Wednesday, August 25, 2010

'Operation Samosa': Indian in Al-Qaida plot?

'Operation Samosa': Indian in Al-Qaida plot?

'Operation Samosa': Indian in Al-Qaida plot?

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An Al-Qaida-linked terror plot was unearthed by Canadian security agencies Wednesday, with one of the suspects reportedly hailing from India.


Key Karzai aide in corruption inquiry is linked to CIA

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The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials.


Gunmen stop bus in southern Philippines, kill 4

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Gunmen wearing police uniforms stopped a passenger bus in the southern Philippines early today and fatally shot four people, including two police marshals, officials said.


NASA called in to help trapped Chile miners

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The miners trapped miles below the ground in Chile are getting to hear from their loved ones. Relatives spent the evening writing notes and sending them down a narrow tube that's been established there.


Iran says it successfully test-fires new generation of short-range missile

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Iran says it has successfully test-fired a new generation of a short-range surface-to-surface missile.


Rider asks if cabbie is Muslim, then stabs him

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Michael Enright, a 21-year-old film student, was charged with hate crimes in the stabbing of a Muslim taxi driver.


WikiLeaks posts CIA documents on home-grown terrorists

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The whistleblower website WikiLeaks has published a new set of documents - a CIA report titled "What if Foreigners See the United States as an 'Exporter of Terrorism'?" According to the report, the CIA feels that nations across the globe would start co-operating with it less in the wake of the David Headley case and growing instances of home-grown terrorists and start believing that the US is an exporter of terrorism.


WikiLeaks releases CIA analysis, no bombshell revelations

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WikiLeaks on Wednesday released a CIA memo analyzing the risks of terrorists operating from the United States, but the document offered no dramatic revelations of government secrets like the website's earlier leaks. The CIA paper -- titled "What If Foreigners See the United States as an 'Exporter of Terrorism'?" -- examines the implications of extremists recruiting US nationals and using the United States as a base for attacks abroad.


The floating homes of Hamburg

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Welcome to the floating metropolis of Hamburg which combines cutting edge architecture with relaxed living in an urban surrounding.


‘I went through hell’: Elin on Tiger Woods

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Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren said she has "been through hell" since her husband's infidelity surfaced but she never hit him, according to an interview released on Wednesday.


WikiLeaks to release CIA paper

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WikiLeaks is preparing to release a leaked CIA paper sometime on Wednesday, the whistleblower website said.


800,000 in Pakistan reachable only by air

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More rain threatened Pakistan on Wednesday as aid workers pleaded for more help and helicopters to reach hundreds of thousands of people isolated by record floods.


Gunman was shot 8 times to end hostage crisis

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The hijacker of a bus in the Philippines fired dozens of bullets from an assault rifle and two pistols while using his captives as shields during the siege's final moments, police said today.


Saudi family allegedly hammers 23 nails into Lankan maid's body: Report

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In a gruesome incident, a Saudi family has allegedly hammered 23 nails into a Sri Lankan maid's body, a media report said, quoting a senior diplomat in the Lankan Embassy in Riyadh. The maid, 50-year-old Ariyawathie, has returned to Sri Lanka and has been undergoing treatment.


Teacher tasks students to plan a terror attack in Australia

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A high school teacher in Australia created ripples when she assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack using chemical or biological warfare.


Jolie donates more for Pak floods than Zardari

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Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has contributed $100,000 (about Pakistani 8.5 million rupees) for flood ravaged Pakistan, a move that surpasses President Asif Ali Zardari's five million rupees donation and the help extended by most other politicians.


Indian arrested with jihadi material released on bail

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Indian film maker Vijay Kumar, arrested for carrying jihadi literature and brass knuckles at the airport here, has been released on a USD 5,000 bond and ordered not to move out of the city till Friday.


A relieved Chile braces for a long mine rescue

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Through a skinny borehole from the surface, the 33 miners trapped more than 2,000 feet below the parched earth here have gotten a gel-like substance to keep them alive, tiny lights to illuminate the darkness and encouraging notes from their families waiting above.


It's a baby girl for UK PM David Cameron

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British Prime Minister David Cameron's wife gave birth to a baby girl Tuesday, while the couple were away from London on their summer vacation.


Dogs trained to sniff out prison cell phones

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Now dogs are being deployed in prisons to help curb one of the most serious problems confronting corrections officials: smuggled cell phones.


Chinese plane overshoots runway, 43 killed

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A Chinese passenger jet broke apart as it approached a fog-shrouded runway in the country's northeast and burst into flames as it hit the ground on Tuesday, killing 43 people and injuring 53 others, state media said.


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