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Mumbai, May 20 -- Before the current spot-fixing scam and the match-fixing scam that broke in circa 2000, the biggest controversy in cricket in India happened in 1976 when England's fast bowler John Lever was found using Vaseline, allegedly to get more 'swing,' by umpire Judah Reuben of Bombay who died in 2006....
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India, May 20 -- By the time you read this, the play-off spots would have been decided and Royal Challengers Bangalore's anxious Sunday evening would have ended in joy or heartbreak. For the teams that had already reached the play-offs - Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals - the stakes will be different....
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Islamabad, May 19 -- Chinese PM is going to visit Pakistan as part of his first (four-nation) trip after taking office. The visit is important because it will help develop a blueprint of Pak-China cooperation for next five to ten years. Economic issues will be the top priority of Li Keqiang's visit. He is expected to meet our top leaders including Mian Nawaz Sharif,...
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Islamabad, May 19 -- America and Pakistan both stand at a critical juncture in time and history and are searching for new policies for change and new relations. America had the opportunity when President Obama - the first colored president to enter the White House erected by his black folks predecessors over the centuries and promised to enliven his moral conscience...
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Islamabad, May 19 -- I'm sure, by the time this column appears on these pages, a lot has already been said, written and investigated about the rather stunning results produced by the May 11 election....
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Islamabad, May 19 -- This remarkable development started in Lahore, Faisalabad, Islamabad, and Karachi for Pakistan and London and Canada for the overseas Pakistanis simultaneously by PTI supporters. It left many baffled on why these people were not ready to accept defeat for the results that emerged. One needs to understand; it is not about defeat, it is about...
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Islamabad, May 19 -- THE only surprising fact about most corruption stories is that anyone in authority gets surprised. Everyone in charge knew that the Commonwealth Games organising committee was buying toilet paper at art paper prices, and turf at the rate of platinum. This was not considered unusual, let alone criminal, because the price of cream is built into...
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Islamabad, May 19 -- A SORT of unprecedented political pragmatism has followed the 2013 election. As in other areas, improvement in the country's security situation is also being projected by many who are optimistic about the incoming government's ability to fight the menace of terrorism....
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Islamabad, May 19 -- The hundred pages of Benghazi e-mails released this week tell us almost nothing about how four Americans came to die so tragically in that Libyan city. But they are a case study in why nothing works in Washington. Rather than reading these messages for their substance on Benghazi (on which officials were still basically clueless three days after...
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Islamabad, May 19 -- The west has done us in once again. It all started with Ayub Khan and the PL 480 USA effort to thwart our effort at wheat production. The international wheat research center and the later to be decorated Nobel Laureate Norman Borlaug was the center of the green revolution or maybe a significant part of it. What was then considered a great...
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