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Sarajevo - Thousands of Bosnian war veterans, joined by their families and labour unions, rallied in Sarajevo on Thursday to protest planned cuts of their pensions.

The size of the crowd, estimated at 4,000, disappointed the organizers, who had been expecting 50,000 people affected by the upcoming belt-tightening.

Pressed by the financial crisis, the Muslim-Croat part of Bosnia, the Federation Bosnia-Herzegovina, announced an emergency 10-per- cent cut of all salaries and pensions paid from the budget.

London, Jun 18 : Former English glamour model Katie Price a. k. a. Jordan was seen flashing her knickers and dancing on a table during a 12-hour booze bender in Ibiza.

Jordan, 31, was seen flirting with ex-love Matt Peacock as she hit the nightclubs, and even yelling out that she was over her husband Peter Andre.

"I'm totally over Peter, I can snog whoever I want now. The divorce is being finalised," the Sun quoted her as saying.

The outburst came just after she had attended the Ibiza Rocks party in San Antonio to watch a performance by rock duo The Ting Tings.

Michelin & Cie, the world's second-largest tyre maker, is looking to spend up to Rs 7,000 crore in India over a 10-year period, to manufacture and market radial tyres and tubes in the country.

Reports suggests that French tyre giant has sought government approval to acquire 100% stake in a new company Michelin India Tamil Nadu Tyres formed in April 2009. The company intends to set up the proposed greenfield unit, with an investment worth Rs 4,000 crore.

London, Jun 18 : Banned from using a social club for their Annual Witches Ball by church leaders, a group of witches are now claiming religious discrimination.

Sandra Davis, 61, High Priestess at the Crystal Cauldron, had reserved Our Lady's Social Club in Shaw Heath, Stockport, for her Pagan group's use for 175 pounds.

But when she called up to make payment arrangements, for the ball planned for October, she was told the event could not be held there, despite already having printed tickets.

The Diocese of Shrewsbury has since confirmed witches are not `compatible with the Catholic ethos'.

"I'm appalled," the Telegraph quoted Davis as saying.

New Delhi - An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 fighter jet crashed in the north-eastern state of Assam Thursday, raising concerns in the country's Defence Ministry over a recent increase in accidents.

The pilot ejected from the cockpit just before the aircraft crashed soon after take-off from the Chabua airbase about 400 kilometres north-east of the state capital Guwahati, a spokesman for the IAF said in New Delhi.

"The aircraft was on a routine training sortie. We believe it is a technical snag, as the pilot reported a technical error to the airbase," he said.