Liu says sorry to China, vows to come back

BEIJING: Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang has publicly apologised for letting the nation down after he quit the Olympics due to an injury but also vowed to stage a comeback. Liu, 25, World and Olympic champion, pulled out of the 110m hurdles qualifying heats because of a worsened tendon injury in his right foot, dashing China’’s only gold hope in Olympic track. “So many people have been worried and caring about me. I feel sorry. I could do nothing but pull out of the race,” Liu told Chinese state television last night, which aired a partial interview with Liu on Tuesday. “I didn”t feel right when I was warming up before the race,” said Liu. “I knew my foot would fail me. I felt painful when I was just jogging,” she added.

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Aussies refuse to take part in Champions Trophy

SYDNEY: Top players from defending champions Australia have officially refused to tour Pakistan for the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy, plunging the tourna

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First step towards supremacy of Constitution: deposed judges

PESHAWAR: The news regarding departure of Gen (R) Pervez Musharraf from the Presidency was also well received by the non-functional judges of the supe

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Coalition should reinstate deposed judges: STPP

HYDERABAD: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STPP) Chairman Dr Qadir Magsi here on Tuesday demanded Pervez Musharraf’’s trial for his nine-year ”injustices”

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OMC margins to be cut if oil falls below $100

ISLAMABAD: The government plans to further slash deemed duty on oil products to rationalise the oil pricing formula in a bid to create fiscal space to

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Ex-servicemen association may welcome Musharraf

ISLAMABAD: The ex-servicemen association would welcome former president Pervez Musharraf if he applied for its membership, Brig Mehmud, who runs the a

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New MD to take over KESC

KARACHI: Naveed Ismail, former country head of a global energy firm, is being considered to lead the worn-out Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),

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Police: Bomb blast in Pakistan hospital kills 23 (USA Today)

A bombing outside the emergency gate of a hospital crowded with Shiite Muslim mourners in Pakistan’s volatile northwest killed at least 23 people and wounded 15 Tuesday, officials said.

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Divisions emerge in Pakistan’s ruling coalition (AP via Yahoo! News)

Just a day after Pervez Musharraf’s resignation, Pakistan’s governing coalition fell into wrangling Tuesday over restoring the judges he fired, exposing troublesome divisions that could disrupt picking his successor as president.

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USC making profit on pulse made from subsidised gram

LAHORE: Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Supplies Corporation (PASSCO) has started supply of black gram to the Utility Stores Corporation in order to

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