Crackdown on protests in Pak: Three police officers suspended
Burqa-clad bomber kills 15 The blast was the latest in a wave of attacks, most in the northwest of the country near the border with Afghanistan, blamed on Islamist militants based in tribal areas on the Afghan border.
UN envoy denied junta meeting again After going to Naypyidaw with hopes of meeting the junta leader on Monday, the envoy was taken on a government trip to Lashio, nearly 400 km north-east of the capital, for a workshop on EU-Asian relations.
Syria may skip West Asia conference "If this conference does not meet our interests... we won't go," Syria's President Bashar al-Assad told the BBC in a rare interview in English.
$200,000 reward on heads of Taliban, al Qaeda leaders Posters and billboards are being put up around eastern Afghanistan with the names and pictures of the 12, with reward amounts ranging from $20,000 to $200,000.
Is Sonia Gandhi trying to promote dynastic rule by appointing her son Rahul as general secretary of the Congress? Will Rahul be able to revive the fortunes of the party in the next Parliament elections? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send in their opinions. Rahul has been hailed as a young and promising leader by several readers who have appreciated Sonia’s move. However, there are several others who have questioned the credibility of the Congress party in appointing Rahul, who they say is a novice.
