Monday, January 24, 2011

'Black widow' suspected in Moscow's suicide blast

'Black widow' suspected in Moscow's suicide blast

'Black widow' suspected in Moscow's suicide blast

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Moscow airport blast: A suspected 'black widow' is said to be behind the suicide blast in Russia's busiest Domodedovo International Airport in which at least 35 were killed and 178 injured, reports said.


At least 35 killed, 180 injured in Moscow airport terror attack

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Moscow Airport terror attack: Terrorists struck again in the heart of Russia, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up on Monday in Moscow's busiest airport and turning its international arrivals terminal into a smoky, blood-spattered hall of dismembered bodies, screaming survivors and abandoned suitcases. At least 35 people were killed, including two British travelers.


Mumbai-born jailed for 'selling secrets to China'

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Weeks after China conducted a flight test of its new J-20 stealth fighter, a US court has sentenced a former Indian American B-2 stealth bomber engineer to 32 years for selling military secrets to China.


The hefty price CEOs pay to be at Davos

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What's the price tag to be a Davos Man? Chief executives, government leaders and academics around the world are headed to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting this week — a heady power gathering that mixes business, politics and Champagne in the Swiss Alps. It is an event that draws a wide range of decision makers, from Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase to Prime Minister George A. Papandreou of Greece to U2's Bono, ostensibly to contemplate how to solve the world's problems.


Why big airports are difficult to secure

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Moscow blast: How do you fully secure something as big and sprawling as an international airport against a terrorist bombing like the one on Monday at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow? You cannot, security experts I spoke with on Monday say. Airports are by definition public places requiring relatively free access.


Gunmen kill seven at Mexico soccer match

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Gunmen who attacked a group of youths playing soccer killed seven people in this violent northern border city, the local prosecutors office said on Monday.


Egypt to face its first Tunisian-inspired protests

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Egyptians plan to mark tomorrow's holiday honouring the much-feared police force with protests being organised through Twitter and Facebook, where 80,000 Egyptians have logged their support.


Oprah Winfrey finds sister she didn't know she had

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Oprah Winfrey says she recently learned she has a half-sister she never knew about.


London-bound flight diverted after threat

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British authorities say a Heathrow Airport-bound flight from Abu Dhabi was diverted and given a fighter escort after a passenger aboard began making threats.


At least 35 killed, 130 injured in Moscow airport terror attack

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An explosion ripped through the international arrivals hall at Moscow's busiest airport on Monday, killing 35 people and wounding about 130, Health Ministry officials said.


Man shown as police informer on Facebook shot at

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A man in Britain was shot at after his photo was put up on Facebook, naming him as a police informer. Domenico Masciopinto, 30, had a bullet removed from his chest in hospital, but is said to be in a critical condition after the recent attack, The Sun reported.


Drunk pilot jailed for forgetting where he was flying

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A pilot has been jailed after he was so drunk at London's Heathrow airport he could not remember where he was flying to when asked by security officials. George La Perle, 49, who flew for Delta Airlines, was found to be four and a half times over the alcohol limit.


Dolphins help children with disabilities

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Three dolphins rescued from a travelling circus have assumed the role of therapists at a remote tourist resort in Bali. They have treated more than a thousand patients, most of them children, in the last six years.


Driver's narrow escape from truck caught by dashcam

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A Canadian driver survived a spectacular crash, when his car was almost wiped out by an out of control semi-trailer. Matthew Krizsan had installed a dashboard camera in his car, after a previous accident, which captured the video of his incredible survival.


Indian killed, another injured in Moscow theft

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An Indian national was killed and another injured after being badly beaten up by a group of robbers who forcibly entered into their apartment in east Moscow, police said. Four robbers entered into the apartment shared by the two Indians on Shcholkovskoye Highway on Sunday and tied them with scotch tape, they said.


Indian-origin woman burnt alive in New Zealand

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Police in New Zealand have alerted the Interpol to trace the husband of an Indian-origin woman who was allegedly burnt to death last week, a media report said.


Car crashes into living room after police chase

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A car in the living room is not something you expect to see. But that's what greeted Frank Neuhaeuser over the weekend in the German town of Meppen. A police chase saw a man plough his car through a two feet high wall and into the Neuhaeuser residence.


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