Colombo, Oct 6 (IANS) At least 22 people, including two key members of the main opposition United National Party (UNP), were killed and over 50 wounded Monday when a suspected LTTE suicide bomber blew himself up in Sri Lanka’s north-central town of Anuradhapura, the military said here.

Kabul, Oct 6 (DPA) The Afghan government began voter registration Monday ahead of a presidential election slated for autumn 2009 despite the country’s worsening security situation as it battles a Taliban-led insurgency.

London, Oct 6 (IANS) Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse’s husband has sent an abusive letter to her father from jail.

Moscow/Bishkek, Oct 6 (DPA) A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan Sunday has killed up to 58 people, the US Geological Survey and Russian media reports said early Monday.

Havana, Oct 6 (IANS) Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has said his country will remain socialist and rejected calls by Western experts to speed up the reform process in the wake of the global financial crisis, the EFE news agency reported Monday.

Chandigarh, Oct 6 (IANS) In the heart of a bustling residential neighbourhood here exists a bird sanctuary - where at least 50,000 parrots dwell.

Colombo, Oct 6 (IANS) At least 21 people were killed in a suicide bomb blast by the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka’s north-central town of Anuradhapura, defence officials said.

Colombo, Oct 6 (IANS) Three people, including two opposition leaders, were killed and over a dozen injured in a blast in Sri Lanka’s north-central town of Anuradhapura, defence officials said.