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Grief, anger swell as Benazir is buried
Benazir's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, accompanied the closed coffin draped with the green, red and black tricolour of her Pakistan People's Party as it began the 7-km journey by ambulance to the family mausoleum at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh.

Sharif drops plans to attend Bhutto's funeral

This TV Grab taken from KTN News channel shows the ambulance carrying the body of Benazir Bhutto surrounded by supporters forming a cortege as it moves towards her funeral at Ghari Khuda Baksh in Southern Pakistan on Friday, 28 Dec 2007. Hundreds of thousands of mourners converged on a mausoleum in southern Pakistan where slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was buried, witnesses said. AFP

Benazir's last address: Pakistan is in danger
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility
"We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat (the) 'mujahadeen'," al-Qaeda Commander and spokesman Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid told the Italian news agency Adnkronos International (AKI) in a phone call from an unknown location.
ISI, warlords are main suspects in Bhutto killing: reports
The foreign and Pakistani Islamist militants saw Ms Bhutto as a Westernised heretic and an American stooge and had repeatedly threatened to kill her. "But fingers will also be pointed at ISI which has had close ties to the Islamists...'' The Times daily reported.
Bus, train service to Pak suspended
The Railway Ministry today announced that it had suspended the operation of Samjhauta Express and Thar Express -- the two trains connecting India and Pakistan -- on account of security considerations ...
Choosing Benazir's successor a tough task for PPP
With Bhutto's three children, all teenagers, unlikely to be drafted to succeed her, the slain leader's husband Asif Ali Zardari figures among the probable successors

Lawson in two minds about returning to troubled Pakistan

Election on schedule, says Pak Govt

BENAZIR'S POLITICAL ODYSSEY
Tragic end to an eventful life
After gaining degrees in politics at Harvard and Oxford universities, she returned to Pakistan in 1977, just before the military seized power from her father.

NEWSALERT: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calls all party meeting today in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
Qaeda, Taliban made Pak their "most important rear base": NYT Bhutto's death, 'the New York Times' stressed in an editorial, leaves the Bush administration with no visible strategy for extricating Pakistan from its crisis or rooting out al-Qaeda and the Taliban which have made the country their "most important rear base."

BJP sweeps Himachal Pradesh polls
Conforming to the cycle of the ruling party being ejected from power in the hill state, the saffron party bagged 41 seats, five short of two-thirds majority in the 68-member Assembly. Congress secured only 23 seats, down by 18.

HP results will not impact Karnataka: Kharge

Congress to put in place a poll strategy in next 15 days

Judicial probe ordered into communal violence in Kandhamal

Official sources said the probe was ordered by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who visited the riot-torn area yesterday to take stock of the situation. The government would soon name a judge for conducting the probe...

Russia, India may jointly develop new space shuttle

Indian players celebrate after Zaheer Khan (centre) gets Australia's Andrew Symonds (left) out for 44, left, during the third day of their First Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. Australia declared their second innings at 351 for seven, setting India a victory target of 499 runs in the Boxing Day cricket Test. AP Photo

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TODAY'S PRINT EDITION

Front Page Stories

	BENAZIR ASSASSINATED

	Fourteen killed in violence

	Orissa district still on the boil

	Sena men attack Husain show

	No SMS jam this New Year

NEWSCROLL

Intercourse 'not a risk factor for premature birth'

Bullying 'is in the genes'

"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's widow to launch whale research

Naxals distribute handbills in Udupi

Kumaraswamy donates Rs one lakh to patient

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Thatcher's US bathroom farce revealed in new documents
Thatcher went to the United States as leader of Britain's main opposition Conservative Party in September 1977 but the visit took a comic turn when she got locked in a toilet and "had to be released from bondage" at a Texan hotel...

Britons prefer William to Charles
Yes, according to an opinion poll, more than half of

the people in Britain prefer to see William, not his father, become the next King when Queen Elizabeth II steps down.

MELBOURNE TEST: DAY 3 -AUSSIES SET A VICTORY TARGET OF 499
India hang on but face daunting task ahead The highest total batting fourth on the MCG was the 417 set by England in the Centenary Test in 1977, chasing 463 for victory. Australia are seeking their 15th successive Test victory as they chase the world record of 16 wins in a row, set by Steve Waugh's team from 1999-2001. SCORE-CARD Tough target but not unachievable, says Harbhajan ''This is a good wicket to bat on and I'm sure our batsmen are looking forward to going out and showing some character tomorrow...''
Dravid handed momentum to Aussies : Waugh "Rahul Dravid looked out of touch... he opted for a grafting response which would have been fine if he went on to make a significant score. But to fall for five off 66 balls was to hand the momentum clearly back to Australia," Waugh wrote in his column. Yuvraj Singh faces hearing for showing dissent Indian fans complain of racist taunts at MCG A 'Herald Sun' report said Australian supporters shouted "Show us your visas, show us your visas" at the Indian fans, interviewed by their reporters. The visiting fans described the chant as "offensive, ugly and racist".		Kumble did what is considered to be hardest: Warne ''The hardest time to bowl spin in an MCG Test match is Day One and in the face of the big opening stand he came on and swung the game on his own. He showed what a quality spinner he is,'' Warne said about Anil Kumble's first day bowling heroics against Australia in Melbourne. We found a way to silence Tendulkar: Clark "If we can build that pressure on him every time we play by not giving runs and by creating the intensity, then he can find ways of getting himself out," said Clark.