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International

Human rights slain on US global battlefield: Amnesty
Amnesty International yesterday launched a scathing attack on the United States accusing it of trampling on human rights, and using the world as "a giant battlefield" in its "war on terror.

6 killed, dozens injured in Ankara bombing
A powerful bomb ripped through a commercial district in the Turkish capital during evening rush hour Tuesday, killing six people, including one Pakistani national, and injuring more than 70.

Pollution chokes famed Dal Lake in Kashmir
Pollution is turning a mountain-ringed lake in Indian Kashmir into a weed-clogged swamp, hampering the recovery of tourism in the region, environmentalists say.

Fish oil treatment for heart attack victims
Doctors are being advised to prescribe oily fish or omega-3 fatty acid supplements to heart attack patients.

Eliminate cluster bombs, urge 6 Nobel laureates
Jody Williams and five other female Nobel prize laureates on Tuesday urged civilians to press for the elimination of cluster bombs, which cripple children and others long after the fighting has stopped.

US let democracy wither in Pakistan, experts say
The United States has let democracy wither in Pakistan, experts say, and is now hamstrung as political crisis convulses a nuclear-armed country that stands on the frontlines of the US "war on terror.

Situation tense after family planning riots in China
Police arrested 28 people for instigating thousands of people to riot over population control policies in southern China, state press said yesterday, as locals voiced outrage over government abuse.

Pak CJ's witnesses and lawyers threatened
People linked to a legal case involving Pakistan's suspended chief justice are being threatened and intimidated, with one already shot dead and one detained, the judge's main lawyer said yesterday.

Four killed in Bangkok shooting spree
Four people were killed yesterday and six injured when a Thai gunman went on a shooting spree in a market on the outskirts of Bangkok, police said.

Seven killed in Thailand's restive south
Seven people including two teenagers have been killed in the Thai south, police said yesterday, while 11 others were injured in a spate of bombings by suspected separatist rebels.

Mastermind, sniper jailed for Serbian PM's murder
A Serbian court yesterday ordered 40 year jail terms for the accused mastermind and sniper behind the 2003 assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic which sparked a major crisis in the Balkan nation.

Bomb kills two in Baluchistan
A time bomb hidden in a shopping bag exploded at a bus stop in gas-rich but restive southwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing two people and injuring two more, police said.

Yangon arrests another two democracy activists
Myanmar has arrested another two members of the National League for Democracy, the party of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, activists said yesterday, as a round-up of her supporters continued.

Cheating Scandal
Asian students singled out in US university
Asian students were singled out in a cheating scandal involving a group of business students at Duke University in the southern US state of North Carolina, their lawyer said Tuesday.

Pak capital reports new bird flu outbreak
A new outbreak of avian flu has struck three poultry farms in the Pakistani capital, killing 6,000 birds and forcing a cull, officials said yesterday.