Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Anger, outrage over Pak journalist’s murder

Anger, outrage over Pak journalist’s murder

Anger, outrage over Pak journalist’s murder

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The brutal killing of Pakistan journalist Saleem Shehzad has sparked outrage in the country, with journalists and human rights groups wanting answers from the government.


Pak constitutes commission to probe Osama killing

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The Pakistan government on Tuesday formed a commission to probe the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a covert US raid in the garrison city of Abbottabad and to determine the nature and causes of lapses associated with the incident.


Partial solar eclipse today

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Solar eclipse June 2011: A triple eclipse treat is in store for sky gazers with two partial solar and one total lunar eclipse expected to be seen in a month.


US lawmaker says lewd photo on Twitter a prank

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New York Congressman Anthony Weiner testily fended off questions Tuesday about the lewd photo sent from his Twitter account and has hired a lawyer to help him figure out how to respond.


Egyptian bloggers protest against 'virginity tests'

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Activists and bloggers are pressing Egypt's military rulers to investigate accusations of serious abuses against protesters, including claims that soldiers subjected female detainees to so-called "virginity tests."


Mladic gave him chocolate, then killed his father

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The video horrified the world: a grinning Ratko Mladic patting a young Muslim boy on the head and assuring him everyone in the Srebrenica area would be safe — just hours before overseeing the murder of 8,000 men and boys.


Cell phone use may cause cancer: World Health Organization

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A World Health Organization panel has concluded that cellphones are "possibly carcinogenic,'' putting the popular devices in the same category as certain dry cleaning chemicals and pesticides, as a potential threat to human health.


Karzai warns NATO against air attacks on Afghan homes

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Afghanistan's president on Tuesday ordered NATO to stop bombing homes, citing the risk of civilian casualties and putting him on a collision course with his Western protectors who insist the attacks are an essential weapon and will continue.


Ilyas Kashmiri had planned to kill Lockheed Martin CEO: Headley

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An admitted American terrorist who is the government's star witness in the trial of a Chicago businessman accused in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks said on Tuesday that another militant with ties to Al Qaida had once plotted to attack U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin.


Two workers at Fukushima exceed radiation limit

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Japan's Health Minister Ritsuo Hosokawa said on Tuesday that he has ordered some staff at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to stop working amid concerns that two workers might have exceeded a radiation exposure limit.


Muslim girl stoned to death for joining beauty contest

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A 19-year-old Muslim girl was stoned to death in Ukraine under the Islamic Sharia law after she took part in a beauty contest, a media report said on Tuesday.


A stuffed toy that sparked a tiger scare

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A man in Britain, who left a toy stuffed tiger in a field, sparking fears of a real tiger, said: "Never in my wildest dreams did I think of the chaos it would cause." Kevin Blunden had found the stuffed tiger near a disused garage and he had taken it to the field for his five-year-old pet dog to play with, The Sun reported.


Often threatened, Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad found dead after abduction

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A well-known Pakistani journalist has been found dead after being abducted over the weekend in an upscale neighbourhood of the capital and receiving repeated threats from Pakistan's premier intelligence agency.


Man caught with 1kg Cocaine in his stomach

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A Peruvian man has been arrested at Bangkok's international airport after an x-ray allegedly revealed he had more than a kilogram of cocaine concealed in his stomach. Officials claim the drug was wrapped in 123 plastic capsules. Customs officers say they stopped Jose Carlos Paredes Cordova on a hunch as he passed through Suvarnabhumi airport on Monday.


Who is Hong Kong's mysterious masked woman?

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A masked woman in Hong Kong has become the talk of the town for distributing food and money among the poor at night while dressed in black tights, gloves and boots, as local people are speculating about her actual identity, Shanghai Daily reported.


US withdraws Musharraf's security and protocol

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The US administration has withdrawn the security and protocol given to former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf after a UN commission report blamed him for not providing adequate protection to slain former premier Benazir Bhutto.


Indian-origin student shot dead in Toronto

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Fifteen-year-old Andrew Naidoo was has been shot dead by unknown assailants in his west-end Toronto townhouse complex late Sunday night. He succumbed to his injuries early on Monday. The Indian-origin teenager is the youngest murder victim in Toronto this year.


No takers to head Pakistan panel on Osama killing

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Islamabad has run into difficulty finding someone of repute to head the commission that would probe Osama bin Laden's killing as no one was willing to take up its offer, a media report said on Tuesday.


Five army generals among latest Libyan defectors

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Five Libyan army generals who defected from Moammar Gaddafi's regime are appealing to fellow officers to join them in backing the rebels.


600-meter high water tornadoes, caught on camera

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Dramatic footage was captured on Monday of a series of powerful waterspouts near the coastal suburb of Terrigal, on Australia's New South Wales coast. Video, filmed from a helicopter by Australian broadcaster Channel Seven, showed several powerful columns of swirling air blasting along the water's surface near the coastline. Channel Seven claimed the spouts reached heights of up to 600 meters (nearly two thousand feet), but dissipated as they neared land.


South Africa President Zuma visits Libya, meets Gaddafi

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South African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tripoli on Monday for talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. It is his second visit to Libya's capital to try to secure a ceasefire between Gaddafi's forces and rebel fighters.


Missing Pak journalist in ISI custody?

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A report published in Pakistan's Daily Times said that a senior journalist has been missing since Sunday. The newspaper quoted Human Rights Watch and said that Saleem Shahzad is in custody of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.


Posted by Harshad at 11:16 PM

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