Gujarat riots: Ex-minister gets life term

IN a remote valley in Vietnam, US investigators sift through piles of red soil. Despite recovering the remains of hundreds of fallen troops, the hunt goes on for many more still missing in a race against time.

Republican Mitt Romney moved into the critical final stretch of his campaign to unseat President Barack Obama, telling voters in his most important speech to date that they can “trust him to restore the promise of America,” but he offered few details about his plans to fix an ailing economy and a politically divided nation.

Angolans voted Friday in the country’s third elections since independence, with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos expected to extend his grip on power in the oil-rich nation despite a resurgent opposition.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to reshuffle his cabinet early next month, hoping fresh faces will appease his party’s restive right and reboot a government half way through a recession-hit term.

An Indian gangster-politician who rose from the working classes to be called “daddy” by his adoring followers was Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a local rival in 2008.

An Azerbaijani military officer sentenced to life in prison in Hungary was sent back to his homeland and, despite assurances, was immediately pardoned and freed by Azerbaijan’s president.