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London, May 30: Britain's Supreme Court upheld the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden over alleged sex crimes on Wednesday. Seven judges at the country's highest court rejected by a majority of 5-2 that Assange's claim that a European Arrest Warrant under which his extradition is sought was invalid. Two lower courts have already ruled he should be extradited. Swedish

Vatican City, May 29: One of the Vatican's biggest scandals in decades widened Monday with the pope's butler — arrested for allegedly having confidential documents in his home — agreeing to cooperate with investigators, his lawyer said on Monday. Paolo Gabriele's pledge to cooperate with Vatican magistrates raises the spectre that high-ranking prelates may soon be named in the investigation into

London, May 29: Admitting that politicians and press interact closely, former British prime minister Tony Blair told the Leveson inquiry investigating links between the two on Monday that he had got too close to the Murdoch group, but defended his relationship with newspapers as "virtually inevitable and sensible" for senior politicians. Simultaneously, he said, "Draining of the poison from the

London, May 28: A “space drink” developed by Nasa to protect astronauts from radiation can also reduce wrinkles and reverse the telltale signs of ageing in just four months, say researchers, following a human trial. A team at Utah University has found in its research that the concoction, known as AS10, dramatically reduces wrinkles, blemishes and sun damage after four months. At the start of their

Kabul, May 27: A NATO air strike killed a family of eight, including six children, when it ploughed into their home in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said today. Yesterday night's incident in Paktia province threatens to further sour already shaky ties between President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers and will likely enrage Afghan civilians weary of years of bloodshed. "Eight people, a

Islamabad, May 27: Nearly 50 days after an avalanche slammed into a high-altitude Pakistan Army camp in the Siachen sector near Indian border, search teams have found the body of one of the 139 people who were buried under dozens of feet of snow in the world's highest battleground. The body was identified as that of Mohammad Hussain, one of the 128 soldiers from the Northern Light Infantry who

Geneva, May 22: India has called on countries for creating a democratic Internet governance structure to ensure a balance between private, commercial and public policy interests. "The ability of the existing internet infrastructure to be used globally for delivering programmes for development requires a free and secure internet," Dilip Sinha, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations

Washington, May 22: In a rebuff to Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari, US president Barack Obama did not meet him on the margins of the NATO Summit in Chicago as the two countries failed to strike a deal on reopening the NATO supply lines to Afghanistan. Zardari, who flew to Chicago with hopes of lifting his stature with a meeting with Obama, was preparing to leave empty-handed as the two

Sanaa (Yemen), May 21: A Yemeni soldier packing powerful explosives under his uniform blew himself up in the middle of an army battalion in Sanaa on Monday, killing 96 troops and wounding around 300, a military official and medics said. Medics, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the casualties were being treated in seven hospitals across Sanaa. All the dead and injured were soldiers, they

Islamabad, May 21: Unidentified men yesterday vandalised a historic Hindu temple in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan that was reopened on the orders of a court last year, police officials and local residents said. The attackers burnt pictures and damaged a shiv ling inside Gorakhnath Temple and took away idols from the shrine located within an archaeological complex in Gor Gathri area, leaders