Blow to Musharraf as jailed Hashmi gets SC reprieve
Pak leader to be released The decision to free Javed Hashmi, a close ally of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, will bolster political opposition to President Gen Pervez Musharraf, who plans to seek a new presidential term from lawmakers this fall...
Taliban has limited influence: Korea "Our foremost goal is to make it clear that there is a limit as to what our government can do to meet their demands of releasing the prisoners," said South Korea's presidential spokesman..
Idi Amins son gets 5-yr jail for UK gang murder Faisal Wangita, 25, was part of a 40-strong gang that attacked Somali teenager Mahir Osman, 18, in a busy street in north London in January, 2006...
Lone Briton saved from shark-infested seas Mr Landles had been sailing his 12-metre yacht Lamachan from England to Australia when he hit trouble on the last leg of the journey off a remote island in the South Pacific...
Expedition to North Pole
West scorns, Russia proud A pair of Russian mini-submarines reached the bottom of the Arctic Ocean on Thursday in an effort to advance Russias claims over the resource-rich seabed...
Cleaning up... People look at the water gushing from the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River in central China’s Henan province on Friday. The operation was conducted to clear out the silt deposits at the dam. Reuters
Film actor Sanjay Dutt has been sentenced to six years in jail by the TADA court.
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