ISLAMABAD - Five handicapped siblings, suffering from a degenerative disease, put up their old parents for auction in Pakistan's Punjab province as the family had nothing to eat and had been starving for the past two days.

SRINAGAR - Life across Srinagar was affected Friday by a separatist shutdown called to observe the death anniversary of separatist leader Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, who was founder of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).

Milan, Feb 11 (IANS/AKI) One third of Italian youth are leading an unsatisfied sex life, says a survey which blames the youngsters' habit of taking alcohol or drugs to relax before sex as its root cause.

JAMMU - The three interlocutors for Jammu and Kashmir have for the first time sent formal invitation letters to four separatist leaders, urging them to sit across the table for talks.

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has called on the Egyptian government to come forward with a "credible, concrete and unequivocal" path to democracy.