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Sunday October 21, 2007
Vol. 42 - No 21
 
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International

Probe begins: Army men on Bhutto’s list of suspects

Pakistan probed today a list of possible suspects given by former premier Benazir Bhutto after a suicide assassination bid that killed 139 people and bloodied her return from exile. Bhutto said she had sent President Pervez Musharraf the names of three people she accused of involvement in Thursday's blast, which ripped through a crowd of hundreds of thousands who welcomed her back to Karachi.

 
RAW and sex

Those who knew of him believed Ravi Nair, senior intelligence man, lived a charmed life. An officer at the joint secretary level in the Research and Analysis Wing, Nair wangled plum postings, allegedly pocketed secret funds, was involved in several suspicious liaisons with women and, despite adverse notings from his seniors, managed to survive.

 
Myanmar under fresh pressure after new US sanctions
Military-run Myanmar was under renewed pressure today after the United States announced a new round of sanctions following the junta's bloody crackdown on dissent here. US President George W. Bush's new penalties targeted the country's military leaders late Friday and also urged China and India, Myanmar's neighbours and main allies, to step up pressure on the military government.

   
Two US Marines face Haditha courts-martial
   
US Air Force describes errors in nuclear missile flight
   
   
Plane crashes into apartments in Canada
   
“Harry Potter” author reveals Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore, is gay
   
President Hu set to emerge stronger from China Congress
   
FBI investigates magician David Copperfield's Las Vegas warehouse
   
Chinese content to re-live Mao era — over a meal
   
2 years after soldier's death, widow has his son
   
Malaysia to produce first 'halal' meningitis vaccine
   
Jinnah or Nehru? A futile question
   
The high cost of feeling low
   
Bombs add to bloody Bhutto family history
   
BBC in drama of 21st century media
   
Back in the space race
   
Bringing romance to British rail
   

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