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'Drugs baron' arrested over domestic row

12.10.11
A businessman alleged to be one of the world's most wanted drug barons has been arrested by police in Essex investigating a domestic row... more

Bloomsbury signs deal to launch 'Wisden India'

10.10.11
India, the world's biggest nation of cricket fans, is set to get its own version of Wisden after publisher Bloomsbury signed a licensing deal with local firm FidelisWorld... more

Sunni militants kill 12 in sectarian raid

04.10.11
Suspected Sunni extremists murder 12 Shiite Muslims after ordering them off a bus in south-western Pakistan... more

Kevin Pietersen recalled for England tour to India

28.09.11
Kevin Pietersen returns to the England fold for the forthcoming one-day series against India but James Anderson is being rested for the trip and will not play again until 2012... more

Graeme Swann: defeat was a 'horror show'

26.09.11
England ended a memorable summer with defeat and their worst Twenty20 total ever, leaving captain Swann to bemoan an "unacceptable" display ... more

Pakistan fury at US terror claims

23.09.11
Pakistan's foreign minister lashes out at the US for accusing the country's most powerful intelligence agency of supporting extremist attacks against American troops in Afghanistan ... more

De Beers expects record growth as diamond markets buck global downturn

19.09.11
Diamond producer De Beers expects global demand growth for rough diamonds to set a new record this year on the exceptionally strong performance of its key U.S. market and robust demand in China and India, the head of the company's distribution arm has said... more

England struggle to solve Gulf crisis

09.09.11
Tourists face tricky task to find top-class opponents for warm-up matches that precede Test series against Pakistan in Dubai and Abu Dhabi next year ... more

Cook hopes Morgan will recover for tour of India

07.09.11
England's middle order destroyer sidelined with shoulder injury... more

Essar's Energy's 80% boost on demand from Asia

22.08.11
Essar Energy, the London-listed power giant that bought Shell's Stanlow refinery for $350 million (£213 million) in July, shows just how much it's cashing in on higher oil and gas prices... more

'New Gandhi' wins right to go on anti-graft hunger strike in park

18.08.11
An Indian anti-corruption campaigner whose arrest sparked mass protests has been allowed to fast in a New Delhi park for two weeks, an aide says... more

Ian Bell: Now we are top I want to be best batsman in world

17.08.11
Ian Bell: We're on top of the world and I want to be the best batsman but first we've got to win the series 4-0... more

'Gandhi' protester held in crackdown

16.08.11
Police arrest India's leading anti-corruption campaigner and 400 supporters are detained in New Delhi ... more

India go easy on tired team

16.08.11
Strange gesture as tourists try to salvage something from Test series... more

Tim Bresnan buoyant after taking four wickets against India

11.08.11
Bowler on a high after he helped give England a promising start in the Third Test at Edgbaston... more

Only India's batsmen stand in the way of Test whitewash

09.08.11
Two up with two to play against a jaded India team, England are eyeing an emphatic series win... more

Sign of desperation as RP Singh is recalled

08.08.11
India are poised to rely on bowler to keep them at the top of the world rankings, even though he has not played a Test for more than three years ... more

Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh set to miss Third Test

03.08.11
Injury problems add to India's difficult tour of England... more

Pakistan warned over 'terror havens'

01.08.11
The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is the world's most dangerous area, according to the highest-ranking officer in the US armed forces... more

We won't be resting on our laurels after Lord's

28.07.11
Ian Bell: As fantastic as it was to beat India at Lord's, we have to remember that we've not always been at our best in recent Tests after we've gone 1-0 up in a series... more

Manjrekar slams India for poor Test preparation

28.07.11
Former batsman says tourists have brought their injury problems and poor form on themselves... more

People's Monday is triumph for common sense

26.07.11
Jonathan Agnew: MCC policy shows Test bosses the way forward... more

Without their cricket god Tendulkar to worship, what will a whole generation of India fans do?

25.07.11
Tendulkar made his Test debut aged 16 in 1989, and here he is at Lord's all these years later still the main man, still carrying the hopes of a nation whenever he makes his way to the crease... more

Cut-price tickets at Lord's sends queue around the block

25.07.11
Twenty thousand people queue up at Lord's to see the last day of England's Test match with India... more

With 'spicy' Indians on the menu, it's a recipe for trouble

21.07.11
There will be plenty of flashpoints during the series as the feisty tourists are always ready for a fight - even among themselves... more

I'm in top shape for our biggest test

19.07.11
Exclusive: Graham Gooch workout prepares Ian Bell for India series ... more

38 die as train rams into India wedding bus

07.07.11
At least 38 people died when a bus full of wedding guests hit a train at an unmanned level crossing in India... more

Rioters demand new India state

06.07.11
Fifty people, including three politicians, are arrested during protests to demand the creation of a new state in southern India ... more

India gay gaffe at HIV-Aids conference

05.07.11
India's health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad sparks anger by calling homosexuality a 'disease' and 'unnatural' during a conference on HIV-Aids... more

US drone raid kills seven in Pakistan

20.06.11
At least seven people are said to have died in a suspected US drone attack in north-west Pakistan... more


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