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PAKISTAN appointed a former information minister and human rights campaigner as its ambassador to the US today, moving quickly to fill a post left vacant after tension between the civilian government and military.

DISGRACED Pakistan players Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir lost their appeals today against their jail sentences for spot-fixing, with a top judge saying they had "betrayed" their country.

Lord Chief Justice Igor Judge said their "notorious" case was a "carefully prepared" corruption conspiracy which merited a "criminal sanction".

A TOTAL of seventeen interfaith groups got together for interfiath week at a Jain Temple discussing the impact of religion in the world.

The conference called IF...IF...IF...: Inspiration of Faith, Influence of Faith, Impact of Faith was held at the Jain Temple in Levenshulme, Greater Manchester

A LEADING Asian MP has used an innovative way to lend some money to a farmer living in poverty in Cambodia.

Rushanara Ali, Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow and Shadow Minister for International Development, has made a generous loan through www.lendwithcare.org.

POLICE have killed one of India's most wanted Maoist guerrillas in a major blow to the armed left- wing insurgency which has spread across a wide swathe of the South Asian country.

INDIA prepared today to announce details on how the nation’s vast retail sector would be opened to global supermarket chains, after the cabinet backed the long-awaited reforms.

US RETAIL giant Wal-Mart on Friday (November 25) lauded India’s decision to open its retail sector to foreign firms as an "important step" that would benefit business and the country.