Berlin - Rebels have released the correspondent of a German newspaper who was abducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the German government confirmed Friday.
Thomas Scheen, 43, the Belgian-born correspondent of the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), was taken captive by Mai-Mai militias in the eastern part of Congo on Tuesday.
The German foreign ministry said Scheen and his two local assistants were safely in the hands of the UN peacekeeping force MONUC.
The FAZ said Wednesday that Scheen was seized after he "got caught between the fronts" in the eastern Congo region.
Star Plus will air the Himesh Reshammiya’s ‘Karzzzz’ concert on November 9.
The ‘Karzzzz’ concert was held at Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai on October 12.
Hosted by the Cyrus Broacha and Mona Singh, the show features the star-studded performance of Bollywood babes like Riya Sen, Amrita Arora, Amisha Patel and Neha Dhupia.
Other singers who performed in the event included Vineet, Aakruti Kakkar and Tulsi Kumar, daughter of late Gulshan Kumar.
Washington, Nov 7: People around the world rejoiced Barack Obama’s victory on Tuesday, even as workers at a pan-Arab news channel went around the newsroom congratulating each other as if Obama were their president-elect, and Kenya, the birthplace of Obama’s father declared Thursday as a holiday.
According to a Fox News report, Obama''s election set off international celebrations and ignited fervor for the US that has been unseen since the 9/11 attacks. To some observers, the international reaction has elevated America''s president-elect to an unparalleled post: President of the world, added the report.
Orissa police have registered a case against a judge for allegedly misbehaving with a woman in a train, an official said Friday.
Jhum Mohanty a resident of Damanjodi o Koraput district had filed the complaint.
According to police sources, while she was traveling to Bhubaneswar by Hirakhanda Express Santanu Rajguru, Chief Judicial Magistrate of Nabarangpur allegedly misbehaved with her.
"We have registered a case against Rajguru under sections 509 (making insulting gestures) and 323 (causing hurt with full knowledge and intention) of the Indian Penal Code," a police officer in the Bhubaneswar Railway station said.
Bangkok - Thai police on Friday released on bail famed social critic Sulak Sivaraksa after arresting him on charges of lese majeste for a speech he made last year.
Sulak, 76, was arrested in Bangkok Thursday evening and driven to Khon Kaen, 370 kilometres north-east of the capital, where he was interrogated for three hours on charges of insulting the monarchy in a speech he delivered at Khon Kaen University on December 10,
2007.
Sulak was informed of another police charge of lese majeste on Monday for an article he had written in the Seeds of Peace magazine published several years ago.
"This is strange," said Sulak of the two charges, both based on old incidents.
Star Plus will air the Himesh Reshammiya’s ‘Karzzzz’ concert on November 9.
Washington, Nov 7: People around the world rejoiced Barack Obama’s victory on Tuesday, even as workers at a pan-Arab news channel went around the newsroom congratulating each other as if Obama were their president-elect, and Kenya, the birthplace of Obama’s father declared Thursday as a holiday.
