"A Brief History of Mine" is slated to air this year and will tell Hawking's life story, largely in his own words.

Ahmed al-Gizawi was convicted of drug trafficking, in a case which sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries.

The two countries also settled on a project to jointly build Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant and signed memorandums of understanding.

President Vladimir Putin has vowed to invest millions in building the launch pad in the Amur Region, not far from the Chinese border.

The series, starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg, is set in 1899 in the aftermath of the Jack The Ripper murders.

Beijing said last December it would introduce tough new laws to punish firms that flout food

Classmates of the youth said their bus was on the way to school for midterm examinations when clashes erupted with Israeli soldiers.

Stoppard won the Oscar for the screenplay of "Shakespeare in Love" and was nominated for best screenplay for 1985's "Brazil."