5.3-magnitude earthquake hits southwest China
Beijing – At least three people were injured and several houses damaged after a 5.3-magnitude quake jolted a town in southwest China early today, authorities said. There were reports of house collapse, road cave-ins and rocks rolling down from mountains in quake-hit Yongshan County, Yunnan... read more »
Musharraf survives assassination bomb attempt: Police AFP | Apr 3, 2
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb went off shortly before his convoy was due to pass on Thursday, police said. The bomb was planted on his route from an army hospital where he has been... read more »
Pakistan’s Musharraf charged with high treason
A court in Pakistan has charged former military ruler Pervez Musharraf with treason, the first army chief to face such a prosecution. Mr Musharraf is accused of unlawfully suspending the constitution and instituting emergency rule in 2007. He pleaded not guilty and has always claimed that the... read more »
40 killed in Pakistan road accident
At least 40 people were killed on Saturday when an oil tanker collided with two buses in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The accident happened when the two passenger buses with over 100 people on board collided with the oil tanker near Gadani checkpost in Hub district of Balochistan... read more »
