Authorities raided liquor vendors in eastern India Thursday, after at least 102 people died and more than 170 others were sickened from drinking moonshine, police said.

"At one point we killed eight people in 15 minutes. The protesters were unarmed. They didnt even have rocks! Thats when I decided to defect. I threw away my gun and ran towards the protesters."

A man who killed five people and himself in a gun and grenade attack in Belgium feared going back to prison and losing the life he had built, his lawyer said Thursday.

Tehran Fire Department crew have captured a lion cub in the the northern part of the town near Lavizan. The lion, weighing 50 Kilograms, was moving among the trees when it was spotted by a driver and reported to the authorities.

A grenade and gun attack in this eastern Belgian city left five people dead, including the attacker, and 119 wounded Tuesday, authorities said.

The Pakistani actress featured in a racy cover shot in the December edition of a mens magazine in India told CNN she posed topless but not completely naked.

An informed source in the Iranian military has said that Russian and Chinese officials have asked for permission to inspect the U.S. spy drone that was recently downed by the Iranian Armed Forces, Nasimonline.ir reported on Wednesday.

Iranian authorities arrested another student activist yesterday, as the country marked National Student Day. The Human Rights Reporters Committee reports that security forces in Lahijan raided Mohammad Karimi's home yesterday and arrested him.

By Zin Linn Ongoing civil war in Kachin State has been on the rise on various fronts. Burmese government armed forces expanded their offensive without listening the people’s calls for peace talks in Kachin State. There was a skirmish between Burmese government soldiers and the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) last week. The Burma Army’s Light [...]

Police in Italy on Wednesday arrested an alleged top Mafia boss hiding in an underground bunker below his home in a small town near Naples, according to police and the Interior Ministry.

A Bahrain military court has sentenced the Gulf state’s national soccer team goalkeeper and two other Shiite sportsmen to a year in prison for participating in anti-government protests despite a pledge by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to implement the recommendations of an international fact-finding commission that included moving trials to civilian courts. Goalkeeper [...]

As Russians headed to polls Sunday for national parliamentary elections, opposition websites, radio stations and an election monitoring group claimed they had come under online attack.

U.S. President Barack Obama called Pakistans president Sunday to express condolences over the airstrike that killed 24 soldiers near the Afghanistan border more than a week ago, the White House said in a statement.

An explosion occurred early Sunday near the British embassy in the Bahraini capital, an embassy spokesman said.

Bollywood movie star Dev Anand, a fixture in the Indian film industry for decades, has died of an apparent heart attack, CNN IBN reported Sunday. He was 88.

Britain has ordered the immediate closure of the Iranian embassy in London and has closed its embassy in Tehran, following a mob attack Tuesday on British embassy compounds in the Iranian capital. Also, Iran's diplomatic staff has been ordered to leave the United Kingdom within 48 hours.

By Gayane Abrahamyan The sentencing of an Armenian-American businessman to 15 years in prison for the sexual abuse of minors has broken a long-standing taboo in Armenia on public discussions of pedophilia. Seventy-year-old Serop Der-Boghossian, the co-owner of a successful mining company, Metal Prince Ltd. Corporation, in the northern region of Lori, had enjoyed a [...]

Five Kurdish asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention centres are on a hunger strike to protest being detained for more than two years. Australian media report that three of them have sewn their lips together, and two have been transferred to hospital. Australian authorities have rejected their applications for residency, but the five prisoners have [...]

Anders Behring Breivik, the man accused of killing 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in Norway in July, is insane, police said Tuesday.

Nine political prisoners in Yazd successfully ended their hunger strike today, as authorities finally separated them from the general prisoners.

A blast at a hotel in the southern Philippines on Sunday killed three people and wounded 27, an official said.

A leading figure in French President Nicolas Sarkozys party, the UMP, has dismissed any suggestion that ex-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was set up when he was arrested on charges of sexual assault in New York in May.

Security forces attacked Iran Newspaper, one of IRNA's major publications, to arrest Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the President's press adviser and Managing Director of IRNA News Agency. Javanfekr was sentenced to one year in prison for publishing articles and photographs considered "against public morality" in "Khatoon," a special insert in Iran Newspaper.

By Naw Noreen Intense clashes between Burmese troops and Kachin rebels in the northern state’s Mansi and Momauk townships have caused up to 1,000 civilians to flee towards the China border, locals report. A Mansi resident told DVB yesterday evening that heavy artillery fire had been heard nearby since Tuesday and was ongoing. Those who [...]

By Zin Linn People of Burma (Myanmar) have debated on the country’s attempt to become chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since Senior ASEAN officials meeting in May in Jakarta. Most citizens do not hope for the country’s chairmanship in ASEAN because there are still hundreds of political prisoners in its jails [...]

The United Nations tribunal trying those most responsible for the 1994 genocide that engulfed Rwanda today found a former mayor guilty of genocide and extermination and sentenced him to 15 years in prison.

By Zin Linn The Burmese government’s appointed human rights body – Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) – has submitted an open letter to President Thein Sein today calling for the release political prisoners or their transfer to prisons close to their families. The MNHRC ‘s chairman Win Mra has urged the president to liberate [...]

By Bhaskar Roy It was only a matter of time that the spate of self-immolation attempts by Buddhist monks and nuns in the Tibetan areas of China’s Sichuan province induced Tibetans outside China to follow suit. On October 4, a Tibetan youth from Dharamsala tried to set himself on fire near the Chinese Embassy in [...]

Bahrain’s soccer superstar and all-time top scorer goes on trial this month for his participation in mass anti-government protests on the Gulf island for which his brother and fellow national team member Mohammed was already sentenced to two years in prison. Neither Alaa or Mohammed will be part of Bahrain’s lineup on Friday for the [...]

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook eastern Turkey late Wednesday, killing at least seven people and collapsing about 20 buildings. The quake struck less than three weeks after a strong temblor in the region killed about 600 people and displaced thousands.

Western countries say they are considering how to raise pressure on Iran over its nuclear program in light of a new report by the UN atomic watchdog strongly suggesting Tehran is engaged in nuclear weapons development. -RFE

The government has come under fire for blocking five news websites in what media groups and rights activists say is yet another blow against press freedoms in the country. The five websites, which have been critical of the government in the past, were blocked earlier this week by the ministry of media and information (MMI) [...]

Thirty-six Iranian political prisoners have issued a statement calling on "the Green Movement and the reformists" to support the elections only if they are "open and free" and in any other case to refrain from allowing their participation to "legitimize an illegal election process."

Authorities in Nepal have stepped up a crackdown on Tibetan refugees after one of them, a woman in her 30′s, attempted to burn herself on Wednesday to protest Chinese rule in Tibet. The woman, who was not identified, poured kerosene over her body and was about to set fire to herself when her colleagues intervened [...]

Fears of cyber attacks and rising online crime must not be an excuse for a “heavy-handed” crackdown on freedom on the internet, British Prime Minister David Cameron said this evening. Addressing an international cyberspace conference in London, the Prime Minister said it was essential to strike a balance between the needs of online security and [...]

By Naw Noreen The family of jailed monk Ashin Gambira has pleaded with Burma’s president to release him in order that the 32-year-old can receive emergency medical treatment. His sister, Khin Thu Htay, told DVB that for the past few months, doctors in Kale prison have been giving Gambira powerful sedatives to treat the chronic [...]

By Zin Linn Burma Army’s full-scale offensives are becoming greater than ever in Kachin State. The fighting seems revengeful as Burmese soldiers used to commit various crimes – such as looting, killing, raping and burning down the civilians’ villages – in the front line.  Actually, ordinary Kachin people are just innocent citizens of Burma and [...]

Colombia needs bolder policies to cope with the violence in its border areas, because improved relations with its neighbours alone have neither effectively reduced ongoing conflict with illegal armed groups nor alleviated the plight of the local communities. Moving Beyond Easy Wins: Colombia’s Borders, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, warns that the [...]

BUJUMBURA: Armed raiders killed more than 20 people and wounded dozens others when they stormed a Burundi bar and opened fire on patrons, in one of the country’s worst attacks in recent months, an official said Monday. “The death toll is still unclear, but according to the first reports that I received, there are between [...]

THE debate on targeted killings and extortion in Karachi is not only bringing a bad name to the metropolis, it is also administering an unwarranted insult to its great inhabitants. To be fair to them the present crisis must be examined in the context of Karachi’s three cultures. Karachi justifies in many ways its claim [...]

RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday recorded the statement of former SHO of Kohsar Police Station Hakim Khan in Salmaan Taseer murder case. During the hearing held at Adiala jail, the prosecution produced Inspector Hakim Khan as its 14th out of total 44 witnesses in the case. On questioning by the defence [...]

There was no rest in violence in Karachi as 23 more people were killed since Wednesday night, DawnNews reported. “Most of the killings have resulted from clashes between criminal gangs operating in Lyari and surrounding areas,” a senior police official said. – Photos by agencies

The ongoing operation against armed militants continues in Kurram Agency, while security forces claim to have cleared out several areas of the insurgents.

LAHORE, Aug 16: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has informed the Lahore High Court that he had not pressurised former PML-N MPA Shumaila Rana to resign from her assembly membership. A written reply submitted before the court by the secretary to the chief minister said: “Neither any pressure was exerted on petitioner/Shumaila for tendering resignation nor [...]

LONDON: England on Tuesday called off their international football friendly against Netherlands at Wembley on Wednesday after consulting London police struggling to contain rioting and looting on the capital’s streets. A Metropolitan Police statement said fans would need to travel through London, which hosts the Olympic Games next year, at a time when violence had [...]

KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik ruled out any ‘operation’ in Karachi on Sunday, but talking to newsmen after a renewed wave of target killings left at least 18 people dead and several others wounded said that police and Rangers would work together to restore order. The daylong violence caused the authorities to once again impose [...]

OSLO: The suspect in Norway’s twin attacks that killed at least 92 people admitted responsibility and said the carnage was long planned as the nation mourned victims of its worst violence since World War II. Anders Behring Breivik, 32, was arrested for allegedly shooting at least 85 people dead at a youth Labour Party meeting [...]

LAHORE, July 23: A team of the excise and taxation department conducted a raid on Saturday and stopped a fashion show and musical night at Lahore Grand located at Zafar Ali Road. During the raid, catwalk was under way. A&Z Productions had organised a fashion show at the hotel. Excise and Taxation Officer Arif Husain [...]

ADEN: Ayad al-Shabwani, a leader of Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has been killed in fighting with the army, a military source said on Thursday. Shabwani was killed on Tuesday in heavy fighting that continued into Wednesday between the army and suspected al Qaeda militants near Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province, [...]

KARACHI: Police officials said a small plane carrying an unidentified number of people crashed into an oil refinery near Korangi industrial area in Karachi on Tuewday, DawnNews reported. Fire brigade and ambulances have been called at the site, said police officials.

ORAKZAI AGENCY: Security forces killed six militants during an operation in the Orakzai Agency on Saturday, DawnNews reported. According to sources, fighter jets and helicopter gunships also bombed several militant hideouts in the Kharzai area. Separately, an electricity pylon was blown up by militants in the Shabqader area of Mohmand Agency due to which residents are suffering [...]

Yemeni security forces have killed at least six anti-government protesters during fresh nationwide protests in the crisis-stricken country.

Four people were killed in a drone strike in South Waziristan on Sunday. According to officials, two missiles struck a vehicle in Azam Warsak.

The case in Derby has revealed some truly unpleasant attitudes to the status of young women Is Jack Straw right: are white girls viewed by some Pakistani men as "easy meat"? He spoke after the sentencing of Abid Mohammed Saddique and Mohammed Romaan Liaqat, ringleaders of a group that targeted girls between 12 and 18 in the Derby area, grooming them for sex. Straw said that this was noticeable in his constituency, Blackburn: "There is a specific problem which involves Pakistani heritage men… who target vulnerable young white girls." Mohammed Shafiq, of Muslim youth group, the Ramadhan Foundation, called it racism. "These young men do not see white girls as equal, as valuable, of high moral standing as their own daughters, and their own sisters, which is wrong." Elsewhere, there was talk of a "conspiracy of silence", a politically correct muzzling of this issue. What no one is saying is that if Asian boys view white girls as drunken, worthless, sub-human trash, then, frankly, so..

Twelve men are arrested during a major anti-terrorist operation, West Midlands Police say.

KARACHI: CCPO Karachi, Fayaz Leghari said on Sunday that the Karachi police had finalised the security arrangements for the month of Muharram, and that commercial centers which fal on the Muharram procession routes will remain closed for three days. Speaking ...

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MIRAMSHAH: At least four people were killed in a suspected US drone strike in North Waziristan tribal region’s Dattakhel village on Wednesday, DawnNews reported. The drone aircraft fired two missiles into a vehicle in Dattakhel, about 40 kilometres west of North Waziristan's main town of Miramshah, killing four suspected militants, intelligence officials said.

KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik arrived in Karachi on Monday to diffuse the escalating tension in the wake of target killings in the city. At least 33 people have been killed and over 50 were wounded in incidents of violence in the city in the past 48 hours. The fresh spate of killings coincided with the by-elections for the PS-94, Orangi Town, which fell vacant after the assassination of MQM MPA Raza Haider. Soon after arriving in Karachi, Malik went into a meeting with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah to mull over approaches to restore order in the city. Reports said top police and Rangers officials were also attending the meeting. Malik was also scheduled to visit MQM’s Headquarter Nine Zero to speak to members of party’s Coordination Committee.

KARACHI: Fresh incidents of target killings claimed five more lives in Karachi, DawnNews reported.   Unknown gunmen killed one person and injured another in the city's Gulshan-i-Maymar area.   Moreover, two youths were shot dead in the city's Nazimabad neighbourhood. The youths, hailing from Karachi's Lyari area, had been tortured before they were shot dead.   Prior to this, two persons were killed in Karachi's Khamosh Colony and Manghopir areas.   At least 11 people have been killed in target killings in the city during the past 24 hours.

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Saturday requested the citizens of Karachi to bring normality back to the city’s daily routine. Amid fear of violence, Karachi on Friday had come to a near halt after the slaying of senior MQM leader Dr Imran Farooq in London a day earlier. Most of the places in the city showed signs of mourning and grief after the news of Farooq’s brutal murder spread across the city. MQM announced a 10-day-long mourning period soon after. Transporters and business communities followed suit with similar announcements. However, the city’s situation started to look better on Saturday following MQM’s request to bring normality back in day to day businesses of the city. — DawnNews    

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday condemned the killing of a younger brother of an Awami National Party lawmaker and demanded immediate arrest of the killers. In a statement issued here, the MQM’s coordination committee said that some unscrupulous elements were trying to disturb the peace in the city by targeting workers and leaders of religious and political parties and their relatives. Terming the killing of Asif Jan — the younger brother of ANP MNA Pervaiz Khan shot dead in the city — a conspiracy to destabilise the city, the MQM offered condolences to the central leadership of the ANP and the bereaved family. Meanwhile, MQM leader Muhammad Anwar telephoned ANP leader Afrasiyab Khattak and expressed condolences to him over the killing.

PESHAWAR: Fifteen militants were killed during military action in the Orakzai tribal region, DawnNews reported on Sunday. Four insurgent hideouts were destroyed by a fighter jet plane during the assault on militants in upper Orakzai. Clashes between the militants and security forces continued in the area. — DawnNews

KARACHI: Twenty-one militants were killed during a fresh military operation in Kurram Agency and Upper Orakzai Agency on Sunday. According to officials, security forces claim to have killed 15 militants when fighter jets bombarded Upper Orakzai's Mamozai and Dabori areas. They also destroyed five militant hideouts during the attack. Security forces claim to have also killed six militants in Kurram Agency. – DawnNews

A court in western Germany has sentenced two men to a total of eight and a half years in prison for their alleged ties to a senior al-Qaeda member.

KARACHI: Forty-two militants were killed on Monday in Kurram Agency and Orakzai Agency when fighter jets bombarded the region. According to official sources, fighter jets targeted various militant hideouts in Upper Orakzai. As a result of the bombing, 20 militants were killed and 15 injured. Four militant hideouts were also destroyed. Forces also targeted militant hideouts in Kurram Agency where they destroyed five hideouts. Twenty-two militants were also killed in the operation, in which 11 were also injured. After the military operation in Orakzai, militants moved towards Kurram Agency in large numbers and set up their hideouts in the lower and central parts of the agency. Over 1,500 militants have been killed in the military operation in Orakzai Agency since the past three months. Security forces have gained control over the lower Orakzai but the operation is still continuing in the upper parts of the agency. – DawnNews 

LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the protection of lives and properties of people is the top priority of the government and maximum resources are being utilised for this purpose, says a handout. The corrupt and inefficient officers should be removed from the police department, he said while presiding over a meeting on law and order here on Sunday. The chief minister said the police stations should be a source of prompt justice and redress of grievances of people. Senior police officers should visit police stations regularly and monitor the efficiency or otherwise of the staff, he said. The police stations, he said, should be transformed into information centres where details of all activities of the area should be available and beat officers should be fully activated for this purpose. He stressed that the elements involved in production and distribution of provocative material should be brought to book. He said the law against wall-chalking should be strictly...

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) plans to send a police mission to Kyrgyzstan following bloody ethnic clashes in the country.

KARACHI: Twenty-two militants were killed on Sunday as fighter jets bombarded Upper Orakzai Agency. According to sources, the jets targeted Baliana, Torask and Torsamt in the Upper Orakzai Agency. Four militants were injured as a result of the military operation, while 22 were killed. Two militant hideouts were also destroyed during the attack. The security forces have been carrying out a military operation in the area since the past three months. Forces have already gained control over most of the Lower Orakzai area. Over 1,300 militants have been killed during the Upper Orakzai military operation. Dozens of militants have also been arrested and their hideouts destroyed. Thirty troops have also been killed during the operation. – DawnNews   

PESHAWAR: A bomb blast destroyed 19 cars and damaged the building of a car bargain centre in the limits of the Faqirabad police station on the Charsadda Road early Wednesday morning, sources said. A police official said the blast occurred at 4.55am which left a three feet wide and two feet deep crater. He said 2kg explosives packed in plastic had been used in the blast. However, the FIR registered by SHO Shaukat Khan stated only three cars had been destroyed. City Circle SP Imran Kishwar said investigation was underway to ascertain if it was a militant attack or the result of some dispute between the bargain centre owner and his customers. He said the bargainers usually had monitory disputes but police had so far no concrete information in this regard. Investigators, he said, were working on different aspects. However, ASP Umer Riaz said militants’ presence in the suburban areas could not be ruled out. Another source quoting a watchman said two men riding a motorbike had..

Three Turkish soldiers have been killed in an attack by members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) amid heightened tensions between the army and the militant group.

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants have killed four Turkish military forces during security operations in the southeastern province of Siirt.

PESHAWAR: At least 15 militants were killed and 10 others were wounded when fighter jets attacked militant positions in the Orakzai tribal region's Mamozai and Kath areas. Six militant hideouts were also destroyed in the action, government sources said. Troops have secured most parts of lower and central Orakzai. However, security forces are facing resistance in upper Orakzai. Sources said troops had encircled most foreign militants in upper Orakzai who were offering stiff resistance to the forces. — DawnNews

KARACHI: Security forces claim to have killed eight suspected militants during fresh military operations in Orakzai Agency on Sunday. Security forces used fighter jets to bomb militant hideouts in the Mamuzai area of Upper Orakzai. Five suspected militants were also injured during the operation. On Saturday, forces claimed to have killed 28 suspected militants during the military operation. More than 1,000 militants have been killed during the military operation in Upper Orakzai since the past one month. 

Six months after junta leader General Musa Camara was shot dead, voters in Guinea go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in the country's first election since independence in 1958.

At least 50 passengers have been killed in a train accident in southern Congo Republic, which has seen at least two deadly accidents in recent years.

Five soldiers have been killed in an exchange of fire between ethnic Armenian troops and Azeri forces near the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Gunmen have killed eleven people, including 6 security forces, in an attack on an intelligence headquarters in southern Yemen.

PESHAWAR:  Militants attacked a security check post in the Mohmand tribal region late on Sunday, military sources said. Two security personnel went missing in the ensuing clashes. Separately, a school was also blown up in the northwestern tribal region. Two soldiers went missing after terrorists attacked the military post. It was being feared that the troops were kidnapped by the insurgents. However, security forces retaliated the attack and three insurgents were wounded during clashes. Also in Mohmand, a government-run primary school was blown up in the Khuzai tehsil. — DawnNews

At least 12 people were killed and many more injured in a brazen attack on Jinnah Hospital in Lahore, where victims of Friday's mosque attacks are being treated.

Yemeni tribesmen and government officials have agreed to a limited truce until the result of an investigation into an air raid, which killed a provincial official, is announced.

The government had challenged the release of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed by a high court last year.

Police attacked by suspected supporters of alleged drug lord facing US extradition.

Police attacked by suspected supporters of alleged drug lord facing US extradition.

Eleven rebels have received death sentences in the Democratic Republic of Congo for assaulting UN and Congolese troops and temporarily seizing Mbandaka airport in April.

A High Court ruling in favor of British Airways has blocked the Unite union from a series of four planned five-day strikes on the grounds of a technicality.

The 15 who were killed Sunday were holed up in the villages of Dabori, Gojar and Kamer Mela.

A Yemeni soldier has been killed and four others left wounded after armed separatists opened fire on a military convoy near the southern city of al-Habileen.

Security forces also established security checkposts in the Daboori area and destroyed several militant hideouts.

Three missiles were fired minutes apart at a moving vehicle in North Waziristan’s Marsikhel area, officials said.

The petition challenged the Lahore High Court’s jurisdiction to hear corruption cases against Malik.

Scientists in Southampton claim to have found a way of killing leukaemia cells quicker and more effectively.

Mayfair store manager denies insurance scam as trial hears of spate of heists across jewellery group worldwide

Paraguay's Senate has endorsed a 30-day state of emergency in northern regions to crack down on members of a militant group accused of attacking police stations.

A protest in the Greek capital Athens has turned violent after angry demonstrators attacked police over the March 11 arrest of a protester.

Government troops and UN forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have regained control of Mbandaka airport from local fighters, in an operation that killed nine.

Police release CCTV images of a robbery in Derby in the hope of receiving more information from the public.

How the gang responsible for the armed robbery of a warehouse at Heathrow Airport was brought to justice.

Raid said to have killed two fighters amid claims of high civilian death toll.

A man and woman are arrested in connection with two laser attacks on the Bedfordshire Police helicopter.

Gorse fires in Cornwall are being treated as suspected arson by police and fire officers after 31 incidents in eight days.

Union claims 200,000 workers are taking part in walkout over redundancies but government says impact has been mild Civil servants have begun a 48-hour strike, leaving court hearings postponed, job centres operating a minimum service and 2,000 driving tests cancelled.

Firearms officers were deployed to fewer incidents in Nottinghamshire in the past year, the Home Office says.

Four fire crews are tackling a major blaze at a recycling plant in Campsie outside Londonderry.

More than 100 drivers are fined during a police crackdown on people not wearing seat belts in Suffolk.

At least two missiles were fired by a suspected US drone near Miramshah in the North Waziristan tribal region.

A fire at a disused hotel in Malvern, Worcestershire, is being treated as suspicious.

A Gloucestershire museum that was badly damaged by fire reopens with a day of free entry.

Police charge a man who was arrested after an alleged threat to blow up a Doncaster airport was posted on a social networking site.

A poster showing the band Massive Attack's album artwork, is the latest advert to be censored on the Tube by Transport for London.

A police officer saw an unidentified flying object over Chelsea's stadium, newly released files claim.

More than 200 stolen goods found during police raids go on display in Norfolk to try to reunite them with their owners.

The Scottish government devises a new plan to try to prevent an independence referendum being killed off at Holyrood.

His lawyer said police last month obtained court authorisation to enhance security measures, citing threats on Dr Khan’s life.

A large fire at at hotel in Burrington, Herefordshire, causes hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage.

Tools seized by Suffolk Police are being given to developing countries to help train people in a trade.

Thousands of items from a collection at a Gloucestershire museum that was badly damaged by fire are sent away while the building is repaired.

A controversial report reveals that high-ranking officers at the New York Police Department (NYPD) have consistently manipulated crime statistics in a bid to show the city as safe and secure.

Crews tackle a fire at a barn containing 25 tonnes of straw near Tadcaster.

Ian Pindar welcomes a powerful study of man's inhumanity to man The literature of mass murder is riddled with clichés, says Daniel Goldhagen in this disturbing and impassioned study. Mass murder is not impersonal or beyond human control; it is not an expression of "human nature" or inevitable. Nor do people slaughter others out of blind obedience to authority. The perpetrators of genocide are not born killers, nor are we all potential mass murderers. And free will is not an illusion.

CCTV images of two men are issued by police after an attempted robbery at a discount store in Suffolk.

Whale researchers in Shetland say they have recorded killer-whale activity never before seen in the wild.

Police now believe two robbers who targeted a bank on Tyneside may have been carrying a real or replica handgun.

Thousands of pounds worth of foreign currency is stolen during a raid in Sunderland.

Fire which broke out in the engine room of a ferry off Falmouth sparks a major alert.

A funeral is held in Eastbourne for Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard after he died in suspected friendly fire.

The clean-up operation for Brighton's West Pier begins seven years after it collapsed in a storm and was destroyed in a fire.

Gilani called the Governor and Chief Minister of Sindh and asked them to coordinate to help defuse the situation.

Six fans are arrested after Derby County's one-nil victory over Nottingham Forest at Pride Park, police say.

Humberside Police defends a scheme in which members of the public are employed to carry out investigative work.

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a police officer in Yemen's southern governorate of al-Mahrah, which has recently been the scene of violence.

There were more than 230 reports of verbal or physical assaults on West Midlands ambulance staff over six months, NHS chiefs have said.

A CCTV image is released in a bid to trace an armed robber who raided a south Lincolnshire building society.

Illegal workers are found at two restaurants in Bedfordshire during raids by border agency officers.

Family and friends of a Hull man who died after being attacked in Hull gather for a funeral service in the city.

A chapel badly damaged by a fire at Liverpool Hope University three years ago re-opens.

Police attitude to 'have-a-go heroes' appears to shift

Police in Nottinghamshire call in colleagues in Northumbria to help tackle performance failings and boost crime figures.

IPCC upholds complaints against five Met officers • Fury from victims as none faces disciplinary action A serial sex attacker remained free to continue preying on women because police officers made serious mistakes during their investigations and failed to take victims seriously, the Independent Police Complaints Commission will rule today. But the IPPC caused anger and dismay among campaigners by stopping short of recommending disciplinary hearings against those involved. It means that all the officers will remain in their jobs. The IPPC identified "individual and systemic" issues within the Metropolitan police

No recommendations that any officer should face disciplinary hearings where ultimate sanction would be dismissal A summary of findings by the Independent Police Complaints Commission due today when it notes "individual and systemic" issues within the Metropolitan police during its inquiry into John Worboys, a black-cab driver who remained at large to drug, rape and sexually assault at least 85 victims despite numerous women reporting attacks over many years.

Five police officers have been disciplined after the botched investigation of a taxi driver behind more than 100 sexual assaults.

After a critical watchdog report, a victim of serial sex attacker John Worboys says police failed to take her case seriously.

19-year-old student was attacked in 2007 but police believed serial rapist's claim she was drunk One image seems to recur among the flashbacks and memories of Anna's ordeal at the hands of John Worboys and then her dealings with the Metropolitan police: the sight and sound of officers laughing as she attempted to describe what happened in the early hours, when she was drugged and incapacitated in the back of his cab. She claims they didn't take her seriously – they thought she had made it up. Nearly three years after she first went to the police alleging she had been the victim of a sexual assault by the driver of a black taxi, she is only now learning the truth of the failings and the full facts of her case.

Robbers target a Liverpool jewellers - the second time such a raid has been carried out in the city in two days.

Up to 70 firefighters tackle a warehouse fire in Dorset, in which residents living close by have been evacuated.

Police hunting for assilant after attack on a rural home in northeast United States.

A suspected thief who stole two diamond rings is arrested after a passer-by caught and detained him until police arrived.

A man was arrested after an alleged threat to blow up a Doncaster airport was posted on a social networking site, police said.

Group rejects government statement that six of its leaders died in air raid.

Group rejects government statement that six of its leaders died in air raid.

Witnesses to an altercation between a man and a woman in a Surrey town are being sought by police.

Detectives probing the murder of a man shot during a fight between youths release two men on bail.

Police appeal for information after two shops are targeted in separate robberies in west Belfast.

A team of Kent firefighters sent to Haiti to help find survivors of the earthquake help rescue a man.

Spectacular fireworks illuminate the skies of Istanbul to mark the launch of the city's nomination as one of three European Capitals of Culture for 2010.

More than 80 officers are redeployed to front-line policing in north Nottinghamshire.

The justice secretary says there are no plans to reduce capacity at a Scottish prison in the next five years.

A 66-year-old man dies at the scene of a fire which broke out in a ground floor flat in Sussex.

Four prison officers were treated in hospital after an inmate started a fire at a Derbyshire jail.

A Telford man is left with bruises and a bloody nose for asking youths to stop pelting his home with snowballs.

Wealthy residents living in Dorset's exclusive Sandbanks peninsula have been killing protected trees to gain sea views, a council says.

A wave of violence in Karachi has left four dozen political activists dead over the past four days.

Police launch investigation into death of Stuart Donnelly, 29, who won nearly £2m aged 17 One of Britain's youngest lottery winners has been found dead at his home after apparently becoming a recluse in his secluded cottage in the countryside. Stuart Donnelly, then a trainee pharmacist, toasted his lottery win of just over £1.9m with Coca-Cola in 1997 because, at 17, he was too young to share his parents' champagne.

Plans which could allow banks and supermarkets to invest in legal practices will block access to justice, the Unite union warns.

A teaching union attacks proposals to change the way Scottish secondary school pupils sit their exams.

A reward is offered to trace vandals after damage put at £30,000 is caused to a council flat in Surrey.

Police are investigating the cause of a blast which flattened a building in Shrewsbury, injuring 12 people.

A man who was tackled by police because he was armed with a knife needs surgery after being stabbed.

A building collapses following an explosion in Shrewsbury town centre and a few people are injured, police say.

An inquiry is under way to find the cause of a fire which shut down a coal-fired power station in Kent.

Three men are released on bail after a 46-year-old man was critically injured in Cheltenham.

Eritrean rebels claim to have killed 25 government troops and injured around 40 others in an ambush on two military bases.

More than 200,000 people are set to line the Thames in London as fireworks welcome in 2010.

Two female workers are threatened during a robbery at a shop in Derbyshire.

A black-clad gunman has opened fire at a shopping center in the town of Espoo, near the capital of Finnish capital Helsinki, witnesses say.

Fourteen people from Hereford and Worcester are listed in the New Year Honours list.

Thames Valley Police appeal for witnesses after an arson attack on a house boat near Donnington Bridge in Oxford.

Police arrest two people after a 47-year-old man dies following an attack in the street on Merseyside.

A police officer patrolling a riverbank in a search for a missing man in Northamptonshire finds a body on marshland.

A bungalow in Devon is severely damaged after an electrical fire in a utility room spreads to the roof timbers.

Masked robbers assault two staff members and steal computer equipment during a robbery at a shop in Lincolnshire.

Government documents on the Maze Prison, the De Lorean sportscar and a statue in Crossmaglen are declassified, writes historian Dr Eamon Phoenix.

Thousands of mourners in Karachi have attended funerals a day after an attack on an Ashura procession claimed the lives of 43 people.

Detectives investigating the cause of a a fire at a flat in Leicester want to speak to possible witnesses.

A 67-year-old woman from Norfolk killed in a hit-and-run is described by her vicar as someone who would be greatly missed.

A 19-year-old man from Essex is taken to hospital after being attacked in a nightclub in Southend.

Six people are rescued in the early hours of the morning from a flat fire in Leicester.

The Milford Tennis and Squash Club in Milford-on-Sea in the New Forest is destroyed by a fire on Saturday night.

Police are looking to trace a man and a woman after a 73-year-old man is found unconscious after being hit by a car.

Police arrest a man and a woman after an armed robbery at a shop in Kidsgrove.

The chief constable of Gloucestershire Police spends his last day at police headquarters prior to his retirement.

A Surrey police officer is suspended from duty after he is charged with one count of theft of found property.

CCTV images are released by police investigating an assault on a 29-year-old man who was pushed into a river in Dorset.

Yemeni government troops have killed seven people in a raid on what they claimed to be the home of a Houthi leader, while continuing their aerial bombardments.

Police discover cannabis plants worth £75,000 after searching a property in West Cumbria.

Two men are arrested after a man had to be taken to hospital following an attack outside a West Midlands bar.

As many as 34 people killed in attack targeting several of the group's commanders.

A man whose partner's brother died after a head-butt at a wedding reception is jailed for manslaughter.

Firecrews on Merseyside vote in favour of industrial action over what they say is a staffing crisis.

A woman is attacked and threatened with a hammer by three burglars who smashed their way into her home in North Yorkshire.

Pope Benedict XVI visited a prison for hardened criminals in Rome, where he said overcrowding amounted to "a double sentence." Russ Mitchell reports.

He earned the nickname from his shoeless thefts. The 20 year old pleaded guilty in a Washington court to a stream of burglaries and thefts, including those of cars and boats. Ben Tracy reports.

CNN's Susan Candiotti outlines Mike McQueary's testimony about Sandusky's alleged sexual assault of a boy in a shower.

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating police bias in Seattle, following the release of patrol car video of an officer shooting a Native American. It's one of 20 such investigations against local police departments, reports John Blackstone.

Tea Party founder Mark Meckler was arrested after allegedly trying to carry a gun and ammo onto a flight to New York City.

Joe Arpaio calls it a political attack. The Justice Dept. says they've found discriminatory policing in his organization.

Police in Long Island, N.Y. believe they have found the remains of missing 23-year-old Shannon Gilbert. As 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty reports, Gilbert's case led police to find evidence of a serial killer.

An 18-month search for a missing New Jersey woman ended on Long Island where police believe they've found the body of 23-year-old Shannan Gilbert. 48 Hours Correspondent Erin Moriarty reports how the search for one woman uncovered a far greater mystery.

Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces Justice Dept. allegations of civil rights violations.

Heidi Damon, the woman who faced her attacker in a Florida courtroom, talks to Dr. Drew.

Michael Peterson, convicted of killing his wife walks free after a judge sets a new trial. The victim's daughter reacts.

A Colorado Brewery names a drink after Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. Affiliate KUSA reports.

Michele Bachmann fires back at Newt Gingrich on debate remarks and says there's no difference between him and Romney.

The Belgium city of Liege is in shock after a gunman went on a murderous shooting and grenade spree. ITN’s Martin Geissler reports. (Nightly News)

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is showing no signs of slowing down his attacks on rival Newt Gingrich, the current frontrunner in the GOP race to challenge President Obama. NBC’s Chuck Todd reports. (TODAY)

One in four women say they were violently attacked by their intimate partners, according to a government survey released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One in five women said they had been sexually assaulted. NBC’s Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)

A Maine town's newly elected mayor attacks the campaign of his recently deceased opponent. Affiliate WMTW reports.

Police found the body of Tennessee mother Karen Swift, who had been missing since Halloween, and are questioning whether the homicide is linked to four other missing women in neighboring states. (TODAY)

A witness describes the scene in Hanoi where two office towers caught fire.

If you have a loved one in the armed forces you can salute him or her by going to HLNtv.com/Robin.

Shannon Gilbert vanished 19 months ago. Police believe they've found her remains but the mystery is ongoing.

A Miami police officer says he looked down to pick-up a pen and then found his vehicle in the air, riding on a tension wire. Terrell Brown reports.

The man who injured more than 100 in a grenade and gun attack in Belgium left behind no explanation about why he did it.

Heidi Damon confronts the man who attacked her, telling him he "picked the wrong woman." HLN's Vinnie Politan reports.

CNN's Nic Robertson reveals more about the investigation into the lone attacker who killed five in the streets of Liege.

Authorities say a grenade and gun attack in Liege, Belgium left five people dead, including the attacker, and 119 wounded.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission demonstrates how quickly a Christmas tree can burn out of control.

Anderson Cooper looks at the seemingly close relationship between Jerry Sandusky and the former Penn State police chief.

Listen to the 911 calls from both a wounded man and his mother-in-law - who both claim to have been shot at by the other.

Officials say a gun and grenade attack in the Belgian city of Liege has left four people dead and dozens more wounded.

Chris Johns says he took a 'calculated risk' when trying to distract a gunman who opened fire in Hollywood.

A Texas middle school was locked down after two students where shot, apparently by a hunter. Debbye Turner Bell reports.

This little girl proves you're never too young to play a practical joke.

Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich extends an olive branch of sorts, vowing to refrain from negative GOP campaigning.

A witness describes the aftermath of the Belgium grenade attack.

Hundreds of demonstrators from the Occupy movement blocked traffic in and out of busy ports along the west coast. In Houston, the police used horses to help corral dozens of protesters. Scott Pelley reports.

CNN's Arwa Damon reports on the fear that a U.S. troop killer will go free as the war ends.

At the "Face the Nation" roundtable CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell and CBS News political director John Dickerson discuss with Bob Schieffer the turning points after the GOP debate in Des Moines, and the latest attacks between the candidates.

Actor Alec Baldwin pokes fun at being kicked off an American Airlines flight on "Saturday Night Live."

Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin with Tea Party Patriots on DNC ads claiming Newt Gingrich is the 'original Tea Partier.'

Heidi Damon made it a point to identify herself as a sex attack “victor,” not a victim, in a Florida courtroom. NBC’s Michelle Franzen reports. (TODAY)

Prosecutors have dropped the death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of shooting a police officer.

A gunman was killed by police after he opened fire at passing vehicles along a downtown street in Hollywood, California.

CNN's Paul Steinhauser takes a look at the recent GOP debate in Iowa.

AZ cops allege that a young woman stabbed her former lover 27 times, and shot him in the face.

With weeks left until the Iowa caucuses, Mitt Romney launches a direct assault on frontrunner Newt Gingrich.

A Texas Macy's employee told a transgender customer that she could not change in the female dressing room.

The Chief of Police in a Texas border town tells CNN's Martin Savidge about the problems plaguing his city.

The Virginia Tech community gather at a candlelight vigil for the officer who was shot and killed on campus Thursday.

After her ex-husband served prison time for soliciting minors, a woman talks about her ordeal with CNN's Julie Peterson.