Islamabad - At least three people were killed and half a dozen injured in a suicide attack at the gates of a packed sports stadium in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Tuesday, officials said.

The blast occurred immediately after the conclusion of three-day inter-provincial games, District Coordination Officer Sahebzada Anees told reporters at the bombing cite.

"It was a suicide attack and so far we have received reports that three people died and seven are injured," Provincial Minister Miian Iftikhar Hussain said.

Abu Dhabi, 11th Nov. 2008  -- Arab First Ladies called today for greater empowerment of women in the Arab World so as to play their vested role in serving and building their countries and communities on equal footing with their male partners and communicating with other peace-loving nations for the sake of maintaining and bolstering human security collectively.

They stressed the need for promoting Arab-Arab and Arab-international dialogue cooperation for the service of human security causes.

Sheffield, Nov. 11th, 2008 --The British Sheffield University has honoured HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council member and ruler of Sharjah by awarding him honorary PhD in Arts in appreciation for his efforts in spreading Arab and Islamic culture and civilisation, as well as extending cooperation among different cultures and civilisations.

Bucharest - ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, will idle one of its four Romanian plants because of falling global demand, news agency reported Tuesday.

The plant at Hunedoara will halt production in a few days for about two months, its first idling since the depression of the 1930s, factory director Remus Patan told the Mediafax agency.

Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal said on November 5 it would cut production as the slowing global economy reduces steel demand.

Patna, Nov 11 : Bihar Police today seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Maoist rebels hiding at Akbarpur village of Makhdumpur block in Jahanabad district.

According to police, after getting a tip-off, they conducted a raid at Chandradeep Yadav''s house in Akbarpur village of Makhdumpur block in Jahanabad district and seized huge quantity of explosives.

Chandradeep Yadav has been taken into custody.

London - Britain's QE2 luxury liner, which is to be turned into a floating hotel in Dubai, was set to embark on its final voyage as a cruise ship Tuesday after it was successfully refloated after running into a sandbank off its home port of Southampton.

Tugs were employed to refloat the 70,000-ton vessel which was believed to have been blown off course by strong winds as it negotiated entry into the port in southern Britain in the early hours of Tuesday.