Sharapova, Kuznetsova reach quarter-finals Agence France PresseTokyo, February 2:Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova needed some time to get used to the fast indoor surface here before overpowering Venezuela’s Maria Vento-Kabchi at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament on Wednesday.The... 02 Feb, 2005
TIME OUT Nawalparasi triumph:LALITPUR: Santosh Sahukhala scored a hat-trick as Kathmandu beat Sindhupalchowk 5-1 in the day’s match of the Central-level ANFA-Mayos Inter-school Football Tournament here at ANFA Complex today. Sandip Rai and Gyanendra Ale also... 31 Jan, 2005
IN OTHER WORDS Good start:It took impressive personal courage for Viktor Yushchenko to overcome a nearly fatal poisoning and brazen electoral fraud to become Ukraine’s new president. It will now take extraordinary political agility for him to begin delivering on... 31 Jan, 2005
Davos readies for power play Agence France PresseDavos, January 26: More than 2,000 business and political leaders and a dash of celebrity gathered on Wednesday in the Swiss ski resort of Davos for five days of brainstorming on the world’s biggest challenges, from climate change... 26 Jan, 2005
Business elite to tackle poverty in plush Swiss resort Agence France PresseGeneva, January 23:Global political and business leaders are expected to focus heavily on economic issues, including the fight against poverty and climate change, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) beginning on... 23 Jan, 2005
IN OTHER WORDS: Out of Iraq Ukraine became the latest dropout when President Leonid Kuchma ordered his generals on Monday to start pulling his country’s roughly 1,600 troops out of Iraq. That was not a surprise because Ukraine has been heading for the door for some time. It’s... 16 Jan, 2005
Date not enough Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba seems determined to announce a poll date this month after the January 13 deadline passed with the rebels refusing to talk to this government. Perhaps he is haunted by the possibility of being pronounced incapable of... 16 Jan, 2005
Myskina out of Sydney International Associated PressSydney, January 11:French Open champion Anastasia Myskina was knocked out of the Medibank Sydney International on Tuesday, losing 6-1, 6-3 to qualifier Peng Shuai of China in a second-round match. Top-ranked Lindsay Davenport eased into... 11 Jan, 2005
Start thinking Finally, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s NC (D) has decided to go by the Royal mandate Deuba has — to hold the elections. The party’s week-long central working committee meeting concluded on Saturday, pushing aside the suggestions by a number... 03 Jan, 2005
TIME OUT Birendra Shield ends DOLAKHA: The Birendra Shield Inter-school Sports meet organised after a gap of 12 years concluded here on Sunday. In the competition, Hanumanteswar Higher Secondary School, Kavre, Betyaswar Secondary School, Namdu and Rising Star... 11 May, 2004
Venus Williams advances to quarter-finals at J&S Cup Associated PressWarsaw, April 29:Venus Williams of the United States recovered from a sluggish start to beat Fabiola Zuluaga of Colombia 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 and advance to the quarter-finals of the $585,000 J&S Cup. Eighth-seeded Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi of... 29 Apr, 2004
TAKING STOCK : Scrap the income tax Rakesh Wadhwa Kathmandu: The 1990s saw the break-up of the former Soviet Block. With the collapse of the ‘evil’ Russian empire, its old policies too were junked. Whereas communism preached, ‘from each according to ability and to each according... 18 Apr, 2004
