Pakistan vs Zimbabwe, first one day, Malik and Tanveer Join back

Bulawayo : Shoaib Malik and Sohail Tanveer has joined back in the first one day of three matches against Zimbabwe here. Malik has joined back after ‘break’ of over a year as Pakistan  .

Left arm fast bowler Sohail Tanvir also made a similar comeback to the team after a string of injuries put him out of action.

Forty-four killed in Russian hockey team jet crash

MOSCOW: A Russian Plane carrying an ice hockey team crashed on take-off, killing Forty-four people and strangely one man survived. 

A chartered Yak-42 passenger jet took off from Yaroslavl airport some 300 kilometres (185 miles) northeast of Moscow.

Two PIA Planes got Bomb threats

KARACHI: Two Planes from Pakistan Internatioanl Airline received bombs threats on Wednesday, and both landed safely, one in Turkey, the other in Malaysia. 

The first flight was headed for Manchester, England, when it was notified of the threat near the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, and contacted the control tower in Istanbul to seek permission for the landing, state-run state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

Fierce Typhon Talas hits Japan killing more than 42 people

Tokyo: A fierce typhoon hit western Japan on Tuesday due to which thousands of people were stranded and the death toll rose to 42, which only increased the misery on a nation which was slowly recovering from the earthquake and tsunami. 

Torrential rain brought by powerful Typhoon Talas, which made landfall Saturday and was the deadliest in seven years, caused rivers to swell and triggered floods and landslides that swept away buildings, homes and roads.

Another Afghan Governor killed by Taliban

KABUL: Taliban roadside bomb blows up the vehicle of an Afghan district governor and three of his guards on Tuesday in the east of the country, according to an official.

The governor of Sherzad district in Nangarhar province, was killed along with his guards while driving to work in the troubled region.

Libyan convoy with Qadhafi rumoured aboard crosses to Niger

SHISHAN:  There are reports of a Libyan military convoy with Moamer Qadhafi rumoured aboard has crossed into Niger, as new regime fighters were poised to strike at the toppled strongman’s last bastions. 

Qadhafi’s spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, however insisted the fugitive dictator is in top health and planning his country’s defence, and that he and his sons were ready to fight to the death, though he gave no clue of their whereabouts.