Saturday, May 21, 2011

Wikileaks: Did US ignore Benazir's security fears?

Wikileaks: Did US ignore Benazir's security fears?

Wikileaks: Did US ignore Benazir's security fears?

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Did America fail to do enough to help protect Benazir Bhutto? Just two months before her assassination and only days after she had returned from an 8-year exile to contest the Pakistan elections, Bhutto had asked the United States to evaluate her security and recommend additional resources for maximum safety. The US Embassy in Pakistan strongly recommended not doing this.


Kanimozhi in jail: Karunanidhi hits out

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A day after DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi was arrested in connection with the 2G scam case, party boss M Karunanidhi has come out strongly in support of his daughter.


Can Mamata Banerjee’s ministers deliver?

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A day after taking charge as West Bengal's Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee was hard at work today at the Writers Building, where she spent most part of her day. Staying true to her word, Mamata Banerjee stuck to a small car, and her trademark white-saree-and-hawai-chappal look.


Pope blesses astronauts in 1st papal call to space

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The 12 astronauts circling the Earth received a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday in the first ever papal call to space.


Young couple hacked to death; dishonour killing suspected

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In a suspected case of dishonor killing, a young couple was brutally killed with sharp-edged weapons allegedly by the girl's father and two brothers in Bhullar village, 25 km from Amritsar, police said on Saturday.


Child porn website mastermind held in Australia

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Australian Police have arrested an alleged mastermind of one of the world's largest child pornography websites, a media report said on Saturday.


China asks Pak to mend its fences with neighbours

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The Chinese leadership has asked Islamabad to "mend its fences" with all its neighbours, including India, and expressed concern over terrorists still "flourishing" in centres on Pakistani soil, a media report today said.


Nation remembers Rajiv Gandhi on his 20th death anniversary

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The nation today paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 20th death anniversary. President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi were among the first to pay floral tribute to the late leader at 'Veer Bhumi', the memorial of Gandhi.


Suicide attack at Kabul military hospital, 6 killed

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A suicide bomber struck a tent filled with medical students eating lunch at a military hospital in Kabul Saturday, killing at least six people and wounding 23, Afghan officials said.


Mamata Banerjee not to use bullet-proof car

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she will not use an official bullet-proof car. "I won't use the bullet-proof car. I don't want to spend so much public money for my security," Banerjee told her reporters after taking over as the new Chief Minister.


In court today, Kanimozhi manages a smile

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DMK chief M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi appeared in court again this morning along with others accused in the 2G scam case.


Separatist shutdown affects life in Srinagar

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Normal life across Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar was marred on Saturday because of separatists calling a shutdown and official restrictions being put in place ahead of a rally by separatist groups. Authorities have placed Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, under house arrest in his uptown Nigeen residence.


The rise and fall of Kanimozhi

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Kanimozhi's arrest brings to an end, at least temporarily, her much-hyped rise in the DMK family. On Friday afternoon, the Delhi court hearing the 2G scam case rejected her bail application and ordered her immediate arrest. The DMK Rajya Sabha MP and party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter was then sent to Tihar Jail.


Air-to-air missile 'Astra' tested successfully off the Orissa coast

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India conducted a successful ballistic flight test of indigenously developed Astra - Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile - from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur today. "The missile was test-fired around 1032 hrs and the trial was successful," Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) sources said.


Kanimozhi's first night in Tihar jail

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She had home-cooked food, that she had got with herself, inside her simple room devoid of an AC or even a cooler and slept at 11.30 pm. Former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi's daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi's first night in Tihar jail was a sharp contrast to the hustle-bustle and media frenzy that she had been exposed to ever since her name surfaced in the 2G spectrum scam.


Pakistan official: 15 killed in NATO tanker blast

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A Pakistani official says a tanker carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan exploded in northwestern Pakistan as people were apparently trying to take some of its fuel. At least 15 people died in the explosion.


Now, a royal wedding set to take place in Bhutan

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The 31-year-old king of Bhutan, an Oxford-educated bachelor crowned in the remote Himalayan country in 2008, set up another royal wedding on Friday by announcing his engagement. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who helped usher in democracy in the Buddhist nation, revealed his intention to marry 20-year-old student Jetsun Pema during an address to parliament.


Two Saudi nationals beheaded for murder

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Two Saudis convicted of murder were beheaded on Friday in Tabuk in the kingdom's north, the official SPA news agency said, bringing to 17 the number of executions in the kingdom this year. Awad bin Suleiman al-Huti was condemned to death for stabbing Saber bin Ayad al-Huti during a dispute, the interior minister said in a statement carried on SPA.


National Commission for Women demands CBI probe into alleged police atrocities in Bhatta, Parsaul

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Backing Rahul Gandhi's claims about alleged police atrocities on Greater Noida villagers, the National Commission for Women (NCW) today demanded a CBI probe into the incidents "as soon as possible".


After Kanimozhi's arrest, DMK divided over alliance with Congress, say sources

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Kanimozhi arrested: Hours after DMK MP and M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi was arrested in the 2G spectrum allocation case, the Congress insisted that it would not have any impact on the UPA coalition. "There is going to be absolutely no impact on the coalition due to the development," party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters.


Indian communication satellite GSAT-8 successfully launched

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India's latest communication satellite GSAT-8 was successfully launched on Saturday by Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana to give a boost to direct-to-home services in the country. GSAT-8 was injected into space by European launcher Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket which lifted-off at 02.08 am (IST), with Japan's ST-2 spacecraft as co-passenger.


Obama thanks CIA for tracking Osama

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US President Barack Obama went to CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on Friday to thank the agency's intelligence workers for the years of effort that led to the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The President recalled that he had been to the CIA headquarters a year ago to honour seven fallen agents who died at a remote outpost in Afghanistan.


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