London - Amnesty International has called on the government of Afghanistan to repeal the death sentences against 111 people who are on death row.

In a statement released in London Thursday, to coincide with a visit to London of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Amnesty said it feared that the reported executions of nine people since last week would be followed by further death sentences being carried out.

London, Nov. 13 : Politically-correct British Government rule-makers have banned a string of words to get religious fanatics on their side.

The move, however, has been slammed for causing confusion in the war on terror, a Daily Star report claims, adding that there still some Muslim hate clerics who are allowed to preach death in the UK.

London - British Telecom (BT) said Thursday that it would cut a total of 10,000 jobs in the current financial year, as part of an ongoing efficiency programme.

The news came after a string of similar job-cutting announcements by major British in the last fortnight, including Virgin Media, which shed 2,200 jobs, construction firm Taylor Wimpey and pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline.

Figures released Wednesday showed that Britain's unemployment total reached an 11-year high of 1.82 million in the three months to September, a figure that is expected to rise to 2 million by Christmas.

London , Nov 13 : The BBC’s plan to expand its local news coverage online could “kill off” regional newspapers, shadow Culture Secretary of Britain has warned the corporation’s governing body.

In a letter to Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, Jeremy Hunt said it would be “a disaster” if the corporation’s proposed new online service led to the death of local newspapers, The Telegraph reported.

London, Nov 13 : Aussie model Miranda Kerr has set pulses racing with her mouth-watering pose on the cover of Miami mag Ocean Drive.

London, Nov 13 : American pop princess Britney Spears took her two sons to an alligator park just hours after one of them was released from hospital.

Spears, 26, who had to rush to hospital with her two-year-old son Jayden James, when he had a food reaction, was determined that their stay with her would be as much fun as possible.