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Life term for Sobhraj upheld
KATHMANDU: Nepal's Supreme Court on Friday upheld the decision to imprison Charles Sobhraj for life, for a crime he committed 35 years ago. Sobhraj was charged with the murder of an American lady in Nepal in 1975 and was sentenced to a ...

FBI to help probe WikiLeaks source
Washington: In what could mark the start of an accelerating backlash from administration, the Department of Defence officials attacked the release of sensitive military documents by the WikiLeaks whistleblower website. The criticism by ...

Immigration cap an insane move: industry
LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron returned home from his India visit on Friday and flew straight into a row over his plans to cap immigration from non-EU countries. Leading British businesses were reported to be “furious'' that ...

Flood havoc in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Over 400 people are feared dead and thousands stranded after three days of incessant rainfall caused widespread flooding across the country; leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Bridges and roads have been swept away by the ...

Forest fires rage in Russia; 23 killed
MOSCOW: The all-time record heat wave that has gripped Russia since June has turned into a major natural calamity as wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes in the European regions and killed more than 20 people. Spurred by strong winds, ...

Prescott: WMD reports based on tittle-tattle
LONDON: Some of the western intelligence claims about Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction were based on “tittle-tattle'', John Prescott, former Deputy Prime Minister told the Iraq inquiry on Friday. Lord Prescott, who was ...

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