Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Mother, principal fight after 3-year-old raped in school

Mother, principal fight after 3-year-old raped in school

Mother, principal fight after 3-year-old raped in school

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In the aftermath of the rape of a three-year-old at a school in Kalina last Thursday, an ugly catfight erupted between the principal of the school and the victim's mother. While the victim's family alleged that the principal, Ritu Bhugra, brawled with them, Bhugra alleged that the mother of the girl snatched her chain.


Baggage handler got locked into plane's cargo hold

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Passengers on a US Airways plane ready for departure from Reagan National Airport here on Monday morning apparently alerted a flight attendant to screams and thumps coming from under the floor, which turned out to be a baggage handler who was trapped in the forward cargo hold.


How a Google executive became a Cairo icon

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How a Google executive became a Cairo icon - The television host narrated the pictures of the dead protesters on the screen, young men with sweet smiles whom she compared to roses in a garden. "They went out only for the sake of Egypt," said the host, Mona el-Shazly. "They said what the previous generations couldn't do, we can do."


US pulls up Suleiman for comments on Egypt's democracy

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US has termed as "unhelpful" comments by Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman that Cairo was not yet ready for democracy and it was not the opportune moment to lift the 30-year-old emergency laws.


Obama has quit smoking, says proud Michelle

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Obama quit smoking - US President Obama has quit smoking and has not had a cigarette in almost a year, his wife, Michelle Obama, said Tuesday.


Indian-origin man 'stalking' Facebook founder Zuckerberg

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has obtained a restraining order against an Indian-origin man, who was allegedly stalking the billionaire CEO and his family and asking for financial assistance for his ailing mother.


Families angry as Air India bomber appeals conviction

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Jailed Air India Kanishka bomber Inderjit Singh Reyat's petition to challenge his latest conviction has angered families of the victims of the 1985 tragedy.


Mystery over detained American angers Pakistan

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The case of Raymond A. Davis, a former United States Special Forces soldier who is being held in connection with the deaths of two Pakistanis, has stirred a diplomatic furor, sending the precarious relationship between the United States and Pakistan to a new low, both sides say.


Julian Assange fights extradition

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A Swedish legal expert said on Tuesday there were serious irregularities in the way prosecutors built their sex crimes case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.


Chechen rebel leader admits Moscow airport bomb

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Chechen warlord Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for last month's suicide bombing at a Moscow airport and threatened more such attacks as a growing Islamic insurgency tries to force Russia to surrender control over its southern Caucasus region.


A billion SMSes sent in a single day in Beijing

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About one billion text messages were sent in Beijing Wednesday on the eve of the Spring Festival. But, many who received the numerous messages were not amused, with one user saying: "There are so many! I felt touched at first, and then just burdened to even have to read them".


Boy drives into canal with two naked girls

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Australian policemen were startled on learning that a car carrying a teenage boy along with two naked girls plunged into canal. The car plunged Monday night into a Port Geographe canal, near Busselton, after an apparent lark backfired, the Perth Now daily reported Tuesday.


Shrien Dewani wrongly accused of wife’s murder in South Africa?

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One of the gunmen accused of killing an Indian woman on her honeymoon trip in South Africa has cast aspersion on the police claim that her husband might have plotted the murder. Anni Dewani, 28, was murdered last year on the evening of Nov 13 after the taxi she and her husband Shrien were travelling in was hijacked as it passed through the Gugulethu township on the outskirts of Cape Town in South Africa.


GenNext of Taliban joins insurgency

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The second generation of Taliban guerrillas, now in their early 20s, has become a part of the insurgency in Pakistan and Afghanistan, police and intelligence officials said. "The sons of the Taliban fighters who were 10 or 12 years of age at the time of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 are now 20 or 22 years old," Express Tribune Tuesday quoted an intelligence official as saying.


Hanuman idol perched atop pole in Trinidad and Tobago

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A massive idol of Lord Hanuman perched atop a pole has been unveiled in Trinidad and Tobago. The idol was unveiled by Minister of Education Tim Gopeesingh at the Todds Road Hindu Temple in central Trinidad. Rudy Indarsingh, a minister, was present.


Nine of family stabbed to death in Pakistan

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Nine members of a family, including four children, were stabbed to death in a town in Pakistan's Punjab province following a family feud. The murders took place in Qadirabad town in Mandi Bahauddin district.


US girl eats five soaps a week

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A 19-year-old girl in the US is getting treatment for her addiction of eating soaps and detergent powders.


US puts bilateral contacts with Pakistan on hold: Report

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The US has put bilateral engagements with Pakistan on hold till US official Raymond Davis, who has been arrested for fatally shooting two Pakistanis in Lahore, is released, Dawn reported Tuesday.


Mexican revolutionary's finger for sale

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A pawn shop in this Texas border city is selling the right index finger of Pancho Villa, one of the leading figures of the 1910-17 Mexican Revolution, for more than $9,000.


Woman jailed for beating 3-month-old son to death

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A Puerto Rican woman accused of beating to death her three-month-old son has been jailed.


US-Pak ties strained over diplomat 'spy'

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The US has put on hold all top-level contact with Pakistan for not releasing a diplomat who killed two people allegedly in self defence. Thirty six-year-old Raymond Davis is listed as a member of the "technical and administrative staff" at the US Embassy in Islamabad. American officials have said Davis' work was "security" related, fueling speculation that he is a CIA agent.


TV boss Muzzammil Hassan found guilty of beheading wife

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The founder of a Muslim-oriented New York television station has been convicted of beheading his wife in 2009.


Iran test-fires supersonic missile

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Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards test-fired a supersonic ballistic surface-to-sea missile on Monday. The missile, called Persian Gulf, is capable of hitting warships and targets within a 300-kilometre range and has a warhead with 650 kilogram of explosives.


Posted by Harshad at 11:02 PM

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