Three Bangladeshis convicted of raping and murdering a Sri Lankan maid were hanged in Kuwait today and for the first time in two decades, the public were allowed to look at the corpses minutes after the men died.

A British militant goes on trial for his life in Pakistan tomorrow accused of the kidnap and murder of American reporter Daniel Pearl.

The US is to attend an international conference on financial aid to Yugoslavia on Thursday after being encouraged by moves against former president Slobodan Milosevic.

As Yugoslavia stepped up moves to extradite Slobodan Milosevic to the United Nations war crimes tribunal, the former president’s defence lawyers manoeuvred for time today, filing a request that two Belgrade District Court judges and the prosecutor be dismissed from the case.

Yugoslavia’s president says he will "facilitate and support" a law in his country to co-operate with the United Nations war crimes tribunal, which is seeking the extradition of Slobodan Milosevic.

Serbia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Slobodan Milosevic's lawyer, against the former president's extended detention.

A motorcade has taken Slobodan Milosevic from hospital back to Central Prison.

A close aide of Slobodan Milosevic is being questioned in Belgrade about an apparent attempt to assassinate former opposition leader Vuk Draskovic.