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KARACHI - Pakistan's limited overs cricket captain Shahid Afridi has made himself available for the tour of West Indies after previously opting for a break. "Earlier I had decided to skip the tour because I wanted to take a well deserved rest from the game, but some former players and my family and friends told me to change my decision at this crucial time for Pakistan cricket," Afridi said on Monday.
Afridi, 31, who has played 320 one-day internationals, led Pakistan to the

KARACHI - Pakistan's limited overs cricket captain Shahid Afridi has made himself available for the tour of West Indies after previously opting for a break.
"Earlier I had decided to skip the tour because I wanted to take a well deserved rest from the game, but some former players and my family and friends told me to change my decision at this crucial time for Pakistan cricket," said Afridi.
Afridi, 31, who has played 320 one-day internationals, led Pakistan to the

TRIPOLI - Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi warned on Thursday that the West has started something in Libya which it cannot control, the state news agency JANA reported.
"They have started something dangerous, something they cannot control. It will be out of their control no matter what methods of destruction they have at their disposal," Gaddafi said. He was referring to the Western coalition led by Britain, France and the United States which launched a military campaign against

LAHORE - Pakistan still sees ties with the West as an option that can be dropped when not convenient, NASDAQ quoted UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox as saying on Saturday. Speaking at the Brussels Forum on international affairs, Fox said there was still too much of a view in Pakistan that they could be partners of choice, but only as long as it suited them. He also said Pakistani authorities need to recognise that they could not use terror organisations as a short-term tactical weapon

ABUJA - West African leaders met in the final day of a summit on Thursday under pressure to take action over Ivory Coast amid reports that thousands more people were fleeing fighting in the crisis-ridden nation. Leaders from West African bloc ECOWAS were expected to issue a statement on the Ivory Coast crisis later in the day, after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said they may ask the United Nations to take further action. The summit comes three months after 15-nation ECOWAS

LONDON - The 2011 edition of the Edinburgh International Festival will be a celebration of "vibrant and diverse" Asian culture, from traditional Indian music to a Chinese adaptation of Shakespeare, organisers said Wednesday. The festival, one of several that take place in the Scottish capital each summer and which together form the biggest cultural event in the world, will present three weeks of music, dance, theatre, and opera from August 12. This year's international festival is "an

LAHORE/KARACHI/ISLAMABAD - Thousands of cricket fans poured onto the streets across the country to celebrate Pakistan's 10-wicket win over the West Indies in the World Cup quarter final on Wednesday, which skipper Shahid Afridi called the best gift the team could give the nation on Pakistan Day.
The crucial victory provided the people of Pakistan much-needed relief from a myriad of crises that have struck the country one after another in recent months. Amid economic woes such as

TRIPOLI - "Western powers attacking Libya will end up in the dustbin of history," Muammar Gaddafi said as his troops held back poorly equipped rebel forces despite four nights of coalition air strikes.
While Western air power has grounded Gaddafi's warplanes and pushed back his forces from the brink of rebel stronghold Benghazi, disorganised and poorly equipped insurgents have failed to capitalise on the ground and are pinned down.
The rebels have been unable to dislodge

STATS CORNER - The first quarter final of the 10th World Cup will be played between Pakistan and West Indies at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka, on Wednesday (March 23). West Indies have a better record against Pakistan in ODIs but Pakistan are favourite to win this match as they have won eight out of lat 10 played against the West Indies.
West Indies have won 64 and Pakistan 48 in the 113 one day internationals played between the two sides. The remaining two matches

BELGRADE - Russia is playing on Serbia's mistaken belief that it is still a key player in the power dynamic with the West to draw the country's focus away from joining the EU and NATO, US diplomats have concluded. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will emphasise the bonds linking the two Orthodox Christian nations during a visit to Serbia on Wednesday, the eve of the 12th anniversary of the NATO bombing over Belgrade's policy towards Kosovo.
US cables two years ago highlight

THE REALITY CHECK - After a demoralising loss to South Africa, Indian will be desperate for two points today against the West Indies. In fact, both the teams will aim for victory to end the group stages on a high. India's much vaunted ODI unit has been found wanting at times against stronger opponents. Cases in point: the tied against England, and losing to the Proteas.
The Indians are expected to make two changes: Suresh Raina coming in for Yusuf Pathan and R Ashwin replacing

TRIPOLI - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi warned the West against military intervention in Libya, describing any such act as "clear aggression", a government spokesman quoted him as saying on Saturday.
"This is injustice, this is clear aggression," the spokesman, Mussa Ibrahim, quoted Gaddafi as saying in a letter addressed to France, Britain and the United Nations. "You will regret it if you take a step towards interfering in our internal affairs."
He also quoted Gaddafi as

MOHALI - West Indies coach Ottis Gibson blasted International Cricket Council boss Haroon Lorgat as "ridiculous" on Sunday for attempting to play down the Dhaka bus stoning controversy. Lorgat insisted that Friday's incident, which saw the West Indies team bus attacked by angry Bangladesh fans after the home team had suffered a humiliating World Cup loss, was minor with just pebbles hurled at the vehicle. But Gibson told Lorgat that it was a serious breach of security which caused the

TRIPOLI - The West edged closer on Tuesday to military action against Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi as the US said airstrikes would be needed to secure a no-fly zone over Libya, as Libyan regime forces tried to retake a key city.
US and European leaders weighed the use of NATO air power to impose a no-fly zone, with the aim of stopping Gaddafi using air power against his own people to crush the insurrection against his four decades of iron rule. Meanwhile, Gaddafi loyalists, who

LONDON - The film version of Ayub Khan Din's semi-autobiographical stage play 'East is East' came out in 1999. It was a time when young British Asians were starting to penetrate pop culture as never before. Bands such as Cornershop and Babylon Zoo were reaching the top of the charts, comedies such as Goodness Gracious Me were appearing on the BBC, hipsters were heading to Hoxton to check out the "sounds of the Asian underground".
Suddenly, for a brief and only partially-hyped-up

NEW DELHI - Injury-ravaged West Indies will have plenty to play for when they take on an inspired Netherlands in a crucial World Cup league match on Monday. Reeling under a seven-wicket defeat to South Africa at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Thursday, West Indies were dealt another blow when key all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury.
Up against Netherlands next, the former world champions must overcome the twin setbacks if they are to put

BEIJING - No two oil shocks are alike, but the chances are that emerging economies could suffer a little less than the developed world if the latest price surge to 29-month highs is sustained. Yet this would not be another illustration of how developing countries are decoupling from the West, for slower growth in the rich world would eventually rebound on emerging nations.
Only oil exporters are unambiguous winners - for a while, at least - from the redistribution of income set