Malaysian Dy PM gets six years in jailKuala Lumpur: Malaysia's sacked Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim was today sentenced to six years imprisonment by the High Court on four corruption charges, but his lawyers said they would appeal against the verdict.Justice Augustine Paul said Anwar was sentenced to six years in jail on each of the four charges, but the term would run concurrently from today.Tremors in DelhiNew Delhi: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5, having its epicentre at Chamoli in Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh, was felt in the Capital at 2254 hrs. The quake was felt in Alaknanda Valley, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Tehri and Dehra Dun, reports said.Russia crisisMoscow: The State Duma, Russia's lower house of Parliament, found itself in an unprecedented predicament today when it was unable to muster the votes required to reverse an earlier decision to begin impeachment proceedings against President Boris Yeltsin on April 15.The House tried twice to get theresolution to hold the impeachment debate on May 13-15 passed, but both attempts failed. In its first attempt, the Duma fell short by 20 votes and in the second, by 17 votes.
