The Jury may have deliberated, but it seems it wasn’t enough as the Judge in Britney Spears’ driving-without-a-license trial has ordered the ‘hopelessly deadlocked’ jurors to keep deliberating.  The 10 – 2 stale mate saw the panel go home Monday night without having reached any verdict.

Spears, 26 involved in a hit and run last year that was caught on camera, reached a private settlement with the other car’s owner.  However, while the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office did not slap Spears with hit and run charges, they did charge her for driving-without-a-license charge.

Kathmandu, Oct 21 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda and UML General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal today agreed to form a special cabinet committee at the soonest to carry out the army integration process.

According to Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Janardan Sharma Prabhakar, the two leaders agreed that the committee would start the process of integrating the army at the earliest.

During the meeting, they had agreed to bring in opposition party and experts also in the committee.

Kathmandu, Oct 21 : Nepali Congress acting president Sushil Koirala today accused the Maoists of delaying the Constitution-making process by inviting debates on People''s Republic.

Kabul, Oct 21 : The Taliban have reportedly shot dead a Christian lady social aid worker in Kabul, identified as 34-year-old Gayle Williams, accusing her of spreading her religion.

According to a report in The News, the aid worker, a South African-British national, helped handicapped Afghans, while working for the woman’s aid group ‘Serve’ (Serving Emergency Relief and Vocational Enterprises).

Kathmandu, Oct 21: Nepal and India have agreed to amend the bilateral trade treaty within three months.

The agreement was reached during the two-day Inter Governmental Committee (IGC) meeting between commerce secretaries of the two countries in New Delhi on Monday.

“There has been understanding on issues in which the two countries want change in the trade treaty,” said Purushottam Ojha, Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies and head of Nepali delegation.