Taliban, Afghans seek venue for hostage talks The Afghan government and Taliban kidnappers on Saturday sought a venue for negotiations to try to free 21 South Korean Christian hostages held for more than two weeks, the provincial police chief said.
NASA launches mission to Mars A robotic dirt and ice digger blasted off on Saturday on a 422 million-mile journey to Mars that NASA hopes will culminate next spring in the first ever landing within the red planet's Arctic Circle.
UK tries to contain foot and mouth outbreak Britain moved rapidly to contain an outbreak of foot and mouth, a highly infectious disease that devastated farming six years ago, by isolating a farm west of London on Saturday.
21 killed, 35 injured in Pak bomb blasts About 21 people, including four Pakistan army soldiers, were killed and 35 injured in separate incidents of a bomb blast and a militant attack in Pakistans troubled tribal areas on Saturday.
Musharraf hikes salaries of superior court judges Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has sanctioned a hefty 25 per cent increase in the salaries of superior court judges in an apparent attempt to win back judiciary which in recent times has given a string of verdicts against government in politically sensitive cases.
Site of disaster.... Marine One (top) carrying US President George W Bush tours the I-35W bridge collapse site in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday. Reuters
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