COLOMBO, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will welcome back opener Tillakaratne Dilshan for the second and final test against New Zealand in Colombo starting on Sunday after he recovered from a back injury. Dilshan, whose last innings was an unbeaten 102 in the third match of the five-game ODI series, missed Sri Lanka’s 10-wicket win inside three days in the first test in Galle. “Dilshan is pretty much 100 per cent fit and Dimuth Karunaratne will make way for him,” captain Mahela Jayawardene told reporters on Saturday. …
Gas blast destroys Mass. strip club, 18 people injured; lt. gov. says 'miracle' no one killed
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – A natural gas explosion in one of New England’s biggest cities on Friday levelled a strip club with a boom heard for miles and heavily damaged a dozen other buildings but didn’t kill anyone, authorities said.
Arafat's remains to be exhumed Tuesday: official
A Palestinian official says the remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday to enable foreign experts to take samples as part of a probe into his death.
Algeria scandals mask high level power struggle
Nearly a week from regional elections, Algerians are less interested in the public vote than an intensifying behind-the-scenes power struggle -- one that is playing out through a flurry of corruption probes. AP PHOTOS: TV icon Larry Hagman through the years
Larry Hagman, whose masterful portrayal of the charmingly loathsome J.R. Ewing on "Dallas" brought him his greatest stardom, has died at the age of 81. That role on CBS' long-running nighttime soap opera was a ratings bonanza for the network, particularly the "Who shot J.R.?" story twist. Back to school in Gaza after Israel offensive
Tens of thousands of children are returning to school in the Gaza Strip after eight days of cross-border fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which rules the coastal enclave. Magnitude 4.9 quake jolts Tokyo, no tsunami warning
TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 jolted Tokyo and nearby areas on Saturday, but no tsunami warning has been issued, Japan Meteorological Agency said. Some trains were temporarily halted but are now back to normal service, public broadcaster NHK said. There were no immediate reports of damage. The depth of the tremor was 80 km (50 miles) in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said. (Reporting by Yoko Kubota; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
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