Monday, November 29, 2010

Clinton says US diplomacy will survive ‘attack’

Clinton says US diplomacy will survive ‘attack’

Clinton says US diplomacy will survive ‘attack’

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Some world leaders expressed anger on Monday over the disclosures in confidential American diplomatic cables, even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she was confident that the administration's diplomatic relationships would withstand the upheaval.


WikiLeaks files 'cite Prince Andrew's inappropriate remarks'

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Prince Andrew is cited in classified US diplomatic documents for making "inappropriate remarks", The Guardian newspaper reported today, citing data released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.


WikiLeaks to target major US bank next

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WikiLeaks plans to release thousands of internal documents from a major US bank in early 2011, Forbes magazine reported Monday.


Cyber Monday: $1 billion in sales this time?

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Cyber Monday started as a gimmick to get people to shop at their desks on the first workday after Thanksgiving. But if you promote something enough, it can take on a life of its own.


Armed student takes 24 hostage in US school; all safe

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A student armed with a handgun burst into an eastern Wisconsin high school classroom at the end of the school day and held nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage for more than five hours Monday, authorities said.


After WikiLeaks disclosures, US reviews handling of secret documents

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The Obama Administration has ordered a review of handling of secret government documents in the wake of the release of massive sets of cables by WikiLeaks, a whistle-blower website


Top Iran nuclear scientists attacked, one killed

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Unidentified assailants riding motorcycles carried out separate bomb attacks here on Monday against two of the country's top nuclear scientists, killing one and prompting accusations that the United States and Israel were again trying to disrupt Iran's nuclear program.


White House mulls legal action against WikiLeaks

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The White House has termed as criminal the stealth and dissemination of classified information by WikiLeaks but insisted that the disclosures would not impact America's ability to conduct its foreign policy.


Wikileaks fallout: Strain on US-France relation?

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Wikileaks hogged the headline all across Europe, newspapers like Le Monde in France, Der Speigel in Germany and El Pais in Spain publsihed the revelations.


South Korea cancels new artillery drill on tense island

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South Korea's military announced provocative new artillery drills on the front-line island shelled in a deadly North Korean attack, then immediately postponed them on Monday in a sign of disarray hours after the president vowed to get tough on the North.


Kuwait MPs want one-year jail term for women in swimsuits

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Five Islamist MPs in the Gulf state of Kuwait on Monday proposed a one-year prison term and $3,500 fine for women who wear swimsuits at the beach. The lawmakers, representing various Islamist groups in parliament, also said in a proposal to amend Kuwait's penal code that the same penalty should apply to women who reveal their upper chest or take part in "indecent behaviour."


WikiLeaks reports worthless, mischief: Iran

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed documents released by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks as "worthless" and "mischief" which would not affect Tehran's relations with its Arab neighbours.


Leg amputated, she aspires for Olympics

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A brave schoolgirl chose to have her crippled right leg amputated to follow her paralympic dream. Danielle Bradshaw was born six weeks premature with a congenital abnormality - her hips, one knee and a shoulder were dislocated at birth.


Pak woman's nose chopped off for alleged adultery

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A Pakistani woman's nose and hair were chopped-off by her brother-in-law and his family after they accused her of having an extra-marital affair with a neighbour in Gujranwala city. Police officials have registered separate cases against the accused and have taken them into custody, the Express Tribune said on Monday.


Pak says nuclear arsenal is safe, criticises WikiLeaks

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Pakistan on Monday criticised the release by WikiLeaks of secret US diplomatic cables which raise concerns that radioactive material in nuclear power stations could be used in terror attacks.


Bomb kills Iranian nuclear scientist

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Unidentified assailants riding motorcycles launched bomb attacks early on Monday against two Iranian nuclear physicists here, killing one of them and prompting accusations that the United States and Israel were behind the episode, state-controlled media reports said.


New Zealand plane returns after smoke alert in cabin

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A plane was forced to return to New Zealand's Wellington International Airport shortly after take-off on Monday after passengers said there was a smell of smoke in the cabin, a media report said.


Musharraf refuses to accept questionnaire over Benazir killing

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Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has refused to accept a questionnaire sent by Pakistani investigators to get his views on crucial issues related to former premier Benazir Bhutto's assassination in 2007, according to a media report.


WikiLeaks: Turkey kept India out to please Pak

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India was deliberately kept out of the Turkey-sponsored meeting on Afghanistan earlier this year to address the "sensitivities" of Pakistan, according to WikiLeaks cable.


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