Saturday
Washington/Berlin: Piling up pressure on the Gaddafi regime, the US slaps unilateral sanctions on Libya freezing assets of the strongman, his kin and loyalists, as the UNSC and EU actively mulled tough measures against Tripoli in the wake of its brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Peshawar: A Pakistani court remands an American security contractor, arrested in this northwestern city for not possessing valid travel documents, to judicial custody for 14 days.
Sunday
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities informs the Supreme Court that cases registered against 127 Indian fishermen have been disposed of by the Sindh High Court, paving the way for their release.
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police arrests 109 members of a group linked to a banned Hindu rights outfit of ethnic Indians for participating in an "illegal" rally here to protest against the introduction of a controversial book in the country's senior school curriculum.
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Monday
London: As India takes up the issue of imposing new UK student visa curbs, major stake-holders in Britain oppose the measures that are likely to result in thousands job losses and a cut in the annual contribution of 5 billion pounds to the British economy from the international student market.
Cairo/Washington: As opposition forces storm close to capital Tripoli, embattled Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi unleashes air attacks even as the world community steps up pressure on him to quit the country where at least 1,000 lives have been lost in the fighting.
Tuesday
Beijing: China formally begins the construction of two state-of-the-art fast attack missile crafts for the Pakistan Navy in addition to several naval frigates it is building for its close strategic partner.
Manama: A leading opposition activist jailed for six months and released last week warns of more bloodshed in the Gulf state ruled by a Sunni dynasty if popular demands for greater democracy were not met.
Wednesday
Islamabad: Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian and vocal critic of the controversial blasphemy law, has been shot dead by Taliban militants as he drove out of his mother's house here, nearly 2 months after Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was killed for opposing the harsh statute.
Washington: The US markets regulator charges Indian-American Rajat K Gupta, a former board member of Goldman Sachs and Proctor and Gamble, with insider trading, accusing him of providing confidential information to the key figure in a major hedge fund probe.
Thursday
Cairo/Washington: A belligerent Muammar Gaddafi strikes hard carrying out fresh air attacks to regain control of rebel-held oil export hubs in the east as the International Criminal Court (ICC) announces a probe against the Libyan leader, his sons and senior aides for crimes against humanity.
Lahore: In a setback to US efforts to seek early release of its national Raymond Davis arrested for double murder, a Pakistani court rejects his claim that he has diplomatic immunity and says it would go ahead with his trial.
Friday
Cairo: Libyan forces launch fresh air attacks on rebel-held eastern parts as hundreds of protesters came out on heavily-guarded streets of Tripoli demanding the immediate ouster of Muammar Gaddafi, who faced an Interpol global alert putting restrictions on his travel.
Beijing: As concerns mount globally over its military build-up, China announces that it will hike its defence spending by 12.7%, raising it to a staggering 601 billion yuan ($91.5 billion), signalling the country's return to double-digit military growth after a short lull.