SPEAKER Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia was at the end of his tether yesterday as he reined in MPs who appeared to be testing his patience. He said it seemed as if MPs were not giving a second thought to breaching parliamentary rules.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-- President Pervez Musharraf's spokesman today rejected reports that the embattled Pakistani leader was set to resign, even as another ally said back-channel talks were under way on ways to avoid his impeachment.

Pursuant to rule 11 bis of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda's (ICTR) Rules of Procedure and Evidence, the ICTR Prosecutor has been seeking to transfer intermediate and low level cases to Rwanda's national jurisdiction.

The team to investigate the electoral commission's handling of last year's General Election has finalised formulating its rules of procedure.

NEW DELHI: Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was on Wednesday expelled from the CPM amid indications that he was turning into the source of a fresh discord between the Congress leadership and Left.