30 killed in Pak blast A blast tore through a security forces vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more.
Turkish troops now on offensive Turkish forces said they repelled a Kurdish rebel attack near the Iraqi border and President Abdullah Gul warned the PKK on Thursday that Turkey's patience was running out.
'Bikini killer' to face fresh trial The authorities in Nepal are planing a fresh trial against 'Bikini Killer' Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj even as the Supreme Court is set to decide the fate of the international criminal on November 4.
Move over IVF, safer IVM is here Scientists said In-Vitro Maturation (IVM) is potentially safer, faster and cheaper than standard IVF because it does not require women to use fertility drugs. It could help the 40% per cent of women undergoing treatment who have polycystic ovaries.
Suu Kyi meets junta official Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met for the first time on Thursday with a senior junta official appointed to work with the country's main opposition party, state television reported.
Church on wheels... The 750-year-old Emmaus church in Heuersdorf, south of the eastern town of Leipzig, is being transported out of the village on Thursday. The 660-tonne stone church had to be moved because it was sitting on extensive deposits of lignite, or brown coal. It started its painstakingly slow journey of 12 km to the neighbouring village of Borna and is expected to arrive by October 31. The 59 residents of Heuersdorf must also leave their homes after losing their legal battle against the mining company. AFP
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