Twelve days after the Kosi breached its embankment here on August 18, Nepal police cut a 15-metre chasm across a highway to send the floodwaters surging southwards into Bihar. People and police here blame the dyke breach on “inaction” by India, which owns the Kosi barrage and embankment, and say they were forced to...
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Mother who killed child in Microwave oven found guilty
A mother was convicted Friday of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, with jurors rejecting a defense attorney’s claims there was evidence that someone else was responsible. China Arnold, 28, showed no reaction when the jury’s verdict was announced and then lowered her head, looking down at the defense...
Pervez Musharaff quits as president to avoid impeachment
Pervez Musharraff today offered his resignation and also has mentioned it as an act to prevent further violence in the country. Many analysts had predicted he was running out of time and it was only a matter of days before he will quit. It appears Musharraf has entered into an understanding with the elected...
