Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant shoots a foul shot during Game 2 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final basketball series against the Utah Jazz in Los Angeles, California on May 7, 2008. (Reuters)
RALEIGH: Barack Obama declared himself within striking distance of the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday after trouncing Hillary Clinton in North Carolina, while she eked out a wafer-thin win
BEIJING: China's mad dash for Olympics tickets in Beijing ended on Wednesday with the final tranche earmarked for domestic customers sold out a month ahead of schedule, organisers said.
WASHINGTON: The credit crisis that has scorched international financial markets is on the wane but more shocks are ahead, US Secretary Treasury Henry Paulson told the Wall
Street Journal in an inter
TOKYO: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday played down the chances of a fresh takeover bid for Yahoo, saying the US software giant would focus on an independent strategy.
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