Featured

Bin Laden's son seeks political asylum in Spain

Madrid - Omar Osama bin Laden, 27, one of the 19 children of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, has sought political asylum in Spain, Interior Ministry sources said Tuesday.

France detains six Basque separatists

Paris, FranceMadrid  - French police Tuesday detained six suspected Basque separatists, Spanish media quoted Spanish police sources as saying.

The arrests were linked to an investigation into bars suspected of financing violent separatists in France.

The arrests were made in different locations in the French Basque region, according to Askatasuna, a group defending jailed activists of the militant Basque separatist group ETA in Spain and France.

The detainees were taken to a police station in Bayonne. Police searched several addresses.

Domestic violence related to number of neighborhood liquor shops

United StatesWashington, Nov 4 : Areas with high number of alcohol outlets are more likely to have male to female partner violence, according to a new study.

A detailed data on Intimate Partner Violence revealed that greater alcohol availability could increase drinking, which would lead to increase in intimate partner violence (IPV), said Christy McKinney, faculty associate at the University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus as well as corresponding author for the study.

Wladimir Klitschko lines up Rahman for title defence

Hamburg - Wladimir Klitschko will defend his IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against former champion Hasim Rahman in Mannheim, Germany, on December 13.

Confirming the fight on his website, Klitschko said: "Hasim Rahman is a very strong and experienced opponent who I definitely won't be underestimating."

Rahman, who will be 36 when the fight takes place, knocked out Britain's Lennox Lewis to win the world title in 2001, but was in turn knocked out by Lewis in a rematch later that year.

Wladimir Klitschko, 32, had been looking for a replacement after Russian mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin pulled out with an injury he suffered during a training session in his home town Kursk.

44 die in road accident in northern Indian hill state

shimlaNew Delhi  - At least 44 people, many of them women, died in a road accident on Tuesday when their bus plunged into a 200-feet-deep gorge in the northern Indian hill state of Himachal Pradesh, police said.

The accident took place near the tourist destination of Kufri, about 16 kilometres north of Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla, where the bus was headed, an official at the police control room said.

The privately-owned bus had originated at Kotighat, about 70 kilometres north of Shimla, and had picked up passengers along the way.

I never thought I''d make it to Hollywood because I was fat, says Winslet

Kate WinsletWashington, Nov 4 : Hollywood actress Kate Winslet has revealed that her fat childhood made her believe that she would never make it to the world called Hollywood.

While in an interview with Vanity Fair, the ‘Revolutionary Road’ actress said that she still feels can''t be the part of the entertainment industry as she is fat.

"I was fat. I didn''t know any fat famous actresses, I just did not see myself in that world at all, and I''m being very sincere. You know, once a fat kid, always a fat kid,” she said.

Pages