Saturday, March 26, 2011

In Syria, tension and grief after protests and retaliation by govt forces

In Syria, tension and grief after protests and retaliation by govt forces

In Syria, tension and grief after protests and retaliation by govt forces

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Syria was tense and angry on Saturday as protesters set fire to a ruling party office, mourners buried the dead and the president announced the release of political prisoners, one day after government forces opened fire, again, on unarmed demonstrators.


Safely back, a pilot tells of his raid over Libya

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As Capt. Ryan Thulin steered his F-16 fighter jet over the central Libyan coast early last Sunday, he peered into the inky darkness to hunt his target: Libyan tanks, artillery and other fielded forces.


Mamata dares Buddhadeb to a face-to-face debate

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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today dared West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to a face-to-face debate on the performance of the Railway Ministry under her following allegations by him that it was being run whimsically and was no model for the state.


It’s tracking your every move and you may not even know

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A favorite pastime of Internet users is to share their location: services like Google Latitude can inform friends when you are nearby; another, Foursquare, has turned reporting these updates into a game.


AIADMK reaches poll pact with All India N R Congress

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Within days of announcing candidates for all 30 Assembly seats in poll-bound Puducherry, AIADMK today reached a pollpact with newly floated All-India N R Congress, allotting a majority of seats to it.


Libyan woman struggles to tell media of her rape

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A Libyan woman burst into the hotel housing the foreign press in Tripoli Saturday morning and fought off security forces as she told journalists that she had been raped and beaten by members of the Gaddafi militia. After nearly an hour, she was dragged away from the hotel screaming.


Poll expenditure observers appointed in Chennai

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Assistant Expenditure observers have been appointed for 16 constituencies in Chennai to monitor expenses of candidates for the April 13 assembly polls, District Election Officer T Karthikeyan said here today.


Maoists blast school building

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Armed Maoists blasted a school building at Tilaiya Khurd in Bihar's Gaya district, police said today.


Canadian government falls, polls expected in May

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Canadian opposition parties brought down the Conservative government in a no-confidence vote on Friday, triggering an election which polls show the Conservatives will win.


India is an 'existential threat' to Pakistan, says Musharraf

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Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said India is an "existential threat" to his country and blamed New Delhi for its nuclear weaponisation programme.


Congress, allies using black money for Assembly polls: BJP

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The BJP today claimed that the Congress and its allies were using black money for campaigning in five states going for Assembly polls and said it would lodge a complaint with the Election Commission in this regard.


Assam polls: Mahanta owns no car, has Rs 11,117 in hand

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Two time former chief minister and Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Assembly Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has no car and has cash balance of only Rs 11,117 in hand.


Jat protesters withdraw blockade, train and road traffic to be normal

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Train and road traffic, which has been affected in many parts of Northern India due to the Jat agitation, would become normal from today as the protesters have withdrawn their blockade.


Hemraj's widow claims he talked of a 'threat' to his life

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The wife of Hemraj, who was killed along with teenage Aarushi Talwar in Noida, today moved a court, trying the double murder case. She seeks a recording of her statement about a purported conversation with her husband who had talked of a 'threat' to his life.


India increases stay period for PoK residents visiting J&K

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In yet another gesture to normalise ties with Pakistan, India has decided to increase the stay period for people visiting Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir to six months with multiple entries to encourage people-to-people contact.


Gaddafi forces pull back as rebels retake Ajdabiya

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Rebels seized Ajdabiya on Saturday, government and rebel forces said, succeeding in an effort to retake this key town in the east following another night of allied air strikes against forces loyal to Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi.


NATO airstrike kills civilians in Afghanistan

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A NATO airstrike on two vehicles believed to be carrying Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan accidentally killed and wounded an unspecified number of civilians, coalition forces said Saturday.


New information points to Swan-ADAG link: CBI sources

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2G scam: New information gathered from the Registrar of Companies (RoC), Mumbai, points to a link between Shahid Balwa's Swan Telecom and Anil Ambani's ADAG group of companies, say CBI sources. They say that the RoC papers refer to 'other transactions between ADAG and Swan'.


Modi meets PM; protests over I-T notice to Gujarat govt: Reports

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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and protested the notice from Income Tax Department to the state government over MoUs signed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit.


2G scam: Congress leader's son paid Rs 4 cr by Balwa company

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After its promoter Shahid Balwa was arrested in connection with the 2G spectrum scam, another scandal has hit telecom and real estate company DB Realty. According to documents available with an RTI activist, Dynamix, a subsidiary of DB Realty paid Rs 4 crore to Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief Kripashankar Singh's son, Narendramohan Singh.


US rushes freshwater to help Japan nuclear plant

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Japan nuclear crisis: US naval barges loaded with freshwater sped toward Japan's overheated nuclear plant to help workers who scrambled Saturday to stem a worrying rise in radioactivity and remove dangerously contaminated water from the facility.


Will support Raja as long as the party backs him: Kanimozhi

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Karunanidhi's daughter and DMK leader Kanimozhi in an interview to NDTV denied all charges levelled against her and her party and said the charges are all perception based. There is no truth in the matter, she stated.


Arun Jaitley denies remark in WikiLeaks cable

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It was BJP's turn yet again to be hit by WikiLeaks cables with a US diplomat reporting that its senior leader Arun Jaitley had remarked to him that Hindu nationalism is an "opportunistic issue" for his party.


PM at IIM Ahmedabad, Modi too

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today to take part in the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A)'s annual convocation.


Opposition no confidence vote triggers elections in Canada

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Canadian opposition parties brought down the Conservative government in a no-confidence vote on Friday, triggering an election which polls show the Conservatives will win.


As more nuclear plant damage is found, Japan presses repair efforts

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With new signs having emerged about the severity of the damage and contamination at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, workers resumed repair efforts Saturday with plans to pump in fresh water after days of spraying the reactors with salt water. At the same time, a new reading of a sample of seawater adjacent to the facility showed an increase in contamination from several days ago.


Global supply lines at risk as shipping lines shun Japan

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The economic disruptions from Japan's crisis have cascaded into another, crucial link in the global supply chain: cargo shipping.


Newly homeless in Japan re-establish order amid chaos

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Koji Yamaguchi, a 76-year-old survivor of the tsunami that all but eradicated this town on March 11, was unavailable for interviews. He was out walking his dog.


Pak media praises Manmohan Singh's initiative

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India-Pakistan semi final: 'Aman ka chakka' or a 'sixer for peace' is how the Pakistani media hailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's invitation to the country's top leaders to watch the cricket World Cup semi-final between the teams of the two countries.


Gilani might accept Manmohan invite for India-Pak Mohali match

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Pakistan is yet to decide on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's invitation to its leaders for the cricket World Cup semi-final in Mohali, though indications are that Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani may accept it.


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