Bhutto under house arrest in Pakistan

"Pakistani police placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest Friday, uncoiling barbed wire in front of her Islamabad villa, and reportedly rounded up thousands of her supporters to block a mass protest against emergency...

Canadian Bank Robber Pleads Guilty To Funding Rebels

Wow, this guy certainly doesn't even look like he's over 18, let alone a criminal mastermind."A Canadian bank robber who pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing an antique jewellery piece made for a 19th-century Austrian empress also revealed he was funding Kurdish rebels in...

'Hundreds held' in Bhutto raids

"The party of Pakistan's former PM Benazir Bhutto has said more than 700 members were arrested overnight ahead of a planned mass rally on Friday. They were held under emergency measures brought in on Saturday by President Pervez Musharraf, the party said. Separately in...

Russell Cowe Now Spiritual Is Getting Baptized.

"Australian actor Russell Crowe is planning to be baptized at the age of 43. The Oscar-winning actor, whose bad-boy image has overshadowed any spiritual side, told Men's Journal magazine that he planned to be baptized in a Byzantine chapel that he had built on his country...

North Korea Dismantling Nuclear Facilities, U.S. Confirms

Well if this is true it's better than nothing. I still don't trust that everything is on the up and up."The disablement of North Korea's nuclear weapons-making facilities has started smoothly and the communist nation should be able to complete the process by the end of the...

Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills Own Family

"KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A mother who tried to stop her son from carrying out a suicide bomb attack triggered an explosion in the family's home in southern Afghanistan that killed the would-be bomber, his mother and three siblings, police said Monday. The would-be bomber...

Britney Spears Album To Be Released 2 Weeks Earlier

" Britney Spears will release her new album later this month, two weeks earlier than planned, because some recordings have already been leaked online, her label has announced. Blackout, Spears' first album of new material in four years, will reach stores on October 31...

New anti-terror jail to replace Paddington Green

"A new maximum security police station to hold up to 30 terrorism suspects "for protracted periods" is being planned to replace the 1960s Paddington Green police station in London. Tony McNulty, the counter-terrorism minister, told MPs and peers yesterday it was now "well...