Over 550 Chinese lawmakers dismissed for graft Beijing: Over 550 lawmakers in the Hunan provincial legislature were Saturday dismissed or disqualified after being implicated in an electoral fraud scandal. PTI Syrian forces kill 25 in Aleppo attack BEIRUT: A Syrian army air strike in Aleppo killed at least 25 Saturday,a monitoring group said,continuing a campaign of improvised barrel bombs that has drawn international condemnation. REUTERS Pak security forces seize explosives Islamabad: Pakistani security forces Saturday claimed to have foiled a terror threat by seizing a massive quantity of explosives,suicide vests and detonators from two illegal bomb factories in Balochistan. PTI Musharraf turns down govt offer Islamabad: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has rejected with thanks the government offer to bring his ailing mother to Pakistan from Dubai,an aide said Saturday. pti
