US student Amanda Knox was acquitted of murder and sexual assault by an Italian court on Monday after breaking down in court and pleading for mercy in a dramatic end to her four-year legal battle.

US President Barack Obama has said that the entire Al Qaeda leadership has been decimated and it would be ‘very difficult’ for the group to stage a spectacular terror attack on the scale of the 9/11 strikes in near future.

Anna Hazare on Tuesday put Congress on notice on the Lokpal issue, saying he will campaign against it in election-bound states if the Centre fails to get his version of the anti-corruption bill passed in Parliament’s Winter Session.

Australian captain Michael Clarke on Tuesday said that it will be tough to beat South Africa in their own backyard. Australia are scheduled to play two Twenty20 Internationals, three One-day and two Test matches against South Africa starting October 13.

The Philippine military says three air force personnel were killed when a helicopter carrying supplies to troops fighting militants on a southern island crashed after its engine failed.

Novy Kapadia

For Salgaocar the long wait is over. After 14 years they lifted the Federation Cup, at the same venue — the Salt Lake Stadium — and against East Bengal, the opponents they beat in 1997. Only the score line (3-1) was marginally better.
In 1997 Bruno Coutinho’s golden goal silenced the East Bengal fans and enabled Salgaocar to win 2-1. It is also after seven years that a team from Goa won the premier knock-out competition of India. Way back in 2004, Dempo (Goa) had beaten Mohun Bagan 2-1 in the final in Bengaluru.

JKNPP on Saturday demanded resignation of Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah for "violating the Constitution" by disclosing names of rape victims in the state Assembly.

The police on Saturday came for the second time to raid arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's house here, but had to return when his wife confronted them and asked them to produce a fresh search warrant.

R. Mohan

Nothing brought out better the Janus-faced nature of cricket than a few early Malinga moments in the Champions League T20.
It seemed the ups and downs of life were encapsulated in the Sri Lankan’s first two games with fortunes favouring him not so much with his trademark toe-crushers as in his altogether more surprising area of batting.
That he came out a winner in both games is a tribute to his fighting spirit.

Tokyo stocks closed 0.99 per cent higher on Thursday as the market welcomed a rebound in the euro ahead of a German parliamentary vote on the new euro zone rescue plan, brokers said.