NEW DELHI - It's not easy to describe the demeanour of Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk as he earnestly speaks about how books have shaped his spirit, jokes about how he wanted to be a painter, cleverly dodges a question on his love life and even shares his idea of the "ideal reader".

LAHORE - US consulate worker Raymond Davis will be produced in a Pakistan court on the charges of shooting dead two Pakistani men in a busy market in Lahore.

LATEHAR - At least nine Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces at Luhur forest in Jharkhand's Latehar District this mooring.

LONDON - Beware Prince Charles and Prince William! Being a monarch is more dangerous than living in a war zone, says a Cambridge University researcher.