Mosque standoff: Pak cleric ready for talks A Pakistani cleric at the centre of a seven-day siege at Lal Masjid in Islamabad agreed on Monday to hold last-ditch talks over a loudspeaker with ministers and Islamic leaders to end the crisis.
Fears over Bangla terror path Significant numbers of Britons are travelling to Bangladesh to train in terrorist techniques amid rising concern among security and intelligence officials about the increasing appeal of al-Qaedas message throughout the Middle East and south-east Asia.
US-mafia assassin had little chance, claims Castro Convalescing Cuban President Fidel Castro said on Sunday the man the United States and Mafia contracted to poison him in the early 1960s would not have been able to get close enough to him to be successful.
Save Potter, fans request Rowling Thousands of Harry Potter fans have signed a petition urging J K Rowling to keep writing novels about the boy wizard after she admitted she could never say never to more books.
Boeing debuts its 787 beauty On Sunday, before nearly 15,000 employees and worldwide customers in a hangar here in this Seattle suburb, with 25,000 others watching remotely from a football stadium downtown, Boeing unveiled the 787 Dreamliner, its new long-distance, fuel-efficient jet.
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