UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon has strongly condemned an incident of massive killings, involving women and children, which occurred Friday in a Syrian village.

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had 16 million pounds (about $25 million) in cash delivered to his luxury villa to pay girls at his bunga bunga parties, The Sun reported.

 At least 9,200 people have been displaced in a fierce battle raging between the coalition forces and the insurgents near the Somali capital, the UN refugee agency said on Saturday.

Russia's ruling United Russia party will Saturday elect Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its leader at a party congress here.

Dr Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) track Osama bin Laden, has been kept in a special cell by the Peshawar Central Prison authorities.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed concerns that developments in Syria are contributing to instability in Lebanon.

At least 50 civilians, including 13 children, were killed on Friday in central Syria in what opposition activists say was a "massacre".

 A CBI court here Friday formally framed charges against dentist couple Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in 2008. The court will next hear the case June 5.

An Army private charged in the biggest leak of government secrets in the US history is seeking dismissal of 10 of the 22 counts he faces, contending they are either unconstitutionally vague or fail to state a prosecutable offense.

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Pakistan's Balochistan province late Thursday, a media report said.