Ireland's first ball in Test cricket did not go according to plan.

A court in Pakistan today turned over an Islamic militant for police questioning over the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and two failed assassination attempts against President General Pervez Musharraf, police said.

A man sentenced to life in his absence for the murders of 11 French engineers was captured in the Pakistan city of Karachi today when he fell off his motorbike after a gun battle with police.