Sunitas landing delayed by 2 days Atlantis, which will bring back Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams home after her six-month space sojourn has been delayed by two days to help astronauts fix a problem on the body of the spacecraft.
Landslides: Toll touches 103 Death toll from Mondays disastrous landslides in Bangladeshs southeastern city of Chittagong rose to 103 till Tuesday afternoon with the recovery of 21 more bodies.
Rebel Serb leader gets 35 yrs jail The UN war crimes tribunal sentenced the former leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia, Milan Martic, to 35 years in jail for ordering atrocities committed while rebel Serbs set up a breakaway state in Croatia.
Hamas attack Fatah office Hamas gunmen stormed a Fatah security headquarters in Gaza City on Tuesday, moving Palestinians closer to civil war.
US confident Musharraf will quit as Army chief Notwithstanding Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf ruling out quitting as Army chief, the United States has said it expects him to follow through his commitments of putting aside his uniform if he wants to continue in political life.
Bangladeshi rescue workers recover bodies after a landslide in Chittagong, on Tuesday. Hundreds of police, soldiers and emergency workers were digging through piles of mud in southeastern Bangladesh with little hope of finding survivors as the toll from landslides rose to 100, officials said. The landslides struck early Monday as people slept following several days of continuous monsoon downpours. AFP
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