Australia's formal apology to Haneef for terror charges |
- Australia's formal apology to Haneef for terror charges
- Afghan women being trained as frontline cops for the first time
- Google splashes $2 bn on New York office
- Indian doctor returns from Saudi Arabia with husband's body
- Too many drivers spoil Beijing's big traffic plan
- Russian spy Anna Chapman joins Putin's party
- Travel chaos eases in Europe, Heathrow still hit
- Obama signs 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
- Women to help fight Taliban suicide bombers
- Iraqi donkey in centre of three-way custody battle
- Senior Pak cops arrested in Benazir assassination case
- More trouble for the Spider-Man musical
- Russian spy Anna Chapman to feature nude in Playboy
- Former sex worker wins literary prize in Thailand
- Snow disrupts rail, air transport across Europe
| Australia's formal apology to Haneef for terror charges Posted: Australia today apologised to Indian doctor Mohammad Haneef for wrongly detaining him on terror charges three years back, saying it was a mistake and hoped that the compensation paid to him will mark the end of an "unfortunate chapter".
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| Afghan women being trained as frontline cops for the first time Posted: Women in Afghanistan are being recruited as front line police officers for the first time, UK broadcaster Sky News reported on Wednesday. In the past, women were only allowed to carry out menial support tasks in the back office.
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| Google splashes $2 bn on New York office Posted: Internet powerhouse Google is muscling in on New York. The web search giant confirmed Wednesday that it had bought one of the most prestigious office buildings in Manhattan. No price was given for the property at 111 Eighth Avenue, but the Los Angeles Times put the price at $2 billion.
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| Indian doctor returns from Saudi Arabia with husband's body Posted: Eleven months after Ashish Chawla died in his sleep in Saudi Arabia, his body was finally consigned to flames here Wednesday after his wife Shalini Chawla returned to India. She was detained for months by Saudi authorities, who suspected of her being involved in his death.
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| Too many drivers spoil Beijing's big traffic plan Posted: Here is the plan unwrapped last week by Beijing's city fathers to tackle the city's suffocating traffic: 280,000 new parking spaces; 1,000 share-a-bike stations; 348 miles of new subway track; 125 miles of new downtown streets; 23 miles of tunnels; 9 new transportation hubs; 3 congestion zones; and 1 cure-all, "the use of modern technology."
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| Russian spy Anna Chapman joins Putin's party Posted: Former spy Anna Chapman has publicly reaffirmed her allegiance to Russia and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin by joining the youth wing of his United Russia party. Chapman was exposed in the United States along with nine other so-called sleeper agents in an FBI sting operation and deported back to Russia this summer.
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| Travel chaos eases in Europe, Heathrow still hit Posted: Heathrow's boss announced Wednesday he would give up his hefty bonus this year after the world's busiest international airport was crippled by snowy conditions. Air and train travel throughout Europe finally began to return to normal.
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| Obama signs 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal Posted: President Barack Obama says valor and sacrifice in the armed forces are no longer defined by sexual orientation.
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| Women to help fight Taliban suicide bombers Posted: Afghan women are being recruited for the very first time by the country's national police to help tackle Taliban suicide bombers, a media report said Wednesday.
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| Iraqi donkey in centre of three-way custody battle Posted: A donkey in Baghdad is in the centre of a custody battle involving a marine, now back in the US, a sheikh and an Iraqi family that has demanded $30,000 to give him up.
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| Senior Pak cops arrested in Benazir assassination case Posted: Two top Pakistani police officials were today arrested in a courtroom on the orders of an anti-terrorism judge conducting the trial of suspects accused of involvement in the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto.
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| More trouble for the Spider-Man musical Posted: After an actor performing in the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" was injured during a performance Monday night, the show will postpone its scheduled matinee on Wednesday and resume performances on Wednesday night, according to a statement from a spokesman for the production. The actor, Christopher Tierney, was said to be in serious condition at Bellevue Hospital Center on Tuesday.
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| Russian spy Anna Chapman to feature nude in Playboy Posted: Glamorous Russian spy Anna Chapman is to be exposed again in the US – this time in the pages of popular men's magazine 'Playboy' where she reportedly features nude.
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| Former sex worker wins literary prize in Thailand Posted: A former sex worker has won first prize in a Thai literary contest for her book about her life in Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan, media reports said Wednesday.
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| Snow disrupts rail, air transport across Europe Posted: Thousands of air travellers remained stranded and train services were severely disrupted as fresh snowfall and sub-zero temperatures worsened Europe's Christmas travel chaos.
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