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MINSK: The Belarusian embassy in Sweden has stopped accepting most documents after a diplomatic row erupted between the two countries. It has turned the task over to the Latvian embassy, the Belarusian foreign ministry said.

WASHINGTON: The family of the police officer who took nine bullets while taking on the gunman in a shooting incident at a Wisconsin Gurdwara, thanked the Sikh community for their prayers and support.

KABUL: Three US soldiers have been shot dead by an Afghan worker on a military base in southern Afghanistan, in a deadly 24 hours for NATO-led forces in the country during which six soldiers died in rogue attacks.

ISLAMABAD: There is an escalating sense of insecurity within Pakistan’s Hindu community, said a leading daily Saturday as many Hindu families moved from Jacobabad to India.

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA: The ancient Martian crater where the Curiosity rover landed looks strikingly similar to the Mojave Desert in California with its looming mountains and hanging haze, scientists said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON: A new triangular ‘passenger plane’ of the future is ready and has already undergone test flights. The super plane so far only codenamed 'X-48C' is the brainchild of the US space agency NASA which is developing it in collaboration with aviation major Boeing.

BEIJING: Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai's wife, accused of murdering a British businessman, went on trial today in a high-profile case following a major political scandal that rocked the ruling CPC and cost her husband his job.

LAHORE: The Pakistan Premier, Mr Raja Pervez Ashraf has been advised by his aides not to appear in the Supreme Court in response to a notice summoning him for failing to act on its orders to revive graft cases against the President.

WASHINGTON:  Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon has undergone a cardiac bypass surgery, days after his 82nd birthday and is now on the road to recovery and "doing great".

WASHINGTON: A former girlfriend of the slain suspect in Wisconsin gurdwara shooting that left six Sikhs dead has been arrested and faces charges of possession of illegal weapon.