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Bush authorised leak on Iraq: Dick Cheney WASHINGTON: Former US President George W Bush personally authorised a leak about Iraq war strategy to a Washington Post columnist,according to then vice-president Dick Cheney. He makes the allegation in his forthcoming book In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir. Bhutto killing: Musharraf assets to be confiscated hellip;

Bush authorised leak on Iraq: Dick Cheney

WASHINGTON: Former US President George W Bush personally authorised a leak about Iraq war strategy to a Washington Post columnist,according to then vice-president Dick Cheney.

He makes the allegation in his forthcoming book In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir.

Bhutto killing: Musharraf assets to be confiscated

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has ordered the confiscation of former president Pervez Musharrafs property for his failure to appear before it in the 2007 case of former premier Benazir Bhutto killing,court officials said. Following his lack of cooperation,he had earlier been named an absconding accused.

Arrest for attempted murder in UK riots

LONDON: The police Sunday arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder of two Metropolitan Police officers during the London riots. The man,who was not named,is suspected of taking part in an attack that left two policemen gravely wounded.

S Africa police probe racially charged photo

JOHANNESBURG: The police are investigating an image posted on Facebook of a white man with a rifle kneeling in a hunters pose over his prey what appears to be the body of a black boy. The police issued a plea for clues to the white mans identity.

Two US hikers in Iran appeal jail term

TEHRAN: The lawyer for two US men sentenced to 8-year prison sentences on charges of espionage says he has filed an appeal. Masoud Shafiei said the appeals court could decide immediately about his clients,Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal.

Wont hand over Lockerbie bomber

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TRIPOLI: Libya will not extradite Abdel Basset al-Megrahi,the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing,a minister in Libyas National Transitional Council NTC said Sunday. We will not give any Libyan citizen to the West,Mohammed al-Alagi, the NTC Justice Minister Mohammed al-Alagi said.

Where is he now?

TRIPOLI: One of Megrahis neighbours,Ahmed Mlaaty, said the Lockerbie bomber had been whisked away by guards last week when Tripoli fell. Four security men took him,his wife and his sons and left. They left in a Mercedes. Neighbours said Megrahi owns several properties in the Demeshk area of Tripolis Hadba district,one of the smartest in the city. reuters