5 killed in Somalia car bomb blast
Mogadishu: Five people, including a former Government official, were killed and six others injured after a car bomb went off near a main junction in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police and witnesses said.\\
Mumbai native named to US key post
Washington: Jawahar Kaliani, an IT and electronics engineer from Mumbai, has been named to a key job in the US Treasury Department to develop secure business solutions for safety and soundness of banks and federal savings associations.
Five die in China bridge collapse
Beijing: Five people died and eight were seriously injured after a bridge suddenly collapsed during construction in south China’s Guangdong province, authorities said on Saturday.
7 killed as ferry capsizes in B’desh
Dhaka: At least seven persons, including four women, were killed when a ferry with 70 people on board capsized after a storm hit southwestern coastlines of Bangladesh.
Toll rises to 236 in ferry mishap
Seoul: The toll in the South Korean ferry disaster rose to 236 on Saturday as rescue operations went on despite rapid currents and floating objects.
Obama calls for death penalty review
Washington: US President Barack Obama plans to ask Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate problems surrounding the application of the death penalty. The US leader’s announcement comes just days after a botched execution in Oklahoma drew widespread attention.
lal Masjid case: Court summons Mush
Islamabad: Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf was on Saturday summoned by a Pakistani court on May 22 in connection with a case related to the killing of lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rasheed Ghazi in a 2007 military raid. During the hearing, an acquittal plea was also submitted in the court on behalf of the retired general.