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Manila  - Four Muslim militants were killed Sunday in a clash with government troops on a southern Philippine island where the rebels are holding captive an Italian Red Cross worker, the military said.

Major General Juancho Sabban, commander of a military anti-terrorism task force, said the firefight erupted when troops caught up with about 100 Abu Sayyaf rebels in Parang town on Jolo island, 1,000 kilometres south of Manila.

Sabban said the rebels were sleeping when soldiers opened fire at them in the village of Danapa.

Tehran  - Irans parliament called Sunday for a revision of diplomatic ties with the European Union trio Britain, France and Germany for their having doubted the presidential election results and siding with the opposition, state television network IRIB reported.

Speaker Ali Larijani termed the stance and relevant statements by the three EU states as "a shame" and called on the parliament's foreign policy commission to put the revision of ties on its agenda.

Rome  - One man was kil

London, June 21 : Yoga, vegetarian food and calm and alert pupils – these are some of things that one can expect to find while visiting Britain''s first Hindu state-funded faith school.

Students at the Krishna-Avanti Primary School in north London have their morning prayers and yoga followed by a reading of the Bhagavad Gita.

Launching into a Hare Krishna prayer, singing, patting a drum and touching the floor in a low bow forms a part of their daily routine.

Islamabad, June 21 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the offensive against the extremists breeding on the country’s soil will continue till militancy is eliminated completely.

Addressing a gathering of thousands of people at the Convention Center here on the occasion of 56th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Gilani warned the militants to lay down arms or face the consequences.