Friday, November 26, 2010

Obama suffers basketball injury; gets 12 stitches

Obama suffers basketball injury; gets 12 stitches

Obama suffers basketball injury; gets 12 stitches

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The White House has said that US President Barack Obama has received 12 stitches in his lip after being hit during a pick-up basketball game. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the US President was inadvertently struck by someone's elbow on Friday.


Ajmer Dargah blast case: Rajasthan Home Minister hints more arrests likely

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Rajasthan Home Minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal has hinted that there could be a few more arrests in the Ajmer Dargah blast case and disclosure of a few more big names in the coming days.


Post-26/11, 'Kuber' becomes untouchable for fishermen

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Fishing trawler 'Kuber', which was hijacked and used by Pakistani terrorists to reach Mumbai and unleash terror in November 2008, has been lying useless as nobody wants to use it, the vessel's owner said.


US briefs UK about next WikiLeaks release

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The British government says it has been briefed by the United States about an expected release of American diplomatic files by the WikiLeaks website.


Saudi forces arrest 149 Al-Qaida suspects

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Saudi authorities said Friday they arrested 149 Al-Qaida suspects in a months-long sweep and thwarted attacks inside the kingdom on government officials, media personalities and civilian targets.


Maharashtra Chief Minister walks off the stage during national anthem

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In a major faux pas, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan was seen walking off the stage and rushing towards the exit gate of a function even as the national anthem was being played out.


Tata on 2G scam: Wish government would stop banana republic kind of attacks

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The Chairman of the Tata Group says the leaked tapes that have PR representative Nira Radia and others discussing 2G spectrum are taking away attention - he describes them as "a smokescreen" for the real issue. Tata was one of Radia's clients. She is now part of the investigation into the 2G


Kasab should live, says 26/11 martyr's father

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On the second anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack the father of slain NSG commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan feels that Kasab should live.


Sniffer dogs: Can they really sniff it out?

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Sniffer dogs are a common sight in our cities, especially after 26/11. They are deployed outside railway stations, malls, hotels and at any major function. But are the sniffer dogs supplied by security agencies really effective? Or have they just become a status symbol?


How Kerala sculpture is losing its curves

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A mermaid sculpture on a Kerala campus is losing its curves to accusations of vulgarity - and that too levelled by a women's group. Never mind if it has been around for over two decades.


Delhi Police will drop women home

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These and other decisions were taken by Delhi Police to ensure safety of women in the Capital, two days after a 30-year-old call centre employee was abducted and raped by five men while she was returning home from work.


Jagan TV targets Kiran Reddy, Rahul Gandhi

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After a double whammy of a report which slammed both the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi, the TV channel owned by Jagan Mohan Reddy has a new target: the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.


Russian Parliament: Stalin ordered Katyn massacre

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Soviet propaganda for decades blamed the killings on the Nazis, but post-Soviet Russia previously acknowledged they were carried out by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, or NKVD — Stalin's much feared secret police.


Pakistan police say bombing plot in capital foiled

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Pakistani authorities said the police foiled a plot to bomb a mosque and government buildings in the country's capital on Friday, arresting two would-be suicide attackers.


Zimbabwe Prime Minister sues Mugabe for violating constitution

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Zimbabwe's Prime Minister is suing President Robert Mugabe, alleging he violated the constitution and their power-sharing agreement.


'Something rotten in Allahabad High Court'

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In a strong indictment of the Allahabad High Court, the Supreme Court today observed that "there is something rotten" there and raised serious questions over integrity of several of its judges.


British school makes 5-yr-old wed 6-yr-old

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A primary school in Britain married off a five-year-old girl and six-year-old boy to help them improve their vocabulary by writing about their first-hand experience.


3-year-old Hindu kidnapped in Pak's Sindh

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Unidentified armed men kidnapped a three-year-old Hindu girl in Pakistan's Sindh province, triggering a protest by members of the minority community who asked authorities to trace the child immediately.


Jobless Mexican stewardesses launch sexy calendar

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It could be the Mexican remake of the "The Full Monty" — just swap the out-of-work British steel workers from the 1997 hit movie for curvy Latina flight attendants. Ten stewardesses with troubled Mexicana airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in August and suspended operations, launched a sultry aviation-themed calendar on Thursday in a bid to call attention to their own plight and that of their airline — one of the world's oldest.


Did you know: Passive smoking kills 6 lakh people every year

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Second-hand smoke kills more than 600-thousand people worldwide every year, according to a new study published on Friday in the British medical journal The Lancet.


Knives, bribes and apathy in Egypt's election

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Just 15 minutes after Manal Abdel-Karim began touring her middle class Cairo district as part of her campaign for a parliament seat, her modest procession of a few dozen supporters was confronted by a mob of angry knife-wielding youths.


Pakistani kids offer to sell themselves for mother's surgery

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Four children in Pakistan's Punjab province have put up a banner outside their house that reads "children for sale" in a bid to raise fund for their mother's kidney transplant. Omar Illyas, son of 35-year-old Aqsa Parveen of Vehari town in Punjab province, said all valuables in their house had been sold and their only chance of saving their mother's life was to offer themselves now, the Express Tribune reported on Friday.


Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister

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Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister for a second term this afternoon. Sushil Kumar Modi of the BJP is his Deputy Chief Minister. The alliance between Nitish's JD(U) and the BJP won a massive victory earlier this week to return to power.


Congress MPs say no work, no pay is A-okay

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For the 12th day, Parliament was adjourned today within minutes. The Opposition wants a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the 2G scam; the government says that's not going to happen. So like every other day of this Winter Session of Parliament, there was no question of getting to work - Opposition MPs staged their usual protests, and the unruliness of it all led to both Houses calling it a day.


On 26/11 anniversary, Chidambaram says Pak didn’t keep promise

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On the second anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, Home Minister P Chidambaram said he hoped that Pakistan would bring the 26/11 perpetrators to justice. "Pakistan made many promises to us that they will bring to justice the masterminds of the controllers and the handlers of the 26/11 but they have not done so far. They promised me they would provide voice samples of the persons whose names were handed over but they have not done so far," said Chidambaram at the martyrs' memorial in Mumbai.


Kasab hopes Allah will save him from the death sentence

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On the second anniversary of the 26/11 attacks, Ajmal Amir Kasab sitting in his prison cell at Arthur Road prison is immersed in religious Islamic texts. "He has not thrown any tantrums and has been reading Islamic texts, hoping for some divine intervention," said the official, who monitors his movements through CCTV footage.


3 teens rescued after 50 days adrift in South Pacific

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Three teenagers survived 50 days adrift in a tiny boat in the South Pacific by drinking rainwater and eating raw fish and a seagull before being rescued by a passing trawler, a senior crewman on the fishing vessel said.


Why Muslims voted for Nitish Kumar

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Saba Zafar has become the first Muslim to be elected as a legislator from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar. The new Bihar Assembly will see an increase in Muslim representation - from 15 to 19, including two women.


North Korea warns of "brink of war"

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North Korea warned on Friday that planned US-South Korean military drills are pushing the peninsula to the brink of war as a US military commander headed to an island devastated this week by a North Korean artillery barrage.


As priest he sexually abused 155 children

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A former Catholic priest was sentenced to seven years' jail on Thursday for sexually abusing 155 children over several years, after he admitted to some of the charges in a German court.


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