Wednesday, May 25, 2011

WikiLeaks: US raised concerns about safety of Pakistan's nuclear assets

WikiLeaks: US raised concerns about safety of Pakistan's nuclear assets

WikiLeaks: US raised concerns about safety of Pakistan's nuclear assets

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Defence Minister AK Antony voiced India's apprehension on Wednesday about the safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and said it was a matter of global concern. "Naturally, it is a concern not only for us but for everybody," Antony said in response to reporters' questions on whether the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal was under threat in the wake of terror strikes such as the one at the Mehran naval air base in Karachi on Sunday night.


Headley reveals how Pak handlers used live TV to guide 26/11 attackers

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Watching the 2008 Mumbai carnage live from Pakistan, terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers guided the attackers on phone and even asked them to change tactics to challenge the advancing commandos.


Faridabad crash: Plane had one patient, two doctors, four others on board

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The 9-seater, single-engine aircraft that crashed into a Faridabad house on Wednesday night was a chartered plane serving as a medical ambulance and carrying seven people on board, including a patient, Rahul Raj, who was in critical condition.


9-seater plane crashes in Faridabad residential colony; 10 killed

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A nine-seater chartered aircraft with seven people on board crashed into two houses in Faridabad near New Delhi on Wednesday night. The aircraft, flying from Delhi to Patna, was a chartered medical ambulance.


I want to become an IAS officer, says IIT topper

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Students from Andhra Pradesh have yet again excelled in the Indian Institutes of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), with the top spot going to Immadi Purudhavi Tej from the state.


No let-up in pressure on Libya: Obama

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In an address to both houses of the British Parliament in Westminster Hall, President Obama said Wednesday that the United States and Britain remain "indispensible" nations for peace and stability and the "greatest catalysts for global action" in a time of war, terrorism and economic insecurity.


ISI handler Major Iqbal is Chaudhery Khan: Headley

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The testimony of David Coleman Headley, or Daood Gilani as he was known in Pakistan, is revealing more and more details that link Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed.


Obama gets date wrong, signs guestbook 2008

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Visiting US President Barack Obama got the date wrong by three years when he signed a guestbook at the Westminster Abbey, despite apparently asking the dean what day it was, a media report said on Wednesday.


German airports reopen as volcanic ash moves on

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A cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland that had forced airport closures in northern Germany blew further north and east on Wednesday afternoon, allowing air traffic to resume as experts said the eruption appeared be winding down.


Bhopal gas tragedy: Union Carbide waste to be dumped near Nagpur?

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Just days after the Supreme Court struck down reopening the Bhopal gas case, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has suggested that the 350 tonnes of waste at the now defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal be dumped at a laboratory near Nagpur.


Kasab's security: Maharashtra government wants 'expensive' ITBP withdrawn

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After being slapped with a Rs 10-crore bill for 26/11 accused Ajmal Amir Kasab's security, the Maharashtra government today said that it would withdraw jawans of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) guarding him and instead replace them with the state police.


Not appropriate to call on Sonia when Kanimozhi in jail: Karunanidhi

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In Delhi he was the bemused father. Old and frail, he drove to the jail that his daughter was lodged in and together they wept. Back in Chennai, M Karunanidhi has found his steel again. He said his daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi was confident that she could handle herself and that he did not meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi "though I had an opportunity, because I did not think it would be right to do so when my daughter is in jail."


Chinese woman cuts open her belly to save surgery cost

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A Chinese woman cut open her stomach with a kitchen knife to relieve fluid accumulation so that she didn't have to pay the surgery cost, a media report said.


Chinese woman cuts open her belly to save surgery cost

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A Chinese woman cut open her stomach with a kitchen knife to relieve fluid accumulation so that she didn't have to pay the surgery cost, a media report said. China Daily reported that 53-year-old Wu Yuanbi, a migrant worker living in Chongqing municipal area, had not bought medical insurance as she wanted to save money.


Engineer swallows documents after being caught red-handed

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What do you do if you are a government official and you've been caught red-handed with incriminating documents? Well, eat them up. At least that's what an executive engineer working with the Public Works Department in Jaipur did.


Obama, Cameron partner for a game of table tennis

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For a couple steadfast allies, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron aren't always in sync. The two leaders, both lefties, had their hands full playing table tennis with a couple of London school boys on Tuesday. The game was part of a visit to a school in the Southwark neighborhood of London that specializes in math and performing arts.


Headley wrote his will before travelling to India post 26/11

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Apprehending arrest during his India visit after the Mumbai attacks, David Headley wrote a will and emailed it to his friend and co-accused Tahawwur Rana, as to what should be done to his wives and children in the event of his death or arrest.


Amar going bald to get rid of the Hitler effect

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Amar Singh plans to shave his head at Tirupati with a pledge not to become the Adolf Hitler of India, after his astrologer figured out similarities between his horoscope and that of the German dictator.


David Coleman Headley: Cold, detached

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For hours over the last two days, star witness David Coleman Headley has made some chilling revelations while testifying about his involvement in gruesome terror attacks and assassination plots at the trial of Tahawwur Rana in Chicago. In doing so, the man has seemed markedly emotionless, cold, detached.


NDTV tracks Headley's contacts in Pakistan

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The personal diary of David Coleman Headley, two pages of which were produced by the US prosecutors as evidence in a court in Chicago, had 34 handwritten mobile numbers of his contacts in Pakistan. These included Major Iqbal and Major Samir- the two ISI Majors, who Headley in his testimony described as the ISI handlers, who coordinated the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.


Headley in court: Failed attempt in September to attack Mumbai

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David Coleman Headley has now told a Chicago court that an earlier attempt to attack Mumbai in September 2008, two months before 26/11, had failed as "the boat carrying Pakistani assailants hit the rocks."


15 cops suspended for making suspect perform striptease

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Fifteen police officers in Tijuana, a border city in northwestern Mexico, were suspended for making a suspect perform a striptease in exchange for her freedom, officials said. Tijuana Mayor Carlos Bustamante suspended the officers, who are the subject of an investigation, following the release of a video in which the woman strips for the men.


Indian diplomat's daughter sues New York City Government for false arrest

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An Indian diplomat's daughter is suing New York city for a whopping $1.5 million alleging she was falsely arrested and suspended for sending obscene emails to teachers at her Queens high school.


Helicopter damaged in bin Laden raid back in US

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Pakistan has returned the wreckage of a US helicopter used in the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden early this month, a Pentagon spokesman said today.


The ash effect: Over 500 flights cancelled

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Ash spewing from an Icelandic volcano is bringing disruption and days of uncertainty to more parts of Europe, as officials in Germany said dozens of flights will be grounded on Wednesday.


US Army seeks recruits in social media

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When ads for the Army used the theme "Today's Army wants to join you," a joker rewrote it this way: "Today's Army wants to join you. At your place." These days, the Army is getting social — if not quite that sociable — as potential recruits increasingly spend time with social media like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube.


26/11 trial: David Headley identifies his ISI handler Major Iqbal as Chaudhery Khan

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David Coleman Headley has identified his ISI handler, the shadowy Major Iqbal, as Chaudhery Khan, the man with whom the Pakistani-American had several email exchanges. Headley wrote to him at the email id chaudherykhan@gmail.com.


Breakthrough in Kaskar firing case?

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Iqbal Kaskar case: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) claims to have arrested four people in connection with the murder of wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim's brother's driver.


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