Sunday, November 28, 2010

Indian attacked in Australia recounts horror

Indian attacked in Australia recounts horror

Indian attacked in Australia recounts horror

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An Indian cookery student in Melbourne has recalled the night he was stabbed in the stomach by two men after he finished work in a South Yarra bar.


How 'confused' teenager became bomb plot suspect

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Mohamed Osman Mohamud had seemed to be a well-adjusted American teenager: a solid student whose interests included basketball, girls and the night life at Oregon State University, where he studied engineering.


Chinese source told US of hacking efforts: Secret US cable

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A Chinese source informed the US embassy in Beijing of widespread efforts by the Chinese government to hack into Google and the computer systems of foreign governments, according to secret US intra-government communications that emerged on Sunday.


Outraged lawmakers demand WikiLeaks be shutdown

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Cutting across party lines, US lawmakers expressed their outrage at what they called "illegal" publication of classified American documents by WikiLeaks, and asked the Obama Administration to use all legal means to shut down this whistleblower website.


US spying on UN leadership: WikiLeaks

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The US is engaged in a spying campaign against the leadership of the UN, according to leaked diplomatic cables published by Britain's Guardian newspaper on its blog Sunday.


WikiLeaks: ‘Sarkozy emperor with no clothes'

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WikiLeaks - Thousands of US diplomatic messages leaked on Sunday as a first tranche offered an unflattering view of key allies and world leaders in those circles. These are some of the nicknames used by US officials for leaders around the world


How giant Google aims to stop brain drain

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When a product manager at Google told his bosses this year that he was quitting to take a job at Facebook, they offered him a large raise. When he said it was not about the money, they told him he could have a promotion, work in a different area or even start his own company inside Google.


WikiLeaks: Around the world, distress over Iran

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WikiLeaks - Cables show how two presidents have dealt with Iran and how President Obama built support for harsher sanctions.


US-South Korea drill off due to bad weather

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Joint South Korean and US landing exercises on Mallipo beach were cancelled on Monday with military officials blaming bad weather for the cancellation. In some cases, journalists were prevented from filming, and the full details behind the cancellation were unclear.


Release of secret documents by WikiLeaks reckless, says Pentagon

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Hours ahead of an imminent release of classified US documents by WikiLeaks and several publications across the globe, the Pentagon "condemned" what it called a "reckless" act, and said it has initiated measures to prevent such leaks in the future.


WikiLeaks: Over 3000 cables from US Embassy in New Delhi

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Of the quarter million top secret US documents released by the whistleblower website Wikileaks, as many as 3,038 classified cables are from the US Embassy in New Delhi. The documents are being published by several media outlets across the globe today, despite repeated insistence from the US that it may put at risk many lives.


White House condemns WikiLeaks' document release

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Shortly before the statement from Presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs, several news organizations posted stories on the Internet based on the hundreds of thousands of classified State Department documents that WikiLeaks had made available to them.


WikiLeaks: Extracts from US diplomatic dispatches

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Below are a selection of the documents from a cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, that WikiLeaks has released through some of the leading newspapersand publications in the world. These documents provide a chronicle of the United States' relations with the world.


WikiLeaks: Leaked cables uncloak US diplomacy

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A trove of a quarter-million State Department cables, obtained by WikiLeaks, offers an extraordinary look at back-room bargaining by embassies, candid views of foreign leaders and assessments of nuclear and terrorist threats.


WikiLeaks: How US expanded role to diplomats in spying

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The United States has expanded the role of American diplomats in collecting intelligence overseas and at the United Nations, ordering State Department personnel to gather the credit card and frequent-flier numbers, work schedules and other personal information of foreign dignitaries.


WikiLeaks: Cables shine light into secret diplomatic channels

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A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the past three years, provides an unprecedented look at backroom bargaining by embassies around the world, brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessments of nuclear and terrorist threats.


WikiLeaks says latest leak covers 'every major issue'

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said today the imminent release of classified US documents by the whistle-blower website will cover "every major issue" in the world today.


WikiLeaks says its servers are under cyber attack

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Hours ahead of the leak of millions of secret documents, whistle-blower website WikiLeaks had on Sunday claimed it was under a cyber attack but said the documents would be made public through several leading newspapers.


Britain fears Islamic fury over WikiLeaks: Report

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The British government has warned that its citizens in Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and other parts of the Muslim world could be targeted in a violent backlash over "anti-Islamic" views expressed in diplomatic documents being leaked this week, media reports said on Sunday.


Wikileaks on world leaders

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Even as the United States of America is battling to take its allies into confidence the website WikiLeaks may release some more secrets that may hit its ties with some of its closest allies.


Demonstrators in Ireland protest austerity plan

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After a week that brought Ireland a pledge of a $114 billion international rescue package and the toughest austerity program of any country in Europe, tens of thousands of demonstrators took to Dublin's streets on Saturday to protest wide cuts in the country's welfare programs and in public-sector jobs.


Brazil police swarm gang haven in Rio

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The 2,600 police and military personnel swarming into the Alemao, a complex of shantytowns that are home to Rio de Janeiro's most violent gang members, "seized territory in hours and will now search every single house and corner," said Mario Sergio Duarte, a Military Police Commander at Complexo do Alemao.


Haiti election marred by ID card problems

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With some candidates already crying fraud, and the delivery of voter identification cards mired in delays and confusion on Saturday, Haiti braced for one of its most pivotal presidential elections in decades.


China sees new talks to ease rising Korean tensions

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China called for an emergency meeting of the six principal countries involved: itself, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia and the United States. Reacting to the growing sense of crisis in the region, China's foreign ministry hastily called a press briefing Sunday afternoon, with Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei calling for "emergency consultations" to be held in early December in Beijing.


Abida Parveen undergoes emergency heart surgery

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Renowned Sufi singer Abida Parveen underwent emergency heart surgery today after being hospitalised in this eastern Pakistani city, a doctor said.


Santas gather for annual convention before festivities begin

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More than a hundred Santas gathered for an annual convention in Berlin on Saturday to prepare for their duties over the forthcoming festive season. The Santas, organised by Berlin's student employment agency were shown what to do when delivering presents to the children, and then gathered to cheer, ring their bells and sing Christmas songs.


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