Friday, November 26, 2010

US warns India about possible WikiLeaks release

US warns India about possible WikiLeaks release


US warns India about possible WikiLeaks release

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The US has warned India and other key governments across the world about a new potentially embarrassing release of classified documents by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks which may harm the American interests and create tension in its ties with its "friends".


North Korea warns of war ahead of US, South Korea military exercise

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South Korea is honouring two marines killed in a North Korean artillery attack that was one of the worst bombardments of its territory since the 1950-53 Korean War. At a funeral on Saturday in Seongnam, near Seoul, dignitaries and relatives placed white flowers at a funeral alter for the two marines killed in last Tuesday's attack on a South Korean island. The attack also killed two civilians.


Obama suffers basketball injury, gets 12 stitches

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President Obama had to get 12 stitches in his lip after getting a blow from an opponent's elbow during a basketball game Friday morning, White House officials 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.


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.


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.


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.


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