Karzai escapes rocket attack Rockets fell several hundred metres from the government building southwest of Kabul and some of the audience began to flee, but Mr Karzai urged them to stay and finished his speech, a government official and a witness said.
Lanka 'regrets' evicting Tamils "I express regret for shifting the people to various other places. It was a big mistake and should have never been done," Sri Lankas Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake told reporters on Sunday.
Bangla ultras charged for attack on UN envoy The Bangladesh government's decision to formally charge an Islamists militant group for carrying out a grenade attack on the British High Commissioner three years ago, came as a relief to many who had almost lost hope for a trial.
Storm: 9 killed, 5,000 evacuated in Australia A major storm battering Australia's east coast for the past three days has whipped up huge seas and dumped flooding rains over the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney.
Musharraf for re-election in uniform Mr Musharraf, in an interview with Al-Arabia TV, said he would not shed his uniform for the forthcoming presidential election. He said he won the election in uniform, and he would again contest it in uniform.
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