Digest of international news for the week

Leander Paes & Elena Vesnina lose the closely fought Wimbledon mixed doubles to Mike Bryan & Lisa Raymond

Saturday

Krymsk (Russia): Flash floods deluged Russia's southern Krasnodar, killing at least 134 people - many feared drowned in their beds - in the region's worst natural disaster in decades, officials and witnesses say.

Tripoli: Jubilant Libyans choose a new parliament in their first nationwide vote in decades, but violence and protests in the restive east underscores the challenges ahead as the oil-rich North African nation struggles to restore stability after the ouster of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Sunday

New York: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has long been lauded for his pivotal role in liberalising the Indian economy, has been dubbed as an "underachiever" by a top US magazine which says he appears "unwilling to stick his neck out" on reforms that will put the country back on growth path.

London: Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will have to wait for their first Grand Slam title together as they lose the closely fought Wimbledon mixed doubles summit clash to Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond.

Monday

London: Rich archive comprising of thousands of letters and documents related to Mahatma Gandhi, including those on his controversial relationship with architect Hermann Kallenbach, are sold to the Indian government in a 'private transaction', auctioneers' Sotheby's say.

Lahore / New Delhi: A Delhi-bound Air India flight from Abu Dhabi with 128 people on board made an emergency landing at a Pakistani airport when pilots detected warning lights on the cockpit panel indicating hydraulic failure.

Tuesday

Kathmandu: Ways to enhance bilateral military cooperation and other issues of mutual interest come up for discussion between Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh and his Nepalese counterpart Gen Chhatraman Singh Gurung here.

Wednesday

London: The London Assembly piles up pressure on the International Olympic Committee asking for a rethink on its relationship with the Dow chemical company as the sponsor of the games, in light of the Bhopal gas tragedy.

Islamabad: A Mi-17 helicopter of Pakistan Army crashes in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, killing all five persons on board who were returning from a sortie to Gyari sector of Siachen, the army says.

Thursday

Abuja: As many as 200 villagers trying to scoop up fuel from an overturned tanker are killed in southern Nigeria, when the petrol carrying vehicle explodes in a horrific inferno.

Islamabad: Pakistan appears headed for a fresh round of confrontation, with the Supreme Court setting July 25 deadline to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, who signs a bill giving immunity to government functionaries from court contempt.

Friday

Sydney: One of the most fearsome pace bowlers in modern era who considers India his second home, Australia's Brett Lee announces retirement from international cricket ending an injury-ravaged career that lasted 13 years.

Damascus: Peace envoy Kofi Annan says Syria has "flouted" Security Council resolutions with mass killings in Treimsa village which UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls an "outrageous escalation".