At least ten suspected Muslim separatist rebels were killed on Tuesday in air strikes carried out by government security forces in the restless southern Philippines, a military official said.

Sharon Shoesmith, 55, was dismissed without compensation from her senior position at Haringey Council in north London last month after a damning report into her department's failings.

Following the recent terrorist attacks on Mumbai, India continures its diplomatic offensive against neighbouring rival Pakistan by handing over evidence to Islamabad yesterday linking last year's Mumb

Authorities in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang approved the arrests of nearly 1,300 people in the first 11 months of last year on suspicion of "endangering state security," according to a repor