Tehran - Iran's public prosecutor has demanded the death sentence for three Iranian agents allegedly linked Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, ISNA news agency reported Tuesday.

Saeid Mortazavi said that the three were trained in Tel Aviv but were arrested before they could start any operations.

Mortazavi said that the initial court demanded the death sentence for the three Iranian agents, ISNA reported.

A death sentence issued by the court should first be confirmed by the Supreme Court before the execution can take place.

Dehradun, Nov. 25 : A Dehradun school here is inculcating communal harmony and secular feeling among its students by enabling them to recite passages from Holy Quran as well as chant Gayatri Mantra and Hanuman Chalisa during assembly everyday.

The novel method of devloping secular feelings and respect for all religions is something that has appealed all students at the school.

There are 450 students at the Sanatan Dharma Senior Seconday School, two hundred of them being Muslim girls.

Baghdad - Two people were killed and another four wounded on Tuesday when clashes erupted between residents and armed men suspected of belonging to al-Qaeda, a police source said.

The clashes erupted between residents of the al-Ahrash district in the northern Sulaymaniyah province and gunmen. Town residents had accused the gunmen of kidnapping a local farmer.

Two of the wounded belonged to the Sunni tribal Awakening councils, also known as sons of Iraq, who collaborated with the US in fighting against al-Qaeda militias, the source said.

New Delhi, Nov. 25 : At a time when the country is faced with challenging times in the wake of global economic slowdown, the former Finance Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Pary leader, Yashwant Sinha, believes there is need to adapt demand-boosting measures to ensure a bright future for the country.

"It''s the cost of money which is the huge dampener. It has affected affordability at the corporate-level. It has affected affordability at the individual level," said Yashwant Sinha in interview with Asian News International.

Zurich- The global television rights sale for the 2010 football World Cup has been completed ahead of schedule with a deal in Nigeria, the governing body FIFA said on Wednesday.

FIFA said in a statement that a contract with the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON) will ensure free-to-air TV coverage and radio broadcasts of all 64 World Cup games in South Africa.

World Cup organizing committee chief Danny Jordaan welcomed the announcement as "another major milestone" which was completed "well ahead of schedule.