Reuters - India and Pakistan held their first official talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks on Thursday, a meeting that is unlikely to lead to an immediate breakthrough but may help thaw relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

Reuters - At least four children were hurt in a small explosion in front of a school in Kaushambi on Tuesday but it may not be a militant attack, police said.

BENTONG, Feb 23 (Bernama) -- Women, Family and Community Development
Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil has dismissed a notion that women were
less effective than men at the workplace.

The Iranian has been remanded until Feb 28 to facilitate investigations
under 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries the mandatory death
penalty upon conviction.

AFP - With Toyota under fire in the US Congress, the world number one automaker's top US executive apologized Tuesday for the company's handling of safety defects tied to a vast global vehicle recall.