Mush gave US right to strike inside Pak!

The United States has an agreement with President Pervez Musharraf to launch direct attacks targeting elusive al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistani territory without prior permission from Islamabad, a media report said on Wednesday.

Dalai says Tibet situation grim as talks are held in Beijing!

Pressing the international community to speak up for the Tibetan people at this "critical" stage, the Dalai Lama on Thursday prodded China for progress in the ongoing talks over the "grim" Tibet situation as the two sides met here for the second day for the secretive parleys.

Oz police to escort Dr Death Patel after Rice`s nod!

An Australian police team is ready to fly to the US to bring back India-born surgeon Jayant Patel so that he can face manslaughter charges linked to the death of his patients as soon as the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signs his extradition papers.

Osama bin Laden on death bed: CIA!

Two officials of the US` intelligence agency CIA have claimed that al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was on death bed as he suffered from a terminal kidney disease, and may live only for a few months.

Bush backs global expansion of peaceful nuclear energy use!

In an apparent push for the stalled Indo-US nuclear deal, US President George W Bush has voiced his support for the global expansion of peaceful atomic energy to tackle surging energy demands and climate change.