Tag: Pulls

  STOCKHOLM: NATO-member Denmark said Thursday its special forces taking part in the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Iraq would be withdrawn...

MELBOURNE: Dominant Rafael Nadal swept into the Australian Open third round to keep his Grand Slam title hunt on track Wednesday, as Caroline Wozniacki...

The United States has withdrawn its advisers from the Afghan government’s media centre following a news conference in which NATO air strikes and night...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday he would “intensify efforts” towards a deal to share water from the Teesta river after failing to...

Google said Friday it is pulling the plug on online news reader Fast Flip, social search service Aardvark, commenting tool Sidewiki and several other...

Rescue workers on Tuesday saved 19 miners from a flooded Chinese mine where they had been trapped for a week, state media said, in...

Former world number one Serena Williams wasn’t letting the lack of a seeding slow her down Tuesday as she crushed Alona Bondarenko to reach...

Venus Williams withdrew from the WTA Tour's Rogers Cup starting here on Monday because of illness, organizers said. Williams said she wasn't feeling well...

World number one Novak Djokovic has pulled out of his Davis Cup quarter-final singles rubber against Sweden's Ervin Eleskovic blaming a knee injury, the...

Having devolved a number of subjects to the provinces, the Federal government has refused to fund any uplift scheme being built under the federally-funded...

Second seed Novak Djokovic was handed a place in the French Open semi-finals on Monday when scheduled last eight opponent Fabio Fognini was forced...

Disney said Wednesday it had withdrawn a bid to trademark the term ‘Seal Team 6’ for a TV show, after the US Navy scrambled...

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who was considering retirement from ODIs on being sacked as skipper, has pulled out of the two one-day...

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority's Town Planning Wing demolished on Saturday as many as nine buildings being illegally constructed in PIA Housing Scheme and sealed another four on the main boulevard of the same scheme. Four buildings were being constructed as commercial structures in violation of the residential plans approved for plots 9-G, 16-F, 410-E and 40-B/1. Similarly no building plan had been got approved for under-construction buildings on plots 97-G, 422-E, 249-C

KARACHI - Pakistan World Cup captain Shahid Afridi has withdrawn from next month's tour to West Indies, a source at the national cricket board told Reuters on Thursday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) source, who declined to be identified, said the 31-year-old all-rounder had made himself unavailable for the tour which starts on April 18.
"He will not be going to West Indies as apparently he wants to take a break from the game," said the source before adding the player

INDIAN WELLS - Two-time champ Kim Clijsters pulled out of Indian Wells in mid-match with shoulder problems, adding to the growing list of top-seed casualties among the women Tuesday. Defending champion Jelena Jankovic and reigning French Open champ Francesca Schiavone were also bounced in the fourth round, leaving just three of the top 10 seeds left 4.5 million dollar WTA Indian Wells hardcourt tournament.
Top ranked Caroline Wozniacki did manage to sneak through, but even she

WASHINGTON - The US military has begun pulling soldiers out of the Pech valley in eastern Afghanistan, a location once said to be vital to the war effort in the region, the Pentagon said on Friday.
The commander of US-led forces in eastern Afghanistan, Major General John Campbell, is "repositioning" forces "within the province to achieve greater effect and allow for more flexibility," said Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Robbins, a Pentagon spokesperson.
Campbell, "is moving