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Physical penalties are still widely used by teachers in India, despite being illegal, but the story of a teenager who committed suicide after being caned at school is pushing India to criminalize corporal punishment. The prevalence of corporal punishment in schools is one of India's worst-kept secrets. But the recent suicide of 13-year-old Rouvanjit Rawla has brought the practice out into the open. Related articles by Zemanta Caning under fire in Indian schools after child suicide (newsinfo.inquirer.net) A young Indian boy commits suicide 'after being caned'. When will India enforce its ban on corporal punishment? (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)

The biology professor charged with killing three Alabama university colleagues in a shooting rampage attempted suicide in jail early Friday, a person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press Related articles by Zemanta Alleged Univ. of Alabama Shooter Attempts Suicide (cbsnews.com) Amy Bishop tried suicide after Massachusetts charged her with murdering her brother (boston.com) Bishop tries to commit suicide (boston.com)

Another suicide blast to tell you about in Pakistan. Two Islamist militants who were planning an attack in Karachi blew themselves up when police raided their hideout today.

Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's president, has condemned the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad as "horrible and cowardly". Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from Islamabad where rescue teams are searching through the remains of the Marriot hotel after a truck exploded, killing at least 40 people.

Police say a suicide bomber has driven an explosives-laden vehicle into Islamabad's Marriott Hotel. At least 40 people are reported to have been killed and wounding 50 more wounded, as the hotel was packed for breaking fast during Ramadan. Nadim Baba reports.

Al Qaeda has issued an internet video profiling a suicide bomber who it claims carried out an attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad. The suicide bomber is named as Abu Ghareed al-Makki. The video says he detonated a car bomb on June 2, killing himself and six others. Andrew Potter reports.

ALGIERS, Algeria: Al-Qaida's North African branch claimed to have killed at least 130 people in Algeria in a spate of attacks this month — nearly twice the official death toll, said a statement carried on a Web site frequently used by militants. The group described the attacks targeting a police academy, a military barracks and a Canadian engineering company this week as its retaliation against security forces for their recent crackdown on militants.

CAIRO, Egypt: The pan-Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera has broadcast an audio claim of responsibility by the North African branch of Al-Qaida for recent attacks in Algeria that killed 55 people.

A double suicide attack outside Pakistan's main arms factory has claimed almost 60 lives, as workers left the compound near Islamabad, at the end of their shift. Pakistan's Taliban have claimed responsibility, saying the attacks were in retaliation for recent military operations on the Afghan border. Kamal Hyder was at the scene of the blasts in the town of Wah.