UN flays hired muscles The United Nations urged US authorities on Thursday to hold private security firms accountable for unjustified killings of Iraqi civilians and warned against increasing reliance on the heavily armed guards.
Pioneering feminist Doriss Lessing in Nobel win British writer Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday, citing her scepticism, fire and visionary power in dozens of works, notably her classic 'The Golden Notebook.'
Camp Victory under fire Two members of the US-led coalition force were killed and 40 others were wounded in an attack at Camp Victory, a sprawling base near Baghdads airport that houses the headquarters of US forces in Iraq, the military said on Thursday.
US student goes on gun rampage A 14-year-old disgruntled student went on shooting spree in his high school in Cleveland, Ohio injuring five people before turning the gun on himself.
Benazir will not delay Pak return Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhuttos party on Thursday turned down the request of President Pervez Musharraf to delay her return home, insisting that she would come back to the country from her self-imposed exile on October 18 as scheduled...
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