Beijing: China Thursday said the al-Qaeda linked East Turkistan Islamic Movement,which wants to establish an Islamic state in restive Xinjiang province,was behind the October 28 suicide car crash at the Tiananmen square. I want to say that the East-Turkistan terrorists,in order to achieve the goal of splitting China and establishing a so-called East Turkishtan Islamic state in Xinjiang have long been involved in anti-China terror activities , Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. PTI Four Turkish MPs attend parliament in head scarves ANKARA: Four female lawmakers from Turkeys Islamist-rooted ruling party wore Islamic head scarves in parliament Thursday in a challenge to the countrys secular tradition. Fellow Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmakers kissed and hugged the women as they took their seats in the general assembly. Secularist opponents made only subdued protests. reuters Snowden to work on Russia website: lawyer Moscow: US security whistleblower Edward Snowden is set to start a new job at a major Russian website,his lawyer said Thursday. Edward Snowden will start working at a big Russian company on November 1. His job will be to support and develop a major Russian website, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told Interfax news agency. PTI Indian couple drowns in Bhutan lake Thimphu: An Indian couple died after drowning in the Mebartsho Lake,popularly known as The Burning Lake in Bhutan. The couple,hailing from Kolkata were backpackers,who had come to visit Bhutan via Phuentsholing with a special permit. There were no eye-witnesses to the incident. PTI Pak arrests 18 for killing foreign climbers Islamabad: Pakistani officials Thursday said they had arrested 18 people allegedly involved in killing 10 foreign climbers in the Himalayan region of Gilgit-Baltistan. The Jundul Hafsa,a faction of the Taliban,had claimed responsibility for the June 22 attack at the base camp of Nanga Parbat in Diamer district. PTI
