LONDON - PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - is in a row with UK film-maker Victor Schonfeld who has alleged that the organization used his film footage without consent.

BAGHDAD - A leading Iraqi politician demanded Sunday an investigation into any connection between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and torture operations in Iraqi prisons, in the wake of the release of Pentagon documents published by WikiLeaks at the weekend.

LONDON - Britain Sunday said allegations of killing of civilians and torture of detainees in Iraq made in leaked US documents posted on WikiLeaks must be properly probed, a media report said.

NEW DELHI - Hailing the National Advisory Commission's (NAC) recommendation to "fully abolish" manual scavenging in the country by 2012, social activist Bindeshwar Pathak Sunday said the government should also focus on rehabilitating the scavengers.

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has granted more time to the central government to find out what more can be done to reduce the noise level near the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here.