Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan took his 709th Test wicket on Monday to move to the top of the all-time list above Australian Shane Warne. Muralitharan bowled England’s Paul Collingwood for 45 shortly before lunch on the third day of the first Test, sparking wild celebrations in Kandy. England kept Muralitharan at bay during his […]
Scores of police injured in new French riots
Youths battled police for a second night in Paris suburbs, burning down government buildings and injuring more than 70 officers, forcing tighter security in the troubled towns. The riots lasted about six hours and continued into the early hours of Tuesday. The rioting in six neighbourhoods north of the French capital — which were also […]
Can Diarrhea Combat Degenerative Diseases?
The following information has been gathered and compiled through personal experience, while traveling, teaching classes that include T’ai Chi, Qi Gong, herbal information, martial arts and other health related subjects. The article also contains feedback from students and anecdotal information from readers of my columns. The following are my opinions and deductions from those sources. […]
Violence Mars Serie A Weekend
Once again the San Siro becomes the epicenter of violence in the Calcio. The problem is that this time, it occurred way outside the stadium. Gabriele Sandri, 26, was trying to break up a fight that broke out at a rest stop in the Badia del Pino area in northwestern Italy. A group of Lazio […]
Musharraf’s political options: time running out
Saeed Minhas writes from islamabad: Owing to the prevailing uneasiness within army ranks, Gen. Musharraf is finding it hard to use his trump card; i.e. martial law to stem the rising political tide threatening not only his dual role in office but his grip on political, economic and military affairs of the country and is […]
What Fashion is about?
<div><span style="font-size: 11pt"><strong><u>What Fashion is about?</u></strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 11pt">This question troubles me a lot, especially when I watch on television all those designers talk about the new trends in fashion and what we have to wear every season. Is there a rule? Or is it just a matter of spending money. If fashion was changing every one […]