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NEW YORK: Muslim and Sikh employees of New York’s transit system will now be able to wear their turbans without attaching a government agency logo to them, in a major legal victory after new uniform rules were imposed following the 9/11 attacks.

KATHMANDU: Sixteen Nepalese opposition parties have joined hands to ask the President, Mr Ram Baran Yadav to dismiss the country's Maoist caretaker regime and replace it with National Consensus government.

CHICAGO: Believe it or not, people who have been acknowledged by a stranger feel connected to others, says a recent study.  So the next time you're out walking about, you may want to give passers-by a smile, or at least a nod.

ISLAMABAD: A UN special representative has expressed serious reservations about Pakistan's blasphemy law, weak prosecution and a parallel justice system functioning under the Federal Shariah Court.

WASHINGTON: Using a computer and undertaking a long walk or some form of exercise may protect against memory loss late in life, a study published in the May issue of the Journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests.

LONDON: In a setback to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Britain's Supreme Court today ruled that he can be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sex offences.

DOHA, QATAR: Qatar's Interior Ministry said 13 children were among 19 people killed in a fire that broke out in one of the country's fanciest shopping malls late Monday morning, raising questions about building safety in the booming Gulf state.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army today declared dead all the 139 soldiers buried alive by an avalanche at a high- altitude camp in the Siachen sector, proclaiming them as "shuhada" (martyrs).

ISLAMABAD: Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, convicted for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 1990 in Pakistan, has sent a fresh clemency appeal to the President, Mr Asif Ali Zardari, media report said today.

AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council unanimously condemned the killing of at least 108 people, including many children, in the Syrian town of Houla, a sign of mounting outrage at the massacre that the government and rebels blamed on each other.