Thursday, September 2, 2010

Catch of the Day: Is that Barrack Obama playing a prank?

Catch of the Day: Is that Barrack Obama playing a prank?

Catch of the Day: Is that Barrack Obama playing a prank?

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It really began with guffawing over stuff that usually brings on a dejected sigh in this season of being prickly about the Commonwealth Games, now exactly a month away. Amid reports of athletes being ill-equipped, unsure, unhappy, came the news that four Indian wrestlers had been axed from the Games squad after failing a dope test.


French fast food chain's menu sparks debate

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French fast food chain Quick has begun serving halal-only food in 22 of its outlets, targeting France's large Muslim population, an underexploited market that has long been ignored by big business. The company - the number two burger chain in France after McDonald's - says its offerings are being tailored to meet the dietary needs of the Muslim community.


This Nazi hunter worked for Mossad, book alleges

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Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor who gained worldwide fame for decades as a one-man Nazi-hunting operation, was in fact frequently on the payroll of the Mossad, Israel's spy agency, a new biography asserts.


Is this the world's largest flag?

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Azerbaijan's president rose what authorities have described as the world's largest flag in the capital, Baku. Ilham Aliyev hoisted the massive banner after inaugurating the new National Flag Square in the capital on Wednesday.


US: Man calls 911 for towels and hug

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A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.


Israel, Palestine peace talks resume as US watches

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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton formally opened the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years on Thursday, imploring the parties to ignore the long history of failed negotiations and make needed compromises to forge an agreement.


Another oil spill disaster for US?

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An oil platform exploded and caught fire off the Louisiana coast on Thursday triggering fears of a repeat of the BP Deep Horizon oil spill in the same region earlier this year. All 13 crew members aboard the platform were rescued. The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a mile long 1.6 kilometres and 100 feet wide had begun to spread from the site of the blast about 200 miles west of the site of BP's massive spill.


BlackBerry data requests legitimate: UN official

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The chief of the UN's telecommunications agency urged the Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry to allow law enforcement agencies, including those in India, access to customer data, saying governments had legitimate security concerns which should not be ignored.


Offshore oil platform in Gulf of Mexico explodes

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An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.


Hostage drama at Germany petrol station

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A hostage drama at a petrol station in Germany ended without bloodshed when police Tasered the suspect before arresting him.


Prince Charles urges people to wear old clothes

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Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has urged people to wear more old and recycled clothes, and natural fabrics like him so as to help reduce the world's carbon footprint and halt climate change.


Facebook page for lives lost in Haiti

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The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the massive Haiti quake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.


Nepal seizes gold smuggled from India

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Nepal's security forces have seized gold worth over NRS 10 million that was being smuggled by road from India and arrested two men, an official said Thursday.


China's new computer does 1,000 trillion jobs per second

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China has installed the country's first domestically-made supercomputer capable of doing 1,000 trillion operations per second.


Tony Blair explains why politicians have affairs

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In a remarkably frank memoir, former Prime Minister Tony Blair explains the reasons why politicians in high positions often cross the line and have affairs with women: for the thrill of an "explosion of irresponsibility".


Discovery hostage taker said he had bombs strapped to his body

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An armed man shot and killed by police after a tense four-hour standoff at the Discovery Channel's headquarters told a TV channel he had several bombs strapped to his body "ready to go off."


China: Reports of troops in PoK 'totally groundless'

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China on Thursday dismissed reports saying troops of the People's Liberation Army are in a disputed area of Pakistan. The New York Times ran an opinion piece last week which said up to 11,000 soldiers of the People's Liberation Army were in Gilgit, a northwest area of disputed Kashmir.


11 indicted for illegally importing Chinese honey into US

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Eleven people, including six Chinese, and six corporations have been indicted on charges of illegally importing honey from China that was labelled as coming from other countries including India.


US asks citizens to be cautious during CWG

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The US has asked its citizens to be alert and cautious for their security during the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, but, said it had no specific information on any terrorist threat. "The US government has no information on any specific threat of attack that any individual or group is planning to coincide with the Games," the State Department said in its latest India-travel alert.


How Prince William, Harry phones were hacked by tabloid

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In November 2005, three senior aides to Britain's royal family noticed odd things happening on their mobile phones. Messages they had never listened to were somehow appearing in their mailboxes as if heard and saved. Equally peculiar were stories that began appearing about Prince William in one of the country's biggest tabloids, News of the World.


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