Updated: 8am GMT -- 2007/10/31

Foreign

Suicide blast kills seven near Musharraf’s office
Three policemen among dead as bomber fails to breach security cordon A SUICIDE bomber killed seven people near Pakistani military ruler General Pervez Musharraf’s army office in Rawalpindi as the president held crucial security talks ins...

Human rights protests at Saudi king’s UK visit
ON PARADE: Britain's Prince Philip follows King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia during his ceremonial welcome at Horse Guards Parade, in London, yesterday. Demonstrators promised to harass the king during the visit, which was being overshadowed by criti...

Turkish guns pound rebels near border
TURKEY blasted Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border yesterday as Ankara warned that ties with Washington would suffer as long as the separatists enjoyed sanctuary in northern Iraq. Cobra helicopters fired missiles at rebel positions on the Cud...

US protest at SA-made baby seat
BUMBO BABY SEAT: ‘Safe’ – but parents still need commonsense. Manufacturer insists it’s safe if used properly By NICOLETTE SCROOBY Lifestyle Reporter RETAILERS in the US have pulled a popular South African baby chair off their shelves af...

In Brief.......
McCanns use ‘find-Maddy’ funds to pay their mortgage THE parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann used public money donated to a fund for finding their daughter to pay their mortgage. This was confirmed by their spokesperson yester...