94-year-old paedophile jailed in UK
london: A 94-year-old man has been sentenced to an year in prison for sexually abusing a school girl for over a period of 10 years from 1972, becoming the oldest sex offender ever to be jailed in the UK.
William more popular than Queen, Charles
london: Prince William is more popular in Britain than his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, father Prince Charles and all the politicians including Prime Minister David Cameron, according to a new poll.
Gunmen attack Yemen bus, kill 8 nurses
Sanaa: Yemeni security officials say gunmen have attacked a bus carrying nurses from a military hospital in the southern city of Aden, killing eight people, including two women, and wounding around a dozen others.
Roadside bomb kills 11 in Afghanistan
Kabul: An Afghan provincial official says 11 people, including election monitors, were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the country’s north the day after its presidential runoff.
Syria govt retakes town on Turkey border: TV
Damascus: Syrian Government forces on Wednesday recaptured the strategic town of Kasab, near the only border crossing with Turkey in northwestern province of latakia, State television reported.
China adding school in disputed waters
Beijing: Amid China’s raging conflict with Vietnam over the deployment of an oil rig in disputed South China Sea waters, Beijing has begun building a school on one of the islands also claimed by Hanoi for its military personnel and local settlers.
Sri lankan town under curfew
Colombo: A curfew was imposed on Sunday in Sri lanka’s southern coastal town of Aluthgama to defuse a possible ethnic flare up after clashes between Muslims and Buddhists left several people wounded. “An indefinite curfew will be in force at Aluthgama,” police said. A police spokesman appealed to the people to remain calm and not to disrupt the peace in the country.