Pilgrims die in brige collapse

At least 11 people died and hundreds on religious pilgrimage were missing after an overcrowed bridge collapse in western Nepal yesterday, police and officials said. Nearly 400 people were said to have been on the brige across a gorge over the Bheri River, 380km west of the capital Kathmandu, when it collapsed.

Silly stunt results in death of superbike racer

When superbike enthusiast Marcus Tan set out on his $40,000 ducati 999 for the Johor Racing Circuit in Pasir Gudang on sunday morning, he was looking forward to an exhilarating race and a very special Christmas on his return. On monday night ,Rachel wept as the body of her 28 year old fiance was brought back to Singapore, more than 18 hours after he died following a high speed collision with another racer at the 3.8km circuit, which was built in 1986 and is about 20km from Johor Baru.

Alleged bomb-maker caught in UK

A 38 year old man was charged on monday was intending to carry out a terrorist attack. Mr Hassan Mohammed Sabri Al Tabbakh, from Birmingham, is accused of compiling a document with instructions on how to make a bomb and stockpile chemicals for such a device. The court had heard that Mr Tabbakh had been arrested near his home in Birmingham last teusda. He was charged on saturday with an offence under section five of the Terrorism Act 2006.