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Mumbai terror plotter David Coleman Headley's guilty plea on the condition that he be spared the death penalty as well as extradition to India is not as big a setback as it might appear from New Delhi. There is enough sting in his plea agreement to ensure that Headley is available to Indian investigators looking into the larger conspiracy related to the overall planning of the Mumbai attacks.

Pointing to the David Headley case as illustrative of the "real threats from home-grown and international terrorists," the US says it will continue working to disrupt, dismantle and defeat terrorism at home and abroad.

To avoid a possible death sentence and extradition to India, Pakistani American terror suspect David Coleman Headley has pleaded guilty to a dozen federal terrorism charges, admitting his role in planning the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Singer Katy Perry wants to get married to her fiance Russell Brand in a church.

Japan has refused compensation for South Koreans who suffered during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula 1910-1945, Prensa Latina reported.

About a dozen US marshals took position inside the court of US District Judge Harry Leinenweber minutes before Mumbai terror suspect David Coleman Headley was escorted in.

In changing his plea from 'not guilty' to 'guilty', Pakistani American terror suspect David Headley has given graphic details of his preparations for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, including training at Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) operated camps in Pakistan.

The husband of recent Oscar winner Sandra Bullock apologised publicly Thursday after reports that he had engaged in an 11-month affair with a tattoo model.

Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Coleman Headley pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he helped plan the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks and a plot against the offices of a Danish newspaper.

US Democratic leaders Thursday unveiled a final version of the health insurance reform bill, setting the stage for a vote this weekend in the House of Representatives, Xinhua reported.