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Court martial against Fonseka legal: SC

COLOMBO: Sri Lankas detained former Army chief Sarath Fonseka Tuesday lost an appeal to retain his parliamentary seat. He lost his seat as the Supreme Court ruled that the court martial which sentenced him to a 30-month rigorous jail term for corruption in defence deals was legal.

3 held for murder of Indo-Canadian Sikh

TORONTO: Nearly four years after Indo-Canadian Sikh woman Amanpreet Kaur Bahia,33,was brutally killed at her home in Surrey,her husband Baljinder Singh Bahia has been arrested along with two others and charged with murder. Amanpreet,mother of three young girls,was murdered on February 7,2007.

Facebook shouldnt replace contact: Pope

LONDON: Warning about the dangers of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace,Pope Benedict XVI said online communication must not stop face-to-face conversations. It is important to always remember that virtual contact cannot and should not be a substitute for direct human contact with people at all levels of our society, he said.