Saturday, August 27, 2011

Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader killed in Pakistan: US officials

Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader killed in Pakistan: US officials


Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader killed in Pakistan: US officials

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:04 PM PDT

Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another big blow to a terrorist group that the U.S. believes to be on the verge of defeat, a senior Obama ad...


Drogba taken off with an oxygen mask

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Chelsea's Didier Drogba had to be taken off the field on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on his face, during his team's match against Norwich City on Saturday....


Agreed! says Parliament to Anna; fast ends at 10 am

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Surrounded by a sea of flags, Anna Hazare received the news that his three conditions have been unanimously accepted by Parliament. At his protest camp at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, thousands gathered t...


As search intensifies, will Gaddafi pull a Saddam?

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 02:12 PM PDT

It took a U.S.-led invasion force of 200,000-plus troops nine months to scour Iraq's nearly 170,000 square miles before capturing Saddam Hussein after one of the largest manhunts ever. ...

Text of Parliament resolution on Anna's demands

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 01:20 PM PDT

Text of Parliament resolution on Anna's demands - This House agrees in principle on the following issues for a strong and effective lok pal....


Lokpal debate ends soon; vote follows; Anna ends fast tomorrow

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:44 PM PDT

The government will move a resolution on the Lokpal Bill in Parliament today at the end of the debate that is on. That resolution will be voted upon. At Ramlila Maidan, where huge crowds have gathered...


Vettel surges ahead to take the pole at Belgium

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel held off Lewis Hamilton's McLaren in difficult weather conditions in Saturday's qualifying to secure pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix....

US surveillance drone crashes in Pakistan

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:01 PM PDT

An American surveillance drone equipped with a camera crashed in southwestern Pakistan today close to the Afghan border, local officials said, adding the wreckage had been recovered....


Please Anna, end your fast, says Aamir

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:53 AM PDT

Actor Aamir Khan arrived this afternoon at the Ramlila Maidan where Anna Hazare, 74, is on a hunger strike. The actor said, "Anna has not eaten for 12 days...I am worried about you. In everyone's hea...


Delhi Metro shuts three stations near Parliament

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Three Delhi Metro stations close to Parliament were shut from 4 p.m. on Saturday on the orders of Delhi Police, an official said.Police...

Hurricane Irene: New York airports close today for incoming flights

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:14 AM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of travellers will have vacation plans changed by Hurricane Irene. Airlines will cancel at least 6,100 flights over the next three days, grounding passengers as Irene sweeps up t...

Anna watches Lokpal Debate on an iPad

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:02 AM PDT

Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement received many "likes" and "thumbs up" for how cleverly it used social media to spread its message and hook young Indians....

Man accused of stalking on Twitter claims free speech

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Even the Buddha of compassion might have been distressed to be on the receiving end of the diatribes that William Lawrence Cassidy is accused of posting on Twitter....

Hurricane Irene slams into North Carolina coast

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 09:42 AM PDT

Forecasters say Irene's sustained hurricane-force winds have slammed into the North Carolina coast. The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said sustained winds of 80 mph were recorded near Jacksonvill...

Ramlila Maidan becomes postal address for Anna

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:41 AM PDT

Postmen had never ventured here but for the past one week they have been taking rounds of Ramlila Maidan with their mailbags delivering letters to fasting Anna Hazare. And the addresses on these lette...


Lokpal debate: Sushma Swaraj says BJP supports Anna Hazare's 3 must-have points

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:28 AM PDT

In a powerful speech in the Lok Sabha, Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj expressed her party's support for Anna Hazare, and said the BJP largely agrees with the three pre-conditions that the acti...


Will Pranab's statement and PM's letter convince Anna to end his fast?

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:12 AM PDT

Lokpal Bill row: Anna Hazare has been fasting for 12 days now, his condition is deteriorating, and every effort is now geared towards ensuring that his hunger strike does not go into a 13th day....


With this speech, Pranab launched Lokpal debate

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:11 AM PDT

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is making a statement in Parliament on the Lokpal Bill. Here's the highlights of the speech....


Lokpal debate: Sushma slams Rahul Gandhi's speech in House

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:31 AM PDT

Lokpal debate: Sushma slams Rahul Gandhi's speech in House - Rahul Gandhi chose Friday's Zero Hour to make an aggressive and unscheduled speech on corruption and the Lokpal Bill, to cheers from the Tr...


Lokpal debate: Time has come to raise bar of accountability, says Arun Jaitley

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:27 AM PDT

Lokpal debate: Highlights of BJP leader Arun Jaitley's speech during the Lokpal Debate.


Anna Hazare's blood pressure falls, health deteriorates

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 06:05 AM PDT

Doctors attending on Anna Hazare on Saturday expressed worry over the fasting social activist's falling blood pressure and said he should end his fast, which entered day 12, as his health has begun to...


Historically speaking: 43 years, eight Lokpal bills, zero consensus

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:32 AM PDT

India's effort to have an anti-graft ombudsman in the form of a Lokpal institution may have caught national attention only now. But Parliament has made eight attempts since 1968 to pass a Lokpal bill,...


Pranab puts Anna's three demands to the House

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:00 AM PDT

All eyes were on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as he made his statement in Parliament on the Lokpal Bill today, also to see how he would specifically raise the three sticking points that have prev...


Anna Hazare's morning address says fast continues

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:53 AM PDT

Ahead of the debate on Lokpal issue in Parliament, fasting Anna Hazare today broke his silence of nearly 38 hours and addressed his supporters declaring that he will continue his protest till his last...


Obama declares emergency in four states as Hurricane Irene approaches

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:46 AM PDT

President Barack Obama today declared emergency in the three states of New York, Virginia and Massachusetts, empowering federal agencies to take the steps required to protect people and property as hu...

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