Uk bond scheme for Indian sub-continent not on -- Vaz
The controversial pilot project to introduce a 10,000 pound bond scheme for some of the short-term visitors to the United Kingdom will not be undertaken in India, Bangladesh or Pakistan.



12 rescuers killed in Russian blast
Twelve rescue workers were killed in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in central Siberia while they were fighting a fire in the shaft, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.



Pak envoy claims Indians killed Kashmir Sikhs
Pakistan's new UN Ambassador, Shamshad Ahmad, has alleged that the killing of 35 Sikhs in Kashmir was "perpetrated by Indian security forces'' to discredit the Kashmiri independence cause.



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