Pakistan probed today a list of possible suspects given by former premier Benazir Bhutto after a suicide assassination bid that killed 139 people and bloodied her return from exile.
Bhutto said she had sent President Pervez Musharraf the names of three people she accused of involvement in Thursday's blast, which ripped through a crowd of hundreds of thousands who welcomed her back to Karachi.
Those who knew of him believed Ravi Nair, senior intelligence man, lived a charmed life. An officer at the joint secretary level in the Research and Analysis Wing, Nair wangled plum postings, allegedly pocketed secret funds, was involved in several suspicious liaisons with women and, despite adverse notings from his seniors, managed to survive.
Military-run Myanmar was under renewed pressure today after the United States announced a new round of sanctions following the junta's bloody crackdown on dissent here.
US President George W. Bush's new penalties targeted the country's military leaders late Friday and also urged China and India, Myanmar's neighbours and main allies, to step up pressure on the military government.
Pakistan probed today a list of possible suspects given by former premier Benazir Bhutto after a suicide assassination bid that killed 139 people and bloodied her return from exile.
Bhutto said she had sent President Pervez Musharraf the names of three people she accused of involvement in Thursday's blast, which ripped through a crowd of hundreds of thousands who welcomed her back to Karachi.
Those who knew of him believed Ravi Nair, senior intelligence man, lived a charmed life. An officer at the joint secretary level in the Research and Analysis Wing, Nair wangled plum postings, allegedly pocketed secret funds, was involved in several suspicious liaisons with women and, despite adverse notings from his seniors, managed to survive. 
Military-run Myanmar was under renewed pressure today after the United States announced a new round of sanctions following the junta's bloody crackdown on dissent here.
US President George W. Bush's new penalties targeted the country's military leaders late Friday and also urged China and India, Myanmar's neighbours and main allies, to step up pressure on the military government.