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LOS ANGELES - With a name that makes him sound like a magician or a stand-up comic, Jhonattan Vegas made sure he will never be forgotten on the PGA Tour after winning the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, California on Sunday. The first and only PGA Tour player from Venezuela, long-hitting Vegas clinched his maiden title on the U.S. circuit in only his fifth start in a gripping three-way playoff with Americans Gary Woodland and Bill Haas.
He became the first rookie to win the event

DOHA - A 117th-minute strike from Harry Kewell powered Australia to a 1-0 quarter-final victory over holders Iraq at the Asian Cup on Saturday and into a showdown with Uzbekistan for a place in the final.
The Galatasaray forward met a pinpoint cross from Matt McKay towards the end of extra time and angled his header past Iraqi goalkeeper Mohammed Kassid to settle a match that that could have gone either way. It set them up for a semi-final against the Uzbeks on Tuesday, and

MELBOURNE - World number one Rafa Nadal put his recovery from a bout of flu to the test with a rain-interrupted practice session at Melbourne Park on Tuesday ahead of next week's Australian Open. A fever-stricken Nadal was dumped out of the semi-finals of the Qatar Open last week by Russian Nikolay Davydenko and delayed his arrival in Melbourne to try to shake off the illness.
Nadal's struggles had raised fears the 24-year-old Spaniard's bid to hold all four grand slams

Lahore - With a sonorous yet soulful style of singing, Atif Aslam performed at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, where over 1500 LUMS students and alumni attended the concert and danced the night away.
Attendees showered appreciation on Warid Telecom for organizing a series of Atif concerts for the entertainment-hungry Pakistani youth at a time when nothing much else is happening in the city owing to security concerns.

ISLAMABAD - Opposition parties on Monday put the treasury in the dock over the unprecedented increase in the prices of petroleum products . No one from the minority government, including the petroleum minister, could justify the decision as the protesting members chanted slogans against the government.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was not present in the House as he was in Lahore for his meetings with the PML-N and the PML-Q leadership, seeking their support for his falling

MUMBAI: India, the world's largest silver buyer, is on track to show sharply higher imports this year, as prices of the metal near 30-year peaks , with consumers normally fond of more expensive gold seek to lower cash outlays. "Certainly there has been an increased interest in silver, and it's drawing interest from people who cannot afford gold, even return-wise the metal has done well," said Parker Agrochem Bullion Desk Head Haresh Acharya.
India's silver demand averages 2,500

LAHORE: The economy will stage a recovery in the fiscal year 2011, but inflation, in double digits, will continue to imperil growth. The current account deficit is likely to decrease in the coming year. The economy will be able to sustain growth without assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but will need foreign financial assistance by 2012.
This was the economic outlook presented in the global annual report of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) released in more than

MOSCOW: Russia on Monday tried to play down the release of confidential US cables reportedly calling the country "a virtual mafia state" that is ruled by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and not the president.
Russian officials scrambled for a diplomatic response after the WikiLeaks whistleblower website published eight cables dealing with Russia and released further material to Western newspapers and magazines.
Some of the most damaging material concerned characterisations of

COLOMBO: Part-time spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan bagged two wickets in one over in fading light to boost Sri Lanka's hopes of gaining the lead in the second Test against the West Indies on Thursday.
The off-spinner dismissed well-set Darren Bravo (80) and Brendan Nash (29) before the West Indies reached 165-5 in their first innings at stumps on the third day in reply to Sri Lanka's 387-9 declared. Carlton Baugh was unbeaten on four and Dwayne Bravo on one not out when play was

GALLE: Chris Gayle became the first West Indies batsman to hammer a triple-century in an away Test, putting Sri Lanka under pressure in the opening Test on Tuesday.
The former captain made a career-best 333 as the West Indies posted a massive 580-9 declared in their first innings on the second day at the Galle International Stadium.
Sri Lanka were 54-1 in reply at stumps, with debutant West Indies paceman Andre Russell dismissing Tillakaratne Dilshan with his second

LAHORE: The working and performance of the Lahore High Court (LHC) is suffering because of a shortage of senior judges; 87 percent of LHC judges are junior judges with little grasp over judicial matters, sources told Pakistan Today.
The court sources said the scarcity of senior judges at LHC was a big hurdle in clearing the ever-increasing backlog of the cases or doing full justice to the cases, and as a result public finds itself in dire straits. Court officials including

KARACHI
The Clinical Laboratories of Aga Khan University Hospital on Monday launched an e-reporting service. The patients will get their reports online, if they wish, instead of collecting them from the laboratory collection centres.
AKUH Clinical Laboratories Administrator Sohail Baloch said that the facility would provide greater convenience to the patients and save their time and money adding that it would also enable faster report turnaround as the patients would not be