London, Oct 6 : Underground caves in which thousands of civilians took shelter from one of the heaviest Allied bombings of World War II have been re-discovered in northern France.

According to a report in the Telegraph, the time capsule labyrinth lies deep below the Normandy city of Caen, which was all but destroyed by British guns around D-Day, June 6th 1944.

Largely undisturbed since, the makeshift bunkers still contain numerous reminders of a terrified population whose only thought at the time was survival.

They include packed suitcases, tins of syrup, decaying maps and official passes, and even lady''s make-up bags including nail varnish and lipstick.

Hong Kong - Around 200 people marched through Hong Kong on Sunday calling for a minimum wage to protect low-paid workers in the wealthy former British colony.

The marchers, organized by a group called the People's Alliance for Minimum Wage, said they wanted to see an immediate minimum wage of 33 Hong Kong dollars (4.24 US dollars) an hour.

Holding up banners and chanting slogans, they presented a petition at Central Government Offices calling on Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang to set a timetable for the minimum wage as soon as possible.

Algiers/Paris - At least 10 people have been killed in two attacks in recent days as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan came to a close, Algerian media reported Saturday.

Six members of the security forces were killed in one attack when armed attackers opened fire on their vehicle in Theniet el-Had in the west of the country, el-Khabar newspaper reported.

The attackers were members of the terrorist group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the report said.

Washington, Oct 4: Almost half of the Pakistanis, or 45 percent, think that the US military presence across the border in Afghanistan poses a threat to Pakistan.

Only 17 percent said it was not a threat and more than a third, 38 percent of respondents, had no opinion or would not answer, according to a Gallup poll organized in June.

The poll found that one in three of the respondents said the US relationship with Pakistan in President George W. Bush’s campaign against terror mostly benefits America. Only 7 percent -- fewer than one in 10 -- said Pakistan benefits more.

London, Oct. 4: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband believes that military rule in Pakistan has been the root cause of that country’s myriad problems.

“My own view is that 30 out of 60 years of military rule is an important part of explaining the Pakistani problem,” the Dawn quoted Miliband as saying in an interview organised by the Council on Foreign Affairs during his recent visit to New York.

Washington, Oct 4: The United States is entitled under international law to take military action in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas since they no longer lie under the sovereign control of the Pakistani state, according to a US based South Asia expert.

This assertion was made by Stephen Cohen of the Brookings Institution at a ceremony marking the release of a new report on Pakistan by a US working group.