Resolute Sri Lankan batting and bad weather frustrated Australia's bid for a series-clinching win as the second Test ended in a draw in Pallekele on Monday.

Two men from Jammu and Kashmir were detained in Rajasthan on the basis of their resemblance to the sketches of suspects released in connection with the Delhi high court blast, police here said on Saturday.

China's trade surplus contracted sharply to $17.8 billion in August, down from $31.5 billion in July, as imports rose to a new record high, according to official data released on Saturday.

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If a Chennai lad may be pardoned his one outrageous comment on television, it can be said that India can do with fewer of Nasser Hussain’s dim-witted and slow-footed animals in the team. Winless India may be in England but at least they did not make asses of themselves in the T20 and the first two ODIs. The batting might in fact be considered a pointer to the future.

Actress Kate Winslet has called herself the hypocrite of the decade after once vowing never to disrobe onscreen ever again.

Debutant Shaun Marsh and Michael Hussey hit unbeaten half-centuries to put Australia on top in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Friday.

India and Bangladesh on Wednesday stressed on the need to conclude an extradition treaty. In a joint statement, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina “undescroed the need to conclude an extradition treaty expeditiously to complete the legal framework for bilateral security cooperation.”

A day after the deadly attack outside the Delhi high court, investigators have traced the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami email claiming responsibility for the blast to Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The UN Security Council on Thursday joined UN chief Ban Ki-moon in strongly condemning the deadly terror attack in Delhi, saying such "heinous" acts of terrorism are "criminal and unjustifiable".

Australia's jobless rate unexpectedly rose on Thursday to 5.3 per cent, its highest level in almost a year, as the mining-powered economy showed signs of flagging.