Britain hands over Basra to Iraq The British military handed over control of Iraqs southern Basra province to local authorities on Sunday.
Turkey bombs Iraq Turkish warplanes bombed villages deep in northern Iraq early on Sunday, killing one woman and wounding two other people in one of the heaviest raids against Kurdish rebels in months, local officials said.
London plot suspect escapes in Pakistan Rashid Rauf, of Pakistani-British origin, escaped on Saturday, from outside an Islamabad court where police had escorted him for an extradition hearing.
Ethnic crisis in malaysia
More detentions in the offing Malaysia has warned of another round of detentions under a draconian security law following the arrest of five ethnic-Indians on Thursday as the police sought to quell rumours of a retaliatory rally being planned by the majority Malays.
Smuggled sex slaves receive compensation Thousands of sex slaves smuggled into Britain are being given millions of pounds in damages after a ground-breaking government decision to compensate victims of human trafficking.
Two teenagers peeved over bullying, gunned down their classmate in a Gurgaon public school. Is it symptomatic of the breakdown of discipline in schools or growing western influence or ill-effects of sudden affluence in society. Deccan Herald had invited readers’ opinion on the issue. While many of our readers opine that parents must show more responsibility in bringing up their children, a few say that there should be strict rules to curb violence in media contents.
