Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Pakistani minister assassinated in Islamabad

Pakistani minister assassinated in Islamabad


Pakistani minister assassinated in Islamabad

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Pakistani minister Shahbaz Bhatti has reportedly died in Islamabad after his car was shot at by men who are yet to be identified. They opened fire on his car as he was leaving his home.


Libyans have not been bombed says Gadhafi's son

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons Saif al-Tslam told Britain's Sky News on Tuesday that the country's air force had not been used to attack civilians protesting against his father's rule. Saif al-Islam Gadhafi said the Libyan people had come under "heavy bombardment" from Arabic television channels which had "managed to convince the world that the Libyan air force bombed Tripoli, and destroyed districts in Tripoli, and killed demonstrators."


Indian stole computer code from US bank

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A 27-year-old Indian, who worked as a trader at Societe Generale (SocGen), has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing trade secrets at the French investment bank.


How to lose a country gracefully

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As a reporter, I covered two of the greatest losers of the last century. The superlative "greatest" applies both to the scale of the loss — Mikhail Gorbachev lost Russia and all of its colonies, F. W. de Klerk lost the richest country in Africa — and to the manner in which they lost it.


Libyan rebels said to debate seeking UN airstrikes

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In a sign of mounting frustration among rebel leaders over Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's diminished but unyielding grip on power, rebel leaders here are debating whether to ask for Western airstrikes under the United Nations banner, according to four people with knowledge of the deliberations.


United Nations suspends Libya from Human Rights Council

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Libya unrest: The 192 U.N. member nations suspended Libya on Tuesday from the U.N. Human Rights Council in the latest international effort to halt the Gaddafi regime's violent crackdown on protesters.


Gates plays down idea of US force in Libya

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US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Tuesday played down the possibility of American military intervention in Libya, saying that there was no agreement within NATO about the use of force and that now was not the time for the United States to be entering into another war in the Middle East.


Gaddafi makes little headway in assault on Libyan rebels

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Colonel Moammar el-Gaddafi's forces appeared to make little headway in a concerted assault on rebels in several cities around the country and in a sustained attack early Tuesday morning in the western city of Zawiyah.


German minister resigns amid plagiarism scandal

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Germany's defense minister, a rising star in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc and the country's most popular politician, resigned Tuesday over allegations he plagiarized his doctoral thesis.


Why you should not date a beautiful girl

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If you are dating a beautiful girl, please take note: Relationships in which the woman is more attractive than the man may be doomed to failure, says a new study.


Caught on camera: Driver ploughs car through pack of cyclists

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A motorist drove his car through a pack of more than 100 cycling activists in southern Brazil, sending bikes and screaming riders flying through the air and landing hard on the road. At least 40 cyclists were injured during the incident on Friday, with most suffering cuts and broken bones, but nobody was killed, authorities said.


US says no to Pakistan's proposal for swapping Davis

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Washington has turned down Pakistan's proposal to swap US official Raymond Davis, who shot dead two men in Lahore, with Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist who is serving a prison term in US for killing marines in Afghanistan, it was reported here.


Sri Lanka: Two air force jets crash after mid-air collision

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Two fighter jets crashed on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital on Tuesday after a mid-air collision during rehearsal for an air force celebration, a military spokesman said.


5 bodies found hanging from bridges in Mexican city

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Five bodies were found hanging from bridges in the Pacific resort city of Mazatlan, authorities said. Officials have not released any information on the identity of the dead or the circumstances of the killings.


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