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Beijing - A Chinese television reality show hosted by former German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was scheduled to open on Thursday, producers and sponsors said.

Kahn's 10-week show, "I never give up", gives aspiring young Chinese goalkeepers the chance to win a place at the German Football Federation's (DFB) top training academy Berger Feld Schule.

Lahore, June 18 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is hoping that its mutual understanding with the Board of Cricket Control in India's former chief, Sharad Pawar, would help it resolve the 2011 World Cup hosting rights issues with the International Cricket Council
(ICC).

Belgrade - Serbian archaeologists have uncovered a seven-millienia old grave in a Neolithic village in the west of the country, the daily Blic reported Thursday.

The grave contains well-preserved skeletons of a child and an adult, buried in a curled position and placed on top of each other, archaeologist Radivoje Arsic said.

"It is unusual because the double grave is within the village - they emptied a mud hut and used it as a burial site," he said.

Astana, June 18 : Over 25,000 locals, Kazakh dignitaries and world media assembled at Semipalatinsk on Thursday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan's decision to stop nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS).

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who presided over the function, traced the origins of the anti-nuclear movement in Kazakhstan.

He also spoke about the selflessness, fearlessness and enthusiasm of Kazakhs to end what he described as "a crime against life."

Mogadishu - Over 20 people died in Somalia during fighting between Islamist insurgents and government forces Wednesday, including a dozen leaving evening prayers, witnesses said Thursday.

The stray shell that devastated a mosque in north Mogadishu late Wednesday evening was the worst single incident in a day of heavy clashes in north and south Mogadishu, where insurgent groups al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam are trying to oust President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.