Islamabad, Nov 11: Three Pakistani Senators, two from the Treasury benches and one from the Opposition, have reportedly called for filing treason cases against the country’s former president Pervez Musharraf over “subverting” the Constitution and the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti during his nine-year regime ending early this year.

The three Senators put their signatures on the draft resolution, filed with the country’s Senate Secretariat here during the first sitting of the requisitioned session.

Sydney, Nov 11 : Aussie cricketing greats and former skippers have blasted captain Ricky Ponting for his selection of bowlers on day four of the last Test in Nagpur which India won by 172 runs, thereby winning the four-match series 2-0.

Nairobi/Goma  - Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda threatened to overthrow the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, should he be excluded from negotiations to achieve a peaceful solution in the eastern part of the African state.

Warning President Joseph Kabila not to ditch talks, the Rwandan-backed rebel general told BBC radio: "If he refuses to talk now he will not be able to rule Congo and to lead it."

Kabila so far rejected direct talks with General Nkunda, saying they would be unconstitutional.

Hamburg - Germany coach Joachim Loew will have some clear words to say to the squad he names Thursday for next week's classic encounter with old rivals England.

Loew is to use the opportunity of the friendly international in Berlin to lay down some rules and guidelines on how he expects his players to behave for the rest of the qualification campaign for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.

Gorleben, Germany  - Fierce protests accompanied the arrival of a shipment of radioactive waste at a northern German long term storage site early Tuesday, one day behind schedule as thousands of anti-nuclear activists tried to hold up the transport.

After more than 80 hours by train and truck, 11 containers with spent nuclear fuel from German nuclear power plants arrived at Gorleben in Lower Saxony at 0:17 am (2317 GMT).

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks fell in Tuesday morning trading after the US market declined overnight on grim earnings outlooks and the yen's advance against other currencies.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 299.98 points, or 3.3 per cent, to 8,781.45.

The broader Topix index of all first-section issues also fell 24.34 points, or 2.66 per cent, to 892.31.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc, technology giant Google Inc and automaker General Motors Corp all suffered downgraded outlooks the day before.