US Navy missile hits spy satellite Completing a mission in which an interceptor designed for missile defense was used for the first time to attack a satellite.
Rushdie, Arundhati eye Booker India-born authors Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy would be among those vying for the The Best of the Booker, a one-off award to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the prestigious literary prize.
Obama all talks, with little substance: Hillary Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton criticised rival Barack Obama as a big dreamer with little substance as she sought to slow his momentum from 10 straight victories in the race for the partys US presidential nomination.
Girls immortalise wild nights on Web When is it time to say no to the next tequila shot? When Youve already had a couple of bottles of Chardonnay over dinner, your make-up is smeared all over your face.
Pakistan policemen beat up a lawyer during a rally in Karachi on Thursday. Lawyers tried to organise a protest march demanding the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf and reinstatement of sacked chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Nine lawyers were arrested and three injured in the police action. Reuters
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