ed his way along the 42km course face-down on a metal sled for up to eight hours a day. His costume, a children's TV character called Brian, was equipped with a periscopic camera to see where he was going. Mr Lloyd, who once ran the same marathon in antique diving suit, is attempting to raise money for a charity for disabled children. Crossing the finish line, Mr Lloyd admitted it was a relief to finish.

"Yeah, it's very difficult. I mean I had

consistent

nose bleeds. I had to go to hospital to have my nose cauterised and treated. [I] kept being sick in the snail.

I even slept in the snail as well. Oh really for such a fantastic charity, I mean, it's the children that are here today.

That's really been foremost on my mind and have been driving me forward."

BBC News

由于面临美国特种兵的突袭击毙基地组织头目本·拉登的尖锐问题，巴基斯坦情报局局长帕沙将军(Ahmed Shuja Pasha)提出辞职。帕沙将军与军事官员一起在议会露面，他表示他的要求被拒绝。Aleem Maqbool在伊斯兰堡报道。

巴基斯坦情报官员受到如此严重的羞辱是闻所未闻的。他不仅要在国会面前努力为自己，以及情报部门在本·拉登事件中的失败作出解释，而且，据一些向BBC发表了简短讲话的议员所说，曾经一度，他面临的敌意使他表示议员们像对待敌人那样对待他。当被问到为何本·拉登在巴基斯坦境内藏匿了这么长的时间而未被发现的时候，他说，目前不适合回答这样的问题。但是对许多巴基斯坦人来说，这还不够。他们认为基地组织头目在巴基斯坦被发现，并且在美军的行动中被击毙是非常尴尬的。