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IED found near Rukhsanas house

Jammu: An improvised explosive device was found near the Rajouri house of Rukhsana who shot to fame after killing a Lashkar militant.

18 yrs for Briton who killed Indian sailor

London: A UK court has sentenced a Briton,Christopher Miller,to minimum 18 years in prison for the racially aggravated murder of Kunal Mohanty,an Indian shipping officer,near a Glasgow restaurant in March this year.

Headley: Court gives FBI 2 more months

Washington: Heeding FBIs call to grant it some time to probe a failed Lashkar terror plot in India,a US court has given it another two months to file indictment against David Coleman Headley,key suspect in the case.

DGCA de-rosters six pilots of three airlines

NEW DELHI: Six pilots of Kingfisher Airlines,GoAir and Air India have been de-rostered by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation after they violated guidelines while landing on a short runway in Mumbai under rainy conditions.

Zardari got kickbacks for subs: French daily

PARIS: French daily Liberation reported that President Asif Ali Zardari allegedly got 4.3 million dollars in kickbacks for three French Agosta submarines purchased in 1994,a charge that Pakistan denied.

German goalie killed, suicide suspected

BERLIN: Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke has died after being hit by an express train in an apparent suicide near Hanover,police said.