"Since the three of us come from three different parts of Afghanistan and speak in three different languages - Pashto, Dari and Uzbek - we thought it would be a good idea to sing in English, " says Ahmad.

BBC: Afghan dreams of rock and roll

Basil McCrea of the UUP, who chairs the education and learning committee, wanted to know why the minister thought it was fair that people from other parts of the UK should be made to pay three times the amount paid by those from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, or other parts of the European Union.

BBC: Northern Ireland Assembly

The Pew study found Asians three times as likely as immigrants from other parts of the world to get U.S. permanent residency on the basis of employment rather than family ties.

WSJ: Asians Top of the Immigration Class

The rocket had been due to take off on Wednesday, but lift-off was cancelled three hours before launch after fire extinguishing fluids were detected leaking from parts of the equipment.

BBC: South Korea rocket 'explodes' moments after take-off

In the three years since their acquisition, Superior Air Parts has emerged from bankruptcy, is now operating in the black and has established a facility in Beijing and is engaged in an aggressive domestic training effort, developing a presence there to serve the burgeoning Chinese market.

FORBES: Where In The World Is Beijing, Kansas?

Three parts of Bloomfield Road are nice and they will use the money they generate from being promoted to finish it so it's a 20, 000 all-seater.

BBC: Ask Steve Claridge

The 12 cabinet jobs were shared out in three equal parts between members of the outgoing government, independents, and trusted aides from Mr Kirchner's inner circle in Santa Cruz, his sparsely populated Patagonian province.

ECONOMIST: Continuity amid hints of change

It takes a ship full of car parts a week or more to cross the Atlantic and around three weeks to go from Asia to Europe.

ECONOMIST: Fast container ships

It emerged Wallwork had sold a Volkswagen Touran engine and parts from a BMW 318i on eBay, and he was observed driving a Mazda Furano into the scrapyard three days after it was stolen from a car dealer.

BBC: Ronnie Wallwork