushing 6-0, 6-2 victory over Italy's Sara Errani at the Pattaya Open. The number-four seed took just one hour and 16 minutes to defeat Errani, breaking serve six times to end a more than three-year title drought.
The leggy Slovakian did not lose a single set on her path to victory, knocking out defending champion Vera Zvonareva of Russia in a stunning straight sets semi-final win. "I was

LAHORE - Lahore won its first major title in 18 years when Lahore Eagles defeated KRL in the National One-Day Division II final at Karachi. The victory came under the managerial authority of Abdul Rashid and coaching of Manzoor Elahi while Rai Zufiqar represented LCCA president Kh Nadeem.
It is believed that the change of guard in the LCCA after more than two decades raised the standard of the game and now it is at par with other rivals from all over the country. The credit must

ORLANDO: Sweden's Maria Hjorth fired a par-72 final round on Sunday to capture her first LPGA title since 2007, winning the season-ending Tour Championship by one stroke from South Korean Amy Yang. Hjorth's fourth career LPGA crown was her first since the 2007 Navistar Classic and only her second since 1999.
The outcome secured the LPGA Player of the Year award for Taiwan's Yani Tseng and year-end world number one status for South Korean Jiyai Shin, as rivals were unable to

TALKING SPORT: The 1994 World Cup was the last title victory for Pakistan and they had not won the Asiad gold since 1990. In fact, the greenshirts had not been able to reach the final at the Asian games since then. Astonishing as Pakistan in nine appearances till 1990 had won the gold seven times and were the silver medallists on other two occasions.
All this makes the gold medal at the 2010 Asiad a real special one. It has ended the longest title drought in Pakistan's hockey

MELBOURNE: Tiger Woods has just next month's Chevron World Challenge left to end his tormented year of win-less tournaments, after finishing fourth in the Australian Masters in Melbourne.
The former world number one, the winner of 14 majors among 95 tournament victories, is still without a victory going into his last event of the year, but there were encouraging signs at the Australian Masters on Sunday.
Woods thrilled his fans when he peeled off two eagles and two birdies