ISLAMABAD - PAKISTAN is to close all the offices of a charity with links to the banned Islamist group India blames for the Mumbai attacks with immediate effect, a government spokesman said on Thursday.

The move came after the UN Security Council on Wednesday declared Jamaat-ud-Dawa a terrorist group and ordered sanctions against four people, including the charity's leader.

HONG KONG - HONG Kong authorities say a 10-year-old boy has developed kidney stones after drinking Chinese-made milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine.

Spokeswoman Natalia Leung says the child is in stable condition after being hospitalised.

NEW DELHI - INDIA wants Pakistan to hand over 40 people it believes are behind militant attacks and other crimes, India's foreign minister said on Thursday, but ruled out military action against its neighbour as a solution.

'We have given them lists of 40 persons not one, not 20 - lists of 40 persons and we have also pointed out that their denial is not going to resolve the issue,' Pranab Mukherjee told Indian parliament during a debate on the Mumbai attacks.