Pakistani police say the death toll from attacks on a hospital and a women's university bus in a south-western provincial capital has increased to 24.
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Pakistan: Gunmen storm hospital after Quetta bus bombing which killed 14 female students
Saturday 15 June 2013
Another four injured in second blast at hospital where victims were being treated
Champions Trophy: Fawad Ahmed set to make history for the Aussies
Friday 14 June 2013
Fawad Ahmed, the leg-spinner who has been fast-tracked into the Australia set-up, finally donned the gold and green for the first time today.
Champions Trophy: A dead rubber with as much passion and intensity as a final
Friday 14 June 2013
India are through and Pakistan are out but today’s meeting means the world to both sides
Champions Trophy preview: Chris Gayle needs to find top form as West Indies take on South Africa
Thursday 13 June 2013
South Africa v West Indies
Champions Trophy: India cruise to victory over West Indies by eight wickets
Tuesday 11 June 2013
India (236 for two) beat West Indies (234 for nine) by eight wickets
Woolwich murder aftermath: Theresa May praises British-based Islamic group
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Home Secretary says there has been increase in attacks directed against Muslim communities since 'horrendous' murder of Drummer Lee Rigby
Champions Trophy cricket: Pakistan 'totally lost' after defeat to South Africa, says Misbah-ul-Haq
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq admitted his side's batsmen were “totally lost” after mis-firing again on the way to a 67-run defeat by South Africa.
Champions Trophy: South Africa's Ryan McLaren fills gap to kill off Pakistan's ambitions
Monday 10 June 2013
South Africa 234-9 Pakistan 167
Rajasthan launches scheme to save the endangered Great Indian Bustard
Monday 10 June 2013
Bird has disappeared from 90 per cent of the territory it once occupied
Champions Trophy: Denesh Ramdin charged after 'catch' drops him in it
Sunday 09 June 2013
West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin has been charged after allegedly claiming a dropped catch in Friday's Champions Trophy match against Pakistan.
Suspects found guilty and sentenced to death in Shahzeb Khan murder case
Friday 07 June 2013
Case sparked widespread debate over whether the country’s elite could be held accountable for crimes they committed
Today at Champions Trophy: Pakistan v West Indies - Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels take on the guile of Saeed Ajmal's spin
Thursday 06 June 2013
Both teams enter their first game of this year's ICC Champions Trophy after winning one warm-up game. Pakistan had their first game washed out due to rain and then beat South Africa, while the West Indies were easily beaten by Australia before Monday's victory over Sri Lanka.
Australia gamble on Pakistani spinner, Fawad Ahmed, for Ashes squad
Thursday 06 June 2013
For Australia, it is one thing after another. They are beset by worry and panic. Their preparations for the Champions Trophy and the Ashes are constantly moveable feasts which are increasingly threatening thin pickings.
The General: the Ordinary Man Who Challenged Guantanamo,, By Ahmed Errachidi
Wednesday 05 June 2013
Some prisoners in Guantanamo had al-Qa'ida links but others were guilty only of being Muslims. One of the latter is Ahmed Errachidi, a Moroccan-born London chef whose prison nickname provides the title for his appalling, yet enthralling account. Like Buster Keaton's film with the same title, it has its share of surreal humour: man famed in Soho for his baked monkfish finds himself reluctant leader of terrorist suspects in shackles.
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