AMRITSAR - The Sikh high priests Saturday formed a five-member committee to look into a controversy involving 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims' lawyer H.S. Phoolka and the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Paramjit Singh Sarna and his brother.

Afghan medical mission ends in death for 10

No-notice papal trip to mountainsVATICAN CITY — Normally there's lots of fanfare when the pope travels. But the Vatican says Benedict XVI slipped away for the day without notice for lunch and prayer in the mountains of central Italy.

NEW DELHI - Orange-robed men on the streets, roadside camps for them to rest, high decibel cries of "Har Har Mahadev"... Delhi is witnessing an intoxicating fervour in one of the biggest annual religious events of northern India.

Abu Dhabi, Aug 7 (IANS/WAM) UAE Justice Minister Hadef Jouan Al Dhahiri has set up a panel to sight the crescent moon that marks the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.