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Rasheed challenges Elahi to face in polls Updated at: 0352 PST,  Saturday, March 27, 2010  LAHORE: A leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), also a Senator Chaudhry Pervez Rasheed Friday challenged PML-Q’s Chaudhry Pervez Elahi to contest in election against him, Geo news reported.Later, he told media Pervez Elahi has not replied to my challenge.In a statement released from Lahore, Senator said he was ready to face Elahi in any constituency including Gujrat.It is evident from the results of Gujrat by-polls that Elahi’s allegations .... Full Story

Twin blasts claim 42 in Iraq Updated at: 0215 PST,  Saturday, March 27, 2010  BAGHDAD: Security and medical officials say twin bombings in the Iraqi city of Khales, northeast of Baghdad, have killed 42 people and wounded 65 others.Among the dead and wounded were an unknown number of women and children, said Ahmed Alwan, a doctor at the main hospital in Diyala province's capital of Baquba, close to Khales.A security official from Baquba Operations Command, on condition of anonymity, confirmed that 42 people were killed and .... Full Story

PSM suffers Rs180bn loses Updated at: 1554 PST,  Friday, March 26, 2010 KARACHI: Sources in Pakistan Steel Mills have told Geo News that massive losses of Rs 180 billion have been incurred to the national kitty during the last nine months.Due to technical faults in blast furnaces production could not be done and coke of Rs 180 billion has been wasted, sources said.

India name World Twenty20 Cup squad Updated at: 1352 PST,  Friday, March 26, 2010 NEW DELHI: India on Friday named a 15-man squad for the World Twenty20 Cup tournament to be played in the Caribbean from April 30 to May 16. The team is: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag (vice-captain), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra and Vinay Kumar.