US cop guns down 6 teens A small logging town in northern Wisconsin was in mourning on Monday after a police officer shot dead six teenagers and recent graduates from the local high school who had gathered for an evening of pizza and movies.
Four killed as copter escorting Musharraf crashes in PoK
General dodges disaster A helicopter escorting the Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf, on a trip to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) crashed on Monday, killing at least four people, military officials said.
Israel may OK Jerusalem split A confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday that his government would support a division of Jerusalem, which is reportedly a key component of an Israeli-Palestinian declaration to be made at a US-sponsored Mideast peace conference next month.
US, UK scientists win Nobel Two American scientists and a Briton won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a powerful technique for manipulating mouse genes.
Iran reopens Iraq border point Iran on Monday reopened five border crossing points with Kurdish-run northern Iraq, closed last month by Tehran to protest the US detention of an Iranian official.
Champions in sports other than cricket complain that Indian cricketers get disproportionate rewards as compared to them. Are they justified in complaining? Is the recognition of achievements related to the popularity of the game? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send in their opinions. Most readers feel that cricket is over-glorified and its players are pampered at the cost of other sports. Others contend that cricket is the nation’s religion and the players certainly deserve the booty.
