Final Harry Potter all set to fly off shelves Readers around the globe will learn today the schoolboy wizards fate with the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in J K Rowlings fantasy series.
Israel frees 256 Palestinians Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has described his decision to free the prisoners, most of them with relatively short sentences left to run, as a goodwill gesture to bolster Mr Abbass new government.
Major blow to Musharraf; Govt to accept verdict: Aziz
SC reinstates suspended CJ In a momentous 10-3 verdict, the full bench headed by Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday quashed the reference of charges against Chaudhry as well as his suspension as illegal and ultra vires of the Constitution.
12 killed in fresh Lanka clashes Tamil Tiger rebels carried out a pre-dawn strike on a Sri Lankan military detachment in the north-western Mannar district on Friday leaving at least 12 combatants killed on both sides, military here said.
A released Palestinian prisoner (C) afer his arrival at the headquarters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West
Bank city of Ramallah on Friday. Reuters
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