London, November 15: Prince Charles, who joined the senior citizen club on November 14, can now drop his ‘travel worries’ as he has been gifted with a free bus pass for his 60th birthday!

The Prince of Wales, who till date wheels his Aston Martin presented to him by the Queen on his 21st birthday, cut the cake decorated as a concessionary travel voucher.

London - A Libyan man convicted of the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie in Scotland in which 270 people died will not be released early from jail on health grounds, appeal judges in Scotland ruled Friday.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, 56, had applied for the interim release, pending a separate appeal against his conviction, on the grounds that he suffered from advanced prostate cancer.

London - Human rights group Amnesty International has called on the Spanish government to ensure that there is an effective judicial inquiry into crimes committed during the 1936-39 civil war and the ensuing dictatorship under General Francisco Franco.

In a statement released in London and Madrid, Amnesty said Spain should comply with its international obligations regarding past crimes and investigate the "enforced disappearances" during the civil war period.

London, Nov. 14 : Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand has backed the Football Association’s crackdown on drug cheats.

Ferdinand, who was banned for eight months in 2003 for missing a dope test, said: “I think it sounds fair. If it brings us up to the level of all the other sportsmen then I’m in favour. It’s good.”

“We get tested quite a lot anyway. A lot of players get tested three or four times a season so it would be no different to what we’re used to,” The Sun quoted him as saying.

London - A Libyan man convicted of the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie in Scotland in which 270 people died will not be released early from jail on health grounds, appeal judges in Scotland ruled Friday.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, 56, had applied for the release on the grounds that he suffered from advanced prostate cancer.

He was sentenced to life at a special court in the Netherlands in 2001, with the judges stipulating that he must serve at least 27 years.

Al Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence agent, has always denied the charges against him.