PARIS - MORE than 2,000 people are still in detention and hundreds more are missing in Iran since a government crackdown on protests over a disputed presidential election, the FIDH human rights group said on Sunday.
'According to the latest information we have, more than 2,000 people have been arrested and are currently in detention,' said Mr Karim Lahidji, vice-president of the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
LOS ANGELES - A SECOND police interview with the doctor caring for pop star Michael Jackson the day he died yielded no information suggesting the physician committed a crime, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
The Times said an unnamed source close to the police investigation told the newspaper the second interview with Dr Conrad Murray revealed 'no red flag' indicating criminal wrongdoing or the cause of death.
TEHERAN - IRAN has arrested eight local British embassy staff, media reports said on Sunday, a move that will further exacerbate tensions with the West over the post-election turmoil in the Islamic republic.
The latest backlash against what Iranian leaders have said is foreign 'meddling' came as opposition leaders continued to defy the regime, rejecting a panel set up to hold a partial recount in the hotly-disupted presidential vote.
LONDON - MOTOR racing chief Max Mosley claims he is under pressure to stay on as head of Formula One's governing body after opponents rushed to write his obituary following a peace deal last week.
'They made the mistake of dancing on my grave before I was buried,' the 69-year-old Briton told the Mail on Sunday newspaper in an interview.
