Pak govt relents on judge

Islamabad, June 28 (PTI): In a major turnaround, the Pakistan government today said it had no objection to the suspended chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry being tried by the full bench of the supreme court.

State counsel Mallik Qayyum told the bench that the government was also ready to withdraw its objection to the court hearing Chaudhry’s petition.

Missile test

Moscow (Reuters): Russia successfully tested its newest Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, sending it from the White Sea to the Kamchatka peninsula.

Spice Girls

London (Reuters): The Spice Girls said on Thursday that they had reunited for an 11-city world tour starting in Los Angeles this December.

Iraq bombing

Baghdad (Reuters): A car bomb killed 25 people on Thursday at a busy intersection in Baghdad where minibuses pick up and drop off passengers.