AFP - Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets Saturday in a bid to subdue garment workers who rioted for a second day in protest against low pay as unrest spread to areas outside Dhaka, police said.

AFP - Investigators searching the site of an airliner crash near Pakistan's capital in which 152 people died have found the plane's black box, a minister and a civil aviation official said Saturday.

AFP - Violence in south Sudan has forced the aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to suspend its work in the Gumuruk area of troubled Jonglei state, the organisation said on Saturday.

AFP - Soham murderer Ian Huntley is suing the prison service after being attacked by another inmate, the Ministry of Justice confirmed on Saturday.

AP - A diplomatic spat with implications for international counterterrorism escalated Saturday after Pakistan's spy chief canceled a visit to London following comments by the British leader suggesting Pakistan exports terrorism.

AFP - Thousands of mourners paid their respects Saturday in Duisburg to the 21 people who died at a techno festival a week earlier, as anger over the tragedy grew.

AFP - South Africa born batsmen Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen saw England to 49 for two in their second innings, a lead of 221 runs, at lunch on the third day of the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge here on Saturday.

AFP - The New Delhi Commonwealth Games was rocked by a scandal Saturday with a report alleging that all construction quality certificates inspected so far have turned out to be fake or "suspect."

AFP - The death toll from floods sweeping through northeastern China has risen to 37, state media said Saturday, as the country continues to battle the worst floods in a decade.

AP - Germany was holding a memorial service on Saturday for the victims of the Love Parade techno music festival, where 21 people were crushed to death and 500 injured.

AP - Israeli warplanes fired missiles at five targets across Gaza overnight, killing a senior commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people, the group and the military said Saturday.

AFP - Pakistan's intelligence agency has scrapped a planned visit to Britain in protest at Prime Minister David Cameron's comments on the export of terror, The Times newspaper reported Saturday.

AFP - Police opened fire Saturday to quell angry protesters defying a curfew in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir after the death toll from an anti-India demonstration the previous day rose to four.

AFP - Flash floods in Afghanistan have killed at least 65 people and affected more than 1,000 families, the national disaster authority chief told AFP Saturday.

AP - Violence continued to rage in Indian Kashmir on Saturday with one person shot dead and three others wounded after police opened fire on protesters who attacked their camp.

AFP - Pakistan were bowled out for 182 in reply to England's first innings 354, a deficit of 172, on the third day of the first Test at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

AP - Recovery workers found the "black box" flight data recorder Saturday in the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said.

AP - A roadside bomb killed four people, including three army soldiers, and wounded 11 people south of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi officials said.

AFP - India's cricket chiefs on Saturday endorsed New Zealand's Alan Isaac as the next vice-president of the world governing body after former Australian Prime Minister John Howard was snubbed for the job.

AFP - Heavy rains washed eight anti-personnel mines from North to South Korea in the past week, a military spokesman said Saturday.

AFP - New Zealand can take a stranglehold on this year's Tri-Nations series with a bonus-point victory over Australia at Docklands stadium on Saturday.

AP - Rescuers trying to reach thousands of Pakistani flood victims were hampered by deluged roads and damaged bridges Saturday, though there were signs that waters were receding in parts of the country.

AP - About 30 people have died in the last three days alone as Russia's massive forest fires have wiped out villages and vast areas of woodland, state television reported Saturday. Officials insist some of the worst blazes are under control.

AFP - Senior MPs from north and south Sudan are heading for Canada this weekend to learn from Quebec's independence referendums, officials said Friday, as the African state prepares to vote on southern secession.

AFP - Cowering in their homes or fleeing in sheer terror, 173 Australians died in a firestorm of unparalleled ferocity, a report found Saturday, detailing a disaster plagued by "systemic failings" and chaos.