Khmer Rouge prison chief awaits verdictPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal was expected to issue a decision Monday in the trial of the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer and torturer — the first verdict involving a leader of the genocidal regime that created Cambodia's killing fields.

BERLIN - Germany has granted asylum to 50 Iranian citizens who fled their country after the so-called "Green Revolution" protests that followed last year's presidential elections, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.

BEIJING - Chinese legislators are considering reducing the list of offences that carry capital punishment under the country's law, media reports said Saturday.

CHANDIGARH - Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab ended up on the wrong side of the law Saturday when a court here issued bailable arrest warrants to its three owners - actress Priety Zinta, industrialist Ness Wadia and businessman Mohit Burman.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that all "major stakeholders" in the country, the President, the Prime Minister, the Supreme Court Chief Justice and the Army Chief, are in a "secure position" until 2013.