Ready to meet Musharraf I prefer face-to-face negotiations (but) between him and me. I also appreciate that he has got a country to run and that might be very difficult, Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto said.
3 held for planning attacks on Frankfurt airport, US base
Germany foils terror plot Monika Harms, the German federal prosecutor, said the three had trained at camps in Pakistan and obtained some 680kg of hydrogen peroxide for making explosives.
Mattel recalls Chinese toys The toymaker said that it was recalling almost 850,000 toys worldwide as they contained dangerous levels of lead paint.
Chinese hackers raid Whitehall The hackers, some believed to be from the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), have been attacking the computer networks of British government departments for some time.
The power game in Karnataka is headed for a climax. Come October 3, will JD(S) hand over power to the BJP? If it does, will Mr B S Yediyurappa become the chief minister? We invite our readers to express their opinion in about 100 words.
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