Police gas, beat and detain lawyers
PAKISTANI police have used tear gas and batons on lawyers
protesting against the declaration of emergency rule by the
President, Pervez Musharraf.
Thousands stranded in Mexican floods
MEXICO CITY: Thousands of people were left stranded on their rooftops awaiting rescue or supplies of food and drinking water in the flood-stricken state of Tabasco in southern Mexico. The water level had started to fall slightly but the centre of Villahermosa, the state capital, remained several metres under water, the national water commission, Conagua, said.
Mummy's boy comes out of the coffin to show true face
TUTANKHAMUN'S startled-looking empty eye sockets seemed to ask,
"What's going on?" as he was lifted from his stone sarcophagus into
the glare of television lights. He, and we, may well wonder.
- Video: Tutankhamen's face unveiled
- Photos: Unveiled after 3000 years
Three charged with treason after Fiji raids
POLICE have arrested 16 people and charged three with treason for an alleged conspiracy to assassinate Fiji's military leader, as Australia and New Zealand angrily rejected suggestions they were involved in the purported plot.
Mbeki's mates bid for paper
A SENIOR political adviser to the South African President, Thabo
Mbeki, and a top-ranking government official have made a bid to buy
a leading South African newspaper group embroiled in a battle with
the presidency over its exposure of high-level abuse of power, and
corruption.
Russian nursing home fire kills at least 23
A fire tore through a nursing home in Russia, killing at least 23 people, an emergency official said - the latest in a series of deadly blazes that have underscored negligence and other problems plaguing state-run institutions.
Peipah kills at least five in northern Philippines
A tropical storm killed at least five people and flooded towns in the northern Philippines, officials said.
Norway links glass in bread to Chinese seeds
Glass particles have been found in Norwegian bread containing sunflower seeds from China, the country's food safety authority said.
