Monday, July 25, 2011

IANS: Sri Lankan TV actors in prostitution ring

IANS: Sri Lankan TV actors in prostitution ring


IANS: Sri Lankan TV actors in prostitution ring

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The Sri Lankan police said on Tuesday that they are on the hunt for more than 20 local television actresses who are believed to be part of a prostitution ring.


Norway rampage culprit held in isolation

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The self-described perpetrator of Norway's deadly bombing and shooting rampage was ordered held in solitary confinement on Monday after calmly telling a court that two other cells of collaborators stood ready to join his murderous campaign


After singing Happy Birthday, he shot 5 dead

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Guests had just finished singing "Happy Birthday" to an 11-year-old boy when his father spoke to him briefly, then pulled out a gun and shot the child's mother, four of her relatives and himself, said a disc jockey who witnessed the shooting spree at a Texas roller rink.


'I want Strauss-Kahn to go to jail,' says maid

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She's on a magazine cover and national television, telling her emotional and explicit story of being sexually attacked by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and pressing for him to be tried.


Reporter who broke Murdoch scandal gets book deal

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The newspaper reporter who spent years investigating phone hacking claims in Rupert Murdoch's media empire has won a book deal.


India, Pak Foreign Secretaries to meet today

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Striking a positive note ahead of the Indo-Pak talks, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on Monday said Islamabad would extend all required cooperation to India on the terror issue and share related information.


Two cells of his terror network remain, says Oslo suspect in court

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The self-described perpetrator of one of the worst modern mass murders in peacetime calmly said in court Monday that that he expects to spend the rest of his life in prison for bombing Norway's capital and opening fire on a political youth group retreat, officials said.


Norway suspect's first hearing is closed

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A judge denied Anders Behring Breivik the public stage he wanted to air his anti-Muslim rants and call for revolution on Monday, ruling that the first hearing for the man who has confessed to Norway's twin terror attacks be held behind closed doors.


Norway attacks: Hearing of suspect behind closed doors

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An Oslo district court judge decided Monday to hold the arraignment for the suspect in the twin attacks in Norway behind closed doors.


Mubarak and security chief to be tried together

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An Egyptian court decided Monday to combine the trials of the country's former interior minister and ousted President Hosni Mubarak for the killing of nearly 900 protesters during the 18-day uprising that toppled the longtime leader in February.


Syria endorses law to allow political parties

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Syria's government has endorsed a draft law that it says will allow the formation of political parties alongside President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath Party, part of a series of promised reforms that the opposition has dismissed as largely symbolic.


2-year-old rescued 21 hours after China train crash

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A toddler was rescued around 21 hours after a crash involving two high-speed trains in eastern China killed at least 35 people and injured more than 190 others, state media reported on Sunday.


Pakistan spends millions to renovate 10 temples

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Pakistani authorities have completed the rehabilitation and repair of 10 mandirs in cities across the country, including the famed Katas Raj temple in Chakwal, at a cost of millions of rupees.


China crash: Top officials fired; death toll reaches 36

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China on Monday revised the death toll from a high-speed train crash to 36, with 192 people wounded, in the country's worst rail accident since 2008. A statement from the Railway Ministry gave the new figures and said the cause of the accident on the outskirts of the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou was still being investigated.


Australia hospitals apologize for forced adoptions

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Roman Catholic hospitals in Australia apologized on Monday for forcing unmarried mothers to give up babies for adoption decades ago and urged state governments to accept financial responsibility for the once-widespread practice.


In China, Apple finds a sweet spot

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A year after opening a flagship store here, Apple has a problem that any retailer would envy: The huge 16,000-square-foot space is already too small. Huge crowds descend the store's glass staircase, only to discover legions of mostly young Chinese crowding around spare displays of Apple's devices. Another Apple Store, four miles away, is also packed.


North Korean official to go to US for nuclear talks

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A senior North Korean official will visit the United States this week to discuss the possible resumption of long-stalled international negotiations on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Sunday.


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