Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Osama was not armed, photo could be inflammatory

Osama was not armed, photo could be inflammatory

Osama was not armed, photo could be inflammatory

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Osama bin Laden was unarmed when he was confronted by U.S. commandos at his Pakistani hideout, the White House said Tuesday as new details emerged about the audacious raid that killed the world's most wanted terrorist. The White House said it was considering whether to release photos of bin Laden after he was killed but that the photos were "gruesome" and could be inflammatory.


Military personnel killed in helicopter crash in Pakistan

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A combat jet and an army helicopter crashed in two separate incidents in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing one military personnel and injuring four others, officials said. A Mirage combat jet on a training flight crashed near a firing range at Thal in Punjab province.


France, UK say Pak needs to explain Osama's presence

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Britain and France have raised doubts over Pakistan's contention that Osama bin Laden went unnoticed in his Abbottabad mansion, and vowed to seek explanation from the country on the issue.


White House weighs whether to release 'The Photo'

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To release or not to release? That question is bedeviling the Obama administration, as White House officials try to determine whether the burning desire among Americans to see an actual photo of Osama Bin Laden's body outweighs the potential harm that releasing such a photo might cause, by further inflaming Bin Laden's disciples around the world.


Trouble over Digvijaya remarks on Osama funeral

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Congress has disapproved of senior party leader Digvijay Singh's controversial remarks about the sea burial given to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by the US.


84.8 per cent turnout in 4th phase of Bengal poll

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An estimated 84.8 per cent voting has been recorded in the fourth round of assembly polls in West Bengal which passed off peacefully, the Election Commission announced today. However, the turnout is set to go up as people were till waiting to cast their franchise in some places, Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi told reporters.


Arunachal Pradesh without a CM for 4 days

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India takes pride in its satellite technology, but that has been of little help to trace the missing helicopter of the Arunachal Chief Minister, Dorjee Khandu. For four days now, the sensitive border state is virtually without a Chief Minister.


WikiLeaks: What Pak leaders told US about Osama

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In collaboration with WikiLeaks, NDTV is reporting on the Pakistan cables. As the debate rages over how much Pakistan knew about Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts, a series of cables show how its leaders repeatedly told the US that while they wanted to help find the terrorist, they didn't know where he was.


Bin Laden death will not affect Qaeda: Jihad leader

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A founding member of Egypt's Islamic Jihad and friend of Al Qaeda's new chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri told AFP Tuesday that Osama bin Laden's death will not affect the organisation and pleaded against revenge attacks.


Pak takes firm stand on Osama raid, 'Unilateral Action'

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In an extension of its attempt to distance itself from the military operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the Pakistani government has issued a statement that "categorically denies the media reports suggesting that its leadership, civil as well as military, had any prior knowledge of the US operation against Osama bin Ladin carried out in the early hours of 2nd May 2011."


Official statement: Pak denies prior knowledge on Osama

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Press Release - Death of Osama bin Laden: The Government of Pakistan recognizes that the death of Osama bin Ladin is an important milestone in fight against terrorism and that the Government of Pakistan and its state institutions have been making serious efforts to bring him to justice.


Amid skepticism, Pakistan calculates its response

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The discovery of Osama bin Laden by American commandos close to the Pakistani capital dealt a devastating blow to the Pakistani military and its intelligence service and set off a fevered round of speculation about how Bin Laden could have been hiding virtually under their noses in a small city that housed military garrisons.


Osama's death and role of social media

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A soldier in Afghanistan learned about the death of Osama bin Laden on Facebook. A TV producer in South Carolina got a tip from comedian Kathy Griffin on Twitter. A blues musician in Denver received an email alert from The New York Times. And a Kansas woman found out as she absently scrolled through the Internet on her smartphone while walking her dog.


Pentagon releases satellite images of Osama's compound

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Satellite pictures and a sketched diagram of Osama bin Laden's custom-made hideout in Abbottabad, Northern Pakistan, were released by the US Department of Defence on Monday, providing further detail of the compound where the al-Qaida leader had been hiding for years.


Karunanidhi decries labeling Laden's extremism as 'Islamic terror'

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Osama bin Laden dead: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in Pakistan, 'took to extremism' as a means to establish the theory he was indoctrinated with and the path chosen by him cannot be labelled as 'Islamic terrorism.'


Pakistan enveloped by national depression, says Imran

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A "national depression" has gripped Pakistan following the killing of Osama bin Laden in an American strike that kept out the Pakistanis, politician Imran Khan said on Tuesday. "There is not just confusion that prevails in Pakistan, but also a national depression at the loss of national dignity and self-esteem as well as sovereignty," the ex-cricketer wrote in The Independent.


Questions focus on Pakistan's role in terror fight

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Osama bin Laden dead: The death of Osama bin Laden inspired many questions, but fewer answers on Tuesday: Could it lead to further erosion of support for foreign troops in Afghanistan and, subsequently, a faster withdrawal by NATO? And how should outside powers now deal with Pakistan, whose President denied Western accusations that his nuclear-armed nation lacked what he called "vitality" in combating terrorism.


Four days later, no clue of missing Arunachal Chief Minister

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Arunachal CM: It's the fourth day since the helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others went missing. And since then, frantic search operations are on to trace its whereabouts.


Supreme Court stays SIT probe into Ishrat Jahan case

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The Supreme Court today stayed the SIT probe into the Ishrat Jahan encounter case in Gujarat and agreed to hear a plea for reconstitution of the team after it was informed that the three-member team is left with only one investigation officer.


Jharkhand: 11 jawans killed in Maoist attack

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Eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and three Jharkhand police officers were today killed in a landmine blast by Maoists at Dhardhariya village in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district, police said.


China puts up strong backing of Pak's fight against terrorism

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In the face of severe criticism of Pakistan over the presence of Osama bin Laden on its soil, China today put up a strong defence of its close ally saying Islamabad has made important contribution to the global fight against terrorism.


New Zealand's largest city hit by tornado

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A tornado ripped across part of New Zealand's largest city on Tuesday, upturning cars and sending debris slicing through the air, witnesses and news reports said. At least one person was killed and about 20 injured, a hospital official said.


Voice recorder for 2009 Air France crash found

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French investigators on Tuesday recovered the cockpit voice recorder from an Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean almost two years ago, killing all 228 people on board.


Peaceful voting in fourth round of West Bengal polls

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West Bengal polls: Singur and Nandigram voted peacefully on Tuesday as 58 percent polling was recorded till 1 pm in the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly elections for 63 constituencies spread over four districts.


US forces recover crucial Dvds from Osama's hideout

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US special forces came away with hard drives, Dvds and a trove of documents from the Abbottabad safe house of Osama bin Laden which might tip American intelligence to Al Qaeda's operational plan and lead the manhunt to his presumed successor Ayman al Zawahiri.


It is time Pakistan declared a ''terrorist state": Rushdie

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As Pakistan faced tough questions over Osama bin Laden, celebrated Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie said it was time to declare it a "terrorist state", observing "the old flim-flam" of saying the country knew nothing about his whereabouts would not work anymore.


New Yorkers can now watch porn in public libraries

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People of New York can now watch internet porn at the city's public libraries, thanks to a policy of free speech, officials said.


Mexican woman becomes world's first female drug lord

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A Mexican woman is believed to have become the world's first female to head a drug cartel, Prensa Latina news agency reported. Enedina Arellano Felix is considered by US anti-drug authorities to be the head of the Tijuana cartel, according to Mexican magazine Proceso.


Osama mansion was called Waziristan Haveli

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A massive hunt has been launched for the owner of the sprawling mansion in Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was hiding in Abbottabad city. The Al Qaeda leader was killed at the $1 million house by US security forces. The locals used to call the house Waziristan Haveli as it was owned by a transporter from Waziristan.


Boy kills parents, self over divorce

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Upset by the news that that his folks were getting divorced, a nine-year-old primary school student in Pakistan's Rohela Wali city allegedly killed his parents before committing suicide, a media report said today.


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