Heartbreak in Pakistan, three die over defeat |
- Heartbreak in Pakistan, three die over defeat
- Thai Navy comes to rescue of tourists trapped
- Pak hardline leader escapes blast, 12 killed
- Pakistani comedian dies during Indo-Pak cricket show
- Julia Gillard did nothing on attacks on Indians: WikiLeaks
- 57 people dead in Iraq hostage crisis
- In emails and blogs, nuclear plant workers vent
- CIA agents in Libya aid airstrikes and meet rebels
| Heartbreak in Pakistan, three die over defeat Posted: Pakistanis were shattered by the cricket team's defeat in the World Cup semifinal, causing the death of three men from heart attacks. In Karachi, a comedian died while participating in a TV show organised for the Pakistan-India match. Daily Times reported that comedian Liaqat Soldier, 55, died due to a heart attack.
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| Thai Navy comes to rescue of tourists trapped Posted: More than 700 Thai and foreign tourists were shipped or airlifted to safety off islands in southern Thailand Thursday, after heavy flooding which has left at least 15 people dead. A Thai navy vessel docked carried people from popular tourist destination islands off the coast of Surat Thani province to Suvarnabhumi International Airport and other destinations like Bangkok and Pattaya.
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| Pak hardline leader escapes blast, 12 killed Posted: A suicide bomber struck a convoy carrying a prominent hardline Islamist leader in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 12 people in what was the second attack that targeted the politician in as many days, police said.
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| Pakistani comedian dies during Indo-Pak cricket show Posted: A Pakistani comedian died while participating in a TV show organised for the Pakistan-India World Cup semifinal match that India went on to win, a media report said Thursday. Daily Times reported that comedian Liaqat Soldier, 55, died due to heart attack here Wednesday.
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| Julia Gillard did nothing on attacks on Indians: WikiLeaks Posted: Julia Gillard, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and now the country's Prime Minister, visited India in 2009 after a series of attacks on Indian students in the country, but the visit was a "wasted opportunity" that did nothing to address the anger in India, according to WikiLeaks cables.
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| 57 people dead in Iraq hostage crisis Posted: Dramatic footage of a deadly hostage situation at a government building in northern Iraq was released on Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon ten gunmen wearing explosive belts under military uniforms had charged into the provincial council building in Tikrit, 130 kilometers north of Baghdad. 57 people have so far been counted dead and 98 wounded, according to hospital figures as the gunmen shot hostages execution-style, and sprayed bullets and grenades throughout the building during a five-hour standoff.
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| In emails and blogs, nuclear plant workers vent Posted: With the power out, trucks were parked in a circle with their lights on, creating a shadowy stage. A manager from the Tokyo Electric Power Company explained how the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant had been slammed by a mammoth tsunami and rocked by hydrogen explosions and had become highly radioactive. Some workers wept.
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| CIA agents in Libya aid airstrikes and meet rebels Posted: The Central Intelligence Agency has inserted clandestine operatives into Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and to contact and vet the beleaguered rebels battling Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's forces, according to American officials.
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