US seems to back down after Hina Rabbani rap |
- US seems to back down after Hina Rabbani rap
- 26 students, 2 teachers killed in Pakistan bus accident
- World War II-era shipwreck found, reveals $210 million silver
- Russian finance minister resigns after spat with Medvedev
- Matadors hold last bullfight in Barcelona
- Man flies through a mountain in China
- Indigenous drones feature at Aviation show in China
- 787 Dreamliner becomes reality three years behind schedule
- Pak officials deny reports on Hina Khar being called back from US: Sources
- Nepal plane crash: If only it had been Monday
- Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai dies
| US seems to back down after Hina Rabbani rap Posted: 27 Sep 2011 03:32 AM PDT After saying that Washington was losing patience with Pakistan for not acting on terror groups, the US is now trying to tone down its stance. It now says America is "working constructively with Pakistan". The sudden conciliatory tone could have stemmed from Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's warning that the US risked losing its partnership with Pakistan if it continued criticising Islamabad. 
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| 26 students, 2 teachers killed in Pakistan bus accident Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:43 AM PDT Police say at least 26 school children and two teachers have been killed in a bus accident in Pakistan. The bus was returning from a school trip to a salt mine popular with tourists when it plunged into a ditch late Monday. 
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| World War II-era shipwreck found, reveals $210 million silver Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:29 PM PDT Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc says it confirmed the identity and location of a World War II-era shipwreck believed to be carrying 7 million ounces of silver. The SS Gairsoppa, a British cargo ship torpedoed by a German U-boat in February 1941, is sitting nearly 4,700 metres (15,420 feet) below the surface of the North Atlantic, about 300 miles (500 kilometres) off Ireland's coast. Records say it was carrying silver valued in 1941 at approximately 600,000 British pounds. 
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| Russian finance minister resigns after spat with Medvedev Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:20 PM PDT Russia's influential finance minister was forced out on Monday following a televised confrontation with President Dmitry Medvedev, who had angrily demanded that Alexei Kudrin immediately explain his criticism of Medvedev's policies or resign. 
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| Matadors hold last bullfight in Barcelona Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:52 PM PDT Matadors have driven the killing sword into bulls for the last time in Spain's powerful northeastern region of Catalonia in an emotive farewell fight before a regional ban on the country's emblematic tradition takes effect. 
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| Man flies through a mountain in China Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:08 PM PDT An American professional wingsuit flier on Saturday successfully performed a jump and dive through the Tianmen Hole - an actual hole through a mountain - in Hunan province, central China. The 35 year old American Jeb Corliss jumped from a helicopter 6,000 feet above the Tianmen cave, flying towards it, and went right through it. 
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| Indigenous drones feature at Aviation show in China Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:50 AM PDT With Beijing confirming that its first aircraft carrier has begun sea trials, there has never been more enthusiasm for the giant vessels among the Chinese population. Competitors on the outskirts of Beijing took part in a three-day contest, over the weekend, to try to land radio controlled drones on a mock up of an aircraft carrier. 
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| 787 Dreamliner becomes reality three years behind schedule Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:13 AM PDT Boeing delivers its first 787 jet on Sunday. It's been a long time coming. The new jet, which was supposed to be flying passengers three years ago, has been delayed by production and design problems. But now it's here, and airlines expect it to offer travelers much more comfort, open up new routes and provide significant fuel savings. 
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| Pak officials deny reports on Hina Khar being called back from US: Sources Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:56 AM PDT Pakistan says it has not asked its Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to cut short her visit to the United States after escalation of rhetoric with America over the latter's scathing criticism of the ISI's role in terror. But with reports that the US is considering military intervention in Waziristan, Islamabad has put its air force on red alert. 
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| Nepal plane crash: If only it had been Monday Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:34 AM PDT The plane crash that led to the loss of 19 lives on Sunday might have been averted had it been Monday, relatives and friends feel. A steady drizzle from Sunday night began gaining strength Monday, causing most domestic flights to be affected in Nepal. 
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| Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai dies Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:47 AM PDT Wangari Maathai, the first African woman recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died after a long struggle with cancer, the environmental organization she founded said Monday. She was 71. One of Kenya's most recognizable women, Maathai won the Nobel in 2004 for combining environmentalism and social activism. She was the founder of the Green Belt Movement, where over 30 years she mobilized poor women to plant 30 million trees. 
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