Four plead guilty in China gang-rape case
Beijing: Four of the accused in a high-profile gang-rape case in China have pleaded guilty while the fifth accused, a general’s son, feigned ignorance saying he was drunk and did not know what had happened.
Pak SC bars Zardari from leaving Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday sought the federal Government’s response to a petition asking it to bar President Asif Ali Zardari from leaving the country after he completes his term next month.
Al-Qaeda group behind Baghdad attacks
Baghdad: An Al-Qaeda front group claimed a wave of bombings across Baghdad in a statement, part of a surge in violence sparking worries of a return to all-out bloodshed.
Suicide attack kills 8 in Afghanistan
Kabul: A suicide bomber attacked people leaving a memorial service at a mosque in northern Afghanistan, killing a district chief, his apparent target, and seven others, police said. Eleven people were wounded in the strike, whose victims included several civilians.
60 hurt as 2 planes hit turbulence
Bangkok: Nearly 60 passengers and crew on two flights were injured on Friday when their aircraft, including a Thai Airways A-380 superjumbo, encountered turbulence shortly before landing at Hong Kong airport.
Whales get a tan too!
london: Whales show increase in their skin pigment in response to sunshine and get a ‘tan’ just like humans, scientists have found.