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Clijsters and Henin keen for London doubles
ANTWERP: The event is scheduled to take place at Wimbledon and both Belgian stars appear keen to participate after coming out of retirement to continue their careers.
Clijsters took time out to have a baby, before returning to claim the US Open title, which she then defended at Flushing Meadows earlier this year. Henin also gave up the sport only to return 18 months later but her comeback was put on hold when she picked up an elbow injury during the Wimbledon fortnight this
Clijsters took time out to have a baby, before returning to claim the US Open title, which she then defended at Flushing Meadows earlier this year. Henin also gave up the sport only to return 18 months later but her comeback was put on hold when she picked up an elbow injury during the Wimbledon fortnight this
‘US keen to strengthen Pakistan’s energy and health sectors’
LAHORE: The US is keen to strengthen the infrastructure, education, energy and health sectors of Pakistan and would also allocate funds for these sectors, US Coordinator for Non-Military Assistance to Pakistan Robin Raphel said on Tuesday while talking to a selective group of journalists.
She said that the US wants to fund programmes associated with infrastructure development and energy. Raphel said that the federal and provincial governments would be contacted in this regard
She said that the US wants to fund programmes associated with infrastructure development and energy. Raphel said that the federal and provincial governments would be contacted in this regard
More high-level Taliban keen to talk: Holbrooke
WASHINGTON
High-level Taliban leaders are showing interest in talks with the United States-backed government in Kabul in increasing numbers, as pressure mounts from an intensifying NATO military campaign, a US special envoy said on Sunday.
But Richard Holbrooke, the administration's envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, cautioned that the feelers so far add up to "contacts and discussions" rather than peace negotiations to end a war now in its tenth year.
"What we've got
High-level Taliban leaders are showing interest in talks with the United States-backed government in Kabul in increasing numbers, as pressure mounts from an intensifying NATO military campaign, a US special envoy said on Sunday.
But Richard Holbrooke, the administration's envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, cautioned that the feelers so far add up to "contacts and discussions" rather than peace negotiations to end a war now in its tenth year.
"What we've got
