The father of Indian worker Sheikh Sarang Mohammad Naeem, who was kidnapped in western Afghanistan two days ago, on Wednesday appealed to the captors to release his son and asked the Centre to make special efforts for his safe return. Mohammad Hussein Sarang said he had sent an e-mail to the Afghanistan Embassy, asking Kabul to take steps to secure the release of his 30-year-old son. Naeem and his taxi driver were kidnapped by gunmen in Herat province of Afghanistan.
Reports said the former Iraqi dictator had been handed over to Iraqi authorities for execution and his lawyers had been asked to collect his personal belongings.
King Abdullah said India must play a role in the Palestinian issue.
It is not yet clear who was behind the blast but Afghanistan's Shia have faced a series of sectarian attacks in recent months claimed by the Islamic State Sunni Muslim militant group.
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The election to replace outgoing Sepp Blatter will take place at an extraordinary congress on February 26 in Zurich.
Jahnavi is the most visible face of anti-AIDS campaign in eastern India.
The two men had been found guilty of crimes against the civilian population of the town of Dujail in 1982.
Talking to newsmen in Bangalore on Monday, Sharief said Saddam's hanging was nothing, but a "brutal act committed by United States and its ally Britain."
Ban has not taken any stand on the fairness or otherwise of the trial, the UN said.
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The world body's headquarters was closed on Saturday and the statement of Qazi was posted on its website.
"The execution of the death sentence will be a form of judicial assassination," the CPI(M) said, urging all sections of the people to protest the death sentence.
The three, hailing from Mumbai, were part of a 12-member group on a pilgrimage to the Shia holy place.
The report has named Natwar Singh as a beneficiary.
Malaysia on Wednesday said 122 potential objects have been spotted in new satellite imagery in the "most credible lead" so far in tracing the Malaysian airliner that crashed in southern Indian Ocean.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
According to the report, post war findings intimate Saddam Hussein "as distrustful of al-Qaeda and viewed Islamic extremists as a threat to his regime".
All India Football Federation (AIFF) chief Praful Patel is hopeful of establishing fruitful relations with new FIFA president Gianni Infantino and work towards the development of the game in the country.
Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term.
The 18 new members were elected by absolute majority through a secret ballot.
Among others to be named are a member of British Parliament, a right-wing politician in Russia and a former senior aide to Putin, the report said.
'It is in the interests of everybody, including those named in the report, to have the truth established,' says UN Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor.
During his tenure, Dayal will also act as the special envoy of the government of India and hence liaise with the united Nations to go into the depth of the allegations made by Volcker.
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FIFA presidential candidate Luis Figo says he has no plans to quit his campaign.
Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and World silver-medallist Sarjubala Devi (51kg) are among four Indian boxers assured of medals after scoring facile victories in the inaugural India Open, for men and women, in Delhi on Monday.
More than 11,000 prisoners, including 120 Indians, held in Saudi Arabian jails for petty crimes, have been released over the last three months under two amnesties declared by King Abdullah.
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The incident occured when thousands of Shias marching across a bridge in a religious procession heard rumours that a suicide bomber was about to attack, triggering a stampede.
The death sentence could be carried out within the next 30 days.
