No lunar land sale: China to company

A Chinese appeals court has upheld a ban on a company from selling land on the moon, ruling that “celestial bodies” could not be anyone’s property, Xinhua said on Saturday.

• BEIJING: A Chinese appeals court has upheld a ban on a company from selling land on the moon, ruling that “celestial bodies” could not be anyone’s property, Xinhua said on Saturday. Lunar Embassy to China, a Beijing-based company that used to sell plots of lunar land to individuals, had sued the Beijing Administration of Industry and Commerce which revoked its business licence and fined it US $6,500 in October 2005.

Saddam trial judge wants asylum in UK

• LONDON: The Iraqi judge, Raouf Abdel Rahman, 65, who sentenced former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to death is living secretly in Britain and has applied for permission to stay, the Times reported on Saturday. Rahman is said to have come to Britain with his family because he feared for their lives.

Larry King has arterial surgery

• LOS ANGELES: Veteran CNN talk show host Larry King had surgery on Friday to clear an artery blockage but plans to return to work on Monday to interview US presidential candidate Barack Obama, the network said.

Who is Goldy Dhillon, gangster ‘behind’ latest shooting at Kapil Sharma’s cafe in Canada?

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Kapil Sharma's café in Surrey, Canada has been attacked three times in the past four months by a group of gangsters, allegedly led by Goldy Dhillon, member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Dhillon, hiding in Germany, has several cases against him and is associated with BKI cells in Europe. The attacks were in retaliation to Sharma's controversial remarks on Nihang Sikhs and his show.

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