Twin low intensity bomb blasts hit a CD market in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Saturday wounding four people and creating havoc in the area, the police said.

The Afghan capital was rocked on Saturday by an accidental blast as Washington’s military chief promised business as usual despite the sacking of the US commander of foreign forces.

Former Australian leader Kevin Rudd may have thought his shock toppling from power stranger than fiction, but his novelist daughter foresaw it in prescient detail, a report said on Saturday.

Conditions suitable for life — most notably the presence of water — may once have existed all over Mars, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday.

South Korea and Uruguay meet here on Saturday in a fascinating World Cup last 16 clash that few pundits would have predicted at the start of the tournament.
The Asian giants have earned a reputation as set piece masters in South Africa, with three of their five first round goals coming from freekicks, some feat given the unpredictability of the Jubalani ball.

The Netherlands reaffirmed their status as one of the World Cup favourites on Thursday by beating Cameroon 2-1 to set up a knockout round clash with Slovakia.
Bert van Marwijk’s team only needed a point to secure top spot in Group E but took all three with goals from Robin van Persie and substitute Klaas-Jan Huntelaar cancelling out a Samuel Eto’o penalty.

Ivory Coast fell short of their goal chase to make the last 16 at the World Cup as they beat North Korea 3-0 in their Group G match to continue the exodus of African teams here on Friday.

Australia’s new leader Julia Gillard defended her ruthless disposal of predecessor Kevin Rudd on Friday as she used her first day in office to target the policy blunders which triggered the shock take

Malaysia has banned a book and two comics by a political cartoonist that were critical of the government, saying they were “undesirable” and could incite people to revolt.

Birthday boy Stuart Broad took four wickets as England beat Australia to go 2-0 up in their five match one-day series against the world champions on Thursday.
England, chasing 240, were in trouble at 109 for 3. But Eoin Morgan, who’d rescued England from the depths of 97 for four with an unbeaten century, in their series-opening win, made an accomplished 52.