PML prefers Sharif over Bhutto as PM The top leadership of Pakistans ruling party would prefer to see deposed Premier Nawaz Sharif, rather than self-exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, at the helm of the government if their outfit fails to do well in the general polls, a daily reported on Saturday.
I am not afraid of arrest Unfazed by the Pakistan Attorney Generals warning that he may be arrested on his arrival home from exile, deposed Premier Nawaz Sharif, who won the right to return to the country in a landmark Supreme Court verdict, has said he cannot be terrorised through threats.
Hot air balloon crashes injuring 11 A hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in an RV park and campground on Friday evening, injuring as many as 11 people, police and a witness said. Two other people were unaccounted for.
Emergency rule violation in Bangladesh
Cases filed against 90,000 Bangladesh's police have filed dozens of cases against about 90,000 unidentified people, including students, for staging demonstrations violating emergency rules, attacking law enforcers and damaging and destroying public and private property during the August 20-23 unrest.
Former French PM dead Former French prime minister Raymond Barre, who helped set Europe on its road to a single currency, died on Saturday. He was 83.
A hot air balloon's basket bursts into flames shortly after takeoff when it was about 25 feet off the ground in Surrey British Colombia Canada on Friday evening. AP
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