Crossings

PPP chief Benazir Bhutto’s husband Asif Ali Zardari, in jail since ’96, gets Bail. He’s still an accused in eight cases, including the Murtaza Bhutto murder.

A beleaguered Tony Blair fails to block a ban on Fox-Hunting, the same week when a ‘symbolic’ impeachment move on Iraq—the first in 150 years—mars the UK PM’s nervous run-up to a third term.

The swoosh man, Nike co-founder Phil Knight, Steps Down as CEO. Nike is now a $36 bn firm, running over flak in the ’90s over "Asian sweatshops".

Hanadi Zakariya Hindi will be the first female Saudi pilot to work in an airline.

The new Chanel No. 5 girl, Nicole Kidman, the "most beautiful woman in the world", is now out in an £18 mn, 180-second spot by Baz Luhrman.