HONG KONG: A bus packed with elderly Christian worshippers struck a roadside barrier and overturned in Hong Kong, killing 15 people and injuring 49 others, officials said on Thursday.

 WASHINGTON: India was among the countries worst affected by terror with militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and in the Northeast, strikes by Naxalites and attacks elsewhere in the country taking a toll of more than 2,300 lives in 2007, the US State department said in its annual report on terrorism.

ISLAMABAD: Backing the "right to self-determination" for Kashmiris, the Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani said Thursday that Pakistan wants "fruitful and result-oriented" talks on Kashmir with India which it hoped will soon lead to a "positive" outcome.

LONDON: The son of Osama bin Laden has been banned from entering Britain to live with his new wife because of fears that his presence would cause 'considerable public concern'.