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DELHI - Brief run-down of the top batting knocks in the World Cup (against test playing nations only) ahead of the 2011 edition which starts on Saturday:
1 Saurav Ganguly (India) - 183 (158 balls, 17 fours, 7 sixes) v Sri Lanka, Taunton, 1999
After stuttering in their opening encounter against South Africa and choking in a space of six balls from Henry Olonga against Zimbabwe, India needed to win big against Sri Lanka. Ganguly's innings ensured just that and provided the

ISLAMABAD - Exercising powers conferred on him by clause (1) of Article 54 of the constitution, President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned a session of the National Assembly (NA) on February 21. On top of the agenda would be the Raymond Davis issue and the US intervention in Pakistan's internal affairs through the leverage of the Kerry Lugar law.
A source in the NA's Secretariat informed Pakistan Today that around 16 bills, ready for passage, were also part of the agenda to be taken

KARACHI - A reshuffle in the top slots of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was reported on Monday, as the new managing director of the national flag of his office.
It has been learnt that Captain Ilyas, a pilot, replaced Shuja Naqvi as the Director Flight Operations (DFO) while Senior General Manager (GM) Communication Captain Haroon Abdullah resigned from his position.
Similarly, former Director Administration Haneef Pathan was also re-inducted for the same slot after

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari is holding a crucial meeting with the members of Pakistan Business Council (PBC) on Feb 17 in Islamabad to discuss economic revival agenda, floated recently by the council. Sources told Pakistan Today on Monday that during the meeting the president, economic team of the government and the PBC's representatives, who belong to the leading corporate sector entities in the country, would discuss the issues raised by the council to revive the ailing

KARACHI - The prevailing diplomatic discord between Pakistan and its strategic partners in the United States over the arrest and the claimed immunity of Raymond Davis has begun to reflect adversely on daily share trading at the local bourses. The Karachi Stock Exchange's (KSE) Progress Report for 2006-2011 reveals that the position of KSE on February 11 had been pulled down to fifth among the top 12 international stock market indices owing primarily to, what the KSE officials said,

SAN JOSE: Top seed and defending champion Fernando Verdasco advanced to the quarter-finals of the $600,000 ATP SAP Open with a 7-5, 7-5 victory Thursday over Croatian Ivo Karlovic.
Karlovic blasted 14 aces but Verdasco won the only two break points of the match, the last in the 11th game, taking the 27-year-old Spaniard into a last-eight encounter Friday against Uzbek fifth seed Denis Istomin.
Istomin fired nine aces in defeating American Michael Russell 7-6 (9/7), 7-6

LAHORE - Cricket World Cup tournament director Ratnakar Shetty has said the early exit of cricket's financial powerhouses, India and Pakistan, in the 2007 World Cup forced the International Cricket Council to change the format in the upcoming edition. Shetty was quoted as saying that the ICC went back to the 1996 World Cup format after India and Pakistan crashed out in the first round in the Caribbean in 2007.
Asked whether current format has been tweaked to favour the hosts,

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued notices to the Attorney General of Pakistan, Advocate General Balochistan and others to file para-wise comments on a petition filed against the incidents of targeted killing, kidnapping and abduction for ransom in Balochistan.
A four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing the petition filed by the

CAIRO - Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak met a senior Russian envoy on Wednesday amid mounting protests against his three decade-long rule over the Arab world's most populous country. Mubarak met Alexander Sultanov, deputy Russian foreign minister and special Middle East envoy, at the presidential palace in Cairo, as thousands protested in the Tahrir Square and outside parliament.
State agency MENA reported the meeting but gave no details of the talks. Russia has

LONDON - The BBC has apologized to Mexico's ambassador for remarks on its 'Top Gear' program that described Mexicans as lazy and oafish. The BBC wrote to Ambassador Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza on Thursday, saying that national stereotyping is part of British humor - and that the presenters did not intend to be vindictive.
"Our own comedians make jokes about the British being terrible cooks and terrible romantics, and we in turn make jokes about the Italians being disorganized and

ISLAMABAD - Several senior doctors of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), a major hospital of the capital city, have visited foreign countries without taking ex-Pakistan leave or the letter containing 'no objection certificate' (NOC) from the hospital's Executive Director Mehmood Jamal.
These doctors have gone an extra mile by showing their absence from their offices on medical grounds, and in some cases, there are fake attendances as well. The doctors who have gone to

ALMATY - Hosts Kazakhstan secured top place in the Asian Winter Games medal table after they won five more gold medals on Saturday's penultimate day. With only 11 gold medals still at stake, Kazakhstan top the table with 28 gold medals and 62 overall, while second-placed South Korea have 12 golds and 35 overall.
Masako Hozumi of Japan increased her team's gold medal tally with a confident win in the women's 5,000m speed skating. The 24-year-old finished 6.4 seconds ahead of

CAIRO - The top executive committee of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), which includes strongman Hosni Mubarak's son Gamal, resigned en masse on Saturday, state television reported. "The members of the executive committee resigned from their posts.
It was decided to name Hossam Badrawi secretary general of the party," the regime's channel announced amid ongoing opposition street protests. The NDP executive has six members, including its secretary general. Gamal

WASHINGTON - The US military's top officer on Friday cautioned against moves to cut off aid to Egypt due to the unrest against the government of President Hosni Mubarak. "I would just caution against doing anything until we really understand what's going on," Admiral Mike Mullen said in an interview on ABC News.
Mullen was asked a possible freeze to the vast US aid to Egypt, as a move that Republican Senator John McCain has said is being considered. "That's not mine to decide,"

PARK CITY - Love story "Like Crazy" and assisted suicide documentary "How to Die in Oregon" won the top awards at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, putting both on the list of must-see independent movies for 2011. "Like Crazy," directed by Drake Doremus, picked up the jury prize for best drama with its tale of an American woman and British man who fall in love for the first time but move away from each other, testing their relationship.
Doremus, accepting his award, said it

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic has long threatened to challenge Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer's dominance of men's tennis, and now he may be finally making good on his promise. The world number three, once known for his jokes and impersonations, has emerged as a more sober, reflective figure at the Australian Open, where he has claimed his second Grand Slam title.
Djokovic said he was transformed from the brash 20-year-old who swept to the 2008 Australian Open title against

The 56th Idea Filmfare Awards draws to a close with 'Udaan' making a clean sweep taking home the 7 Filmfare Awards including Best Supporting Actor (Male), Best Film (Critics), Best Story, Cinematography, Screenplay, Best Background Music and Best Sound Design Award.
While SRK starrer My Name is Khan snapped up the most popular awards-Best Director, Best Actor (Male), Best Actor (Female), Arbaz'sDabangg won five awards as well.
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