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ORLANDO, Fla: Amid tight security, Casey Anthony, a Florida woman found not guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, walked out of a Florida jail early on Sunday.

BEIJING: Hours after the US President, Mr Barack Obama had an audience with the Dalai Lama, China today summoned top US diplomat here to convey its “strong indignation” over the meeting, saying it amounted to “gross interference” in its internal affairs and damaged the bilateral ties.

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela returned to his childhood village ahead of his 93rd birthday on Monday as South Africa and the world prepared to honour the most celebrated living statesman on the planet.

KATHMANDU: More than 24 hours after 17 people were killed in serial blasts in India’s business capital Mumbai and 131 people injured, Nepal’s major parties remained oblivious to the terror attacks with no statements of condemnation or solidarity with the southern neighbour.

WASHINGTON: Denouncing the Mumbai serial blasts as “despicable”, the US Secretary of State, Mr Hillary Clinton has made it clear that she would go ahead with her visit to New Delhi next week for the security dialogue, saying it is more important than ever to stand with India in the struggle against terrorism.

ISLAMABAD: After initially pointing fingers at the Taliban, the Pakistan Interior Minister, Mr Rehman Malik has come out with a bizarre theory on the raging violence in Karachi, blaming “wives and girlfriends” for 70 per cent of the killings in the city where ethnic and political rivalries have claimed scores of lives.

TORONTO: A new study has found that food addiction is an identifiable condition with clinical symptoms, characterised by a psycho-behavioural profile as in conventional drug-abuse disorders.

SYDNEY: Children whose mothers have a compassionate outlook are more likely to act in a similar way. New research from the Telethon Institute and the University of Western Australia shows that parents have an important role to play in teaching their children to understand another person’s feelings and point of view.

KANDAHAR: Afghanistan’s President, Mr Hamid Karzai’s powerful half brother, a lightning rod for criticism of deep-rooted corruption within the Afghan government, was assassinated Tuesday by a bodyguard at his home in southern Afghanistan.

KATHMANDU: A self-proclaimed “inveterate gambler” from New Delhi who became the virtual king of Nepal’s casino industry but then saw his control eroding received a fresh setback with the republic’s top court turning down his petition to buy more time.