Come to our area or meet us abroad, Taliban tells S Koreans
Karzai, Bush to meet amid hostage standoff The Camp David meeting risks being overshadowed by the South Korean hostage drama in which Kabul, apparently backed by Washington, is refusing the Taliban's demand for the release of jailed militants.
PAKISTAN's HELP SOUGHT South Korean foreign minister Song Min-Soon has telephoned his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and discussed with him the safe release of the hostages.
Iraqi PM rejects resignations Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday rejected the resignation of six cabinet ministers and has asked them to rejoin his government.
US Congress clears Bush's spying bill The measure would authorize the National Security Agency to intercept without a court order communications between people in the United States and foreign targets overseas.
A Lebanese woman, wearing a pin bearing assassinated minister Pierre Gemayel’s portrait, carries a white rose as a symbol of gratitude and solidarity with former Lebanese president Amin Gemayal, as she arrives to cast her vote in parliamentary by-elections in Bikfaya, northeast of Beirut on Sunday. AFP
Film actor Sanjay Dutt has been sentenced to six years in jail by the TADA court.
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