| Ilyas Kashmiri killed in drone strike: Report Posted: Pakistani terrorist leader Ilyas Kashmiri who forged close links with the Al Qaeda has been killed in a US drone attack, a media report said Saturday.
Kashmiri was killed in strikes in South Waziristan, Dawn.com quoted BBC Urdu service report as saying.
Kashmiri was the chief of the Harkatul Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) and was widely believed to have masterminded the May 22 attack on a naval base in Karachi.
Heavily armed terrorists stormed PNS Mehran base in Karachi and destroyed two surveillance aircraft. The 16-hour long siege left 10 security personnel and four terrorists dead.
The media report said that Kashmiri was killed Saturday in the drone strike that also left at least nine militants dead.
An official told BBC Urdu service that he had received information about Kashmiri's death but could not confirm it.
Witnesses were quoted as saying that Kashmiri had arrived in South Waziristan from the Khyber tribal region.
The news of Kashmiri's killing comes just a month after Osama bin Laden was gunned down May 2 by US commandos who stormed the Al Qaeda leader's high-walled hideout in Abbottabad city, barely 120 km from Islamabad.
Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda have vowed to avenge Osama's death. There have been a string of terror strikes across Pakistan since his killing.
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| Teacher bags Middleton home Posted: A house fit for a future queen fetched nearly half a million pounds at a public auction.
Kate Middleton's childhood home in Bradfield Southend was bought for �4,85,000 (Rs 3.55 crore) by teacher Emma Appleby and her partner Tom Wyatt.
The final price was �10,000 less than auctioneer Dudley Singleton had predicted but well above the undisclosed reserve price.
The four-bedroom house has a guide price of Rs 3.62 crore
Emma, a mum of one with another child on the way is a Bradfield College science teacher while Tom, teaches history at Elstree School. They currently live in Ashampstead.
Emma, who was surrounded by flashing cameras as the hammer went down said, "The press attention isn't really my cup of tea but I am really looking forward to moving in. We just love the property and that was our maximum price."
She denied the 'Middleton Factor' was the reason for their decision. The late Victorian four-bedroom house in Bradfield, Berkshire, had a guide price of �4,95,000 (Rs 3.62 crore).
It was bought by Kate Middleton's parents, Michael and Carole, in 1979 when they worked for British Airways. 
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| Malay women launch 'The Obedient Wife Club' Posted: A group of Malaysian Muslim women say they will fight divorce, domestic violence and other problems by appealing to wives to be more obedient, according to one of the organisers.
Maznah Taufik said 'The Obedient Wife Club' being launched today is aimed at drawing women who will be taught how to please their husbands better to prevent them from straying or misbehaving.
"We just want to ask all the wives to be obedient wives so that there will be fewer problems in our society, such as infidelity, divorce and domestic violence," she said.
"Obedient wife means they are trying to entertain their husbands, not only taking care of their food and clothes," Maznah said.
"They have to obey their husbands. That's the way Islam also asks."
According to local media, the country's divorce rate doubled from 2002 to 2009, with rates higher among Muslims than non-Muslims.
Maznah said it was also the men's responsibility to teach their wives to be obedient.
"Some wives, they just want to get married for leisure but they don't know the responsibility," she said.
"To entertain their husbands is compulsory. If she doesn't do this, the husband will look for another woman... and the house will break down."
Today's launch near the capital Kuala Lumpur will include speeches and a show to demonstrate to women how to be good wives, Maznah said.
She added that a similar club was set up in Jordan last month.
Maznah is already involved in another controversial venture the Ikhwan Polygamy Club, which was launched in 2009 to promote polygamy.
She is herself in a polygamous marriage, as the second of her husband's two wives.
60%
People who practice Islam in Malaysia 
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| Brit spies swap bombs for cakes Posted: MI6 replaces bomb-making guide with cupcake recipe on al-Qaeda website Terrorists searching the internet for bomb-making tips found instructions on how to make Mojito flavoured cupcakes instead, thanks to British intelligence officers.
MI6 operatives were able to corrupt bomb-making instructions on an al-Qaeda website by inserting cupcake recipes
MI6 and officers at GCHQ, the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham, hacked into the launch edition of al-Qaeda's jihadi magazine Inspire and garbled the words by inserting dozens of cup cake recipes into the document.
The 67-page magazine was the first online English language website set up by an affiliate of the terrorist organisation in June last year and contained a feature headlined "Make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom" by "The AQ Chef."
Following the cyber attack, surfers were not able to browse the articles but were confronted by a list of computer code instead.
Translated, this code was revealed as page upon page of cup cake recipes for 'The Best Cupcakes in America' published by the Ellen DeGeneres chat show.
Information on how to make a Mojito Cupcake and a Rocky Road Cupcake replaced a recipe on how young
al-Qaeda supporters could make a lethal pipe bomb using sugar, match heads and a miniature light bulb.
Articles by Osama bin Laden and his deputy on 'What to expect in Jihad' were also removed.
Whitehall sources believe the magazine set up by the radical preacher Anwar-al-Awlaki was not a hoax, although there have been claims about its authenticity.
They believe it was designed to appeal to young al-Qaeda sympathisers and supporters in a bid to recruit them.
At the time Inspire was launched, US government officials said, "The packaging of this magazine may be slick, but the contents are as vile as the authors."
The head of the US Cyber Command, General Keith Alexander, defended the move, saying it was a legitimate counter-terrorism target which would help protect American troops overseas. 
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| Taste world's most expensive Kebab Posted: A chef has created the most expensive kebab in the world.
The dish has moved on from being a humble doner to include saffron-infused flat bread, milk-fed lamb from the Pyrenees and even edible gold.
The aptly titled 'King of Kebabs' uses gold leaf for a finishing flourish and champagne-infused mint and cucumber yoghurt completes the luxury and no wonder it costs a whopping �750 (Rs 55,000).
Chef Andy Bates created the kebab to mark the launch of The Great Food Truck Race TV show, celebrating street food.
Andy said, "It took a fair bit of time to source the best possible ingredients to ensure that this kebab was the most exclusive one out there but I loved every minute."
He added, "This is most likely to appeal to a high-class drunk on his way home."
The pricey kebab is presented on a silver platter and was protected with a cloche prior to its serving in London.
Ultimate Doner
The breakdown in full for the ultimate doner is:
>> Shoulder of milk-fed lamb: �84 (Rs 6,100)
>> Coeur de Boeuf tomatoes: �20 (Rs 1,400)
>> Micro Cress and Bibb Salad: �11.95 (Rs 875)
>> Chili Peppers: �35 (Rs 2,250)
>> Laudemio Extra Virgin Olive Oil: �26.95 (Rs 1,960)
>> Edible gold leaf and platinum - �130 (Rs 9,500)
>> Saffron - �138 (Rs 10,000)
>> Krug Champagne: �195 (Rs 14,000) 
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| Indian American teen wins US Spelling Bee crown Posted: Sukanya Roy, a 14-year-old girl from Pennsylvania won the 2011 US National Spelling Bee by spelling the word cymotrichous. Roy took top prize in the 84th annual US National Spelling Bee after she saw off her competitors over 20 rounds of on-the-spot spelling at the final in Oxon Hill, Maryland. After winning, the teenager, who was competing in her third championships, was shaking with excitement. "My heart started pounding, I guess. I couldn't believe it," Roy told reporterts immediately after receiving her trophy. The winning word, cymotrichous, is an adjective relating to having wavy hair. Roy, who also speaks fluent Bengali, said she knew the word immediately. "I just wanted to spell it right," she said. "I really didn't want to get it wrong." Besides the trophy, the champion speller took home a $30,000 (Rs 13.44 lakh) cash prize and other prizes. 
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| Can't poison our people for 'spirit' Posted: Russian PM Putin retorts after being told he was contradicting 'spirit of WTO' by banning EU veggies
Despite complaints from the Europeans, Russia will keep intact its ban on vegetables from the European Union because of the outbreak of a rare strain of E. coli, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said yesterday.
The European Union has told Russia that the ban contradicts the spirit of the World Trade Organisation.
But Putin retorted, "We can't poison our people for the sake of some spirit."
Russian PM Vladimir Putin said he refused to let his citizens get poisoned for the sake of some spirit and would not lift the ban till the situation was under control
The E. coli infection has spread to 10 countries and is blamed for at least 16 deaths and hundreds of illnesses.
It is also "likely" to be behind the illness of two people in the United States, both of whom had travelled to Germany recently, an official from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
There have been 499 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) a form of kidney failure in the current European outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.
Nine patients in Germany have died of HUS, according to WHO figures from earlier in the week.
Six had died of enterohemorrhagic E. coli, EHEC, a strain of E. coli that causes hemorrhaging in the intestines and can result in abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhoea. One person in Sweden hass also died.
Across Europe, 1,115 cases of EHEC have been reported, WHO said on its website.
In addition to Germany and Sweden, cases have been identified in Austria, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
All but two of the cases occurred in people who had recently visited northern Germany or, in one case, had contact with a visitor from northern Germany, the organisation said.
Russia's ban on fresh vegetable imports was the strictest response to the outbreak.
Putin said that despite the complaints from European officials he would not raise the ban.
Russia would check on the validity of the ban, he said, but not until more facts emerge from the European Union about the outbreak.
16
Number of people who have died owing to E.coli poisoning 
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| World's most expensive kebab costs 750 pounds Posted: A chef in Britain has created the world's most expensive kebab - aptly titled King of Kebabs - and costs a whopping 750 pounds, a media report said. The dish has moved on from being a humble doner to include saffron-infused flat bread, milk-fed lamb from the Pyrenees and even edible gold, The Sun reported Thursday. The kebab uses gold leaf for a finishing flourish and champagne-infused mint and cucumber yoghurt completes the luxury, it said. Chef Andy Bates created the kebab to mark the launch of The Great Food Truck Race TV show, celebrating street food. Andy said: "It took a fair bit of time to source the best possible ingredients to ensure that this kebab was the most exclusive one out there but I loved every minute."
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