Britain's Prime Minister criticised the decision to free Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi from jail last year.

The three Gurkhas who died stood no chance. Two - believed to be British nationals - died in the operations room when it came under attack by a rocket-propelled grenade.

Three suspected al Qaeda members were arrested overnight for what Norwegian and US officials said was a terrorist plot.

Some Pakistanis are saying that the solution to the country's terror threat is a US exit from Afghanistan.