Friday, November 4, 2011

Tibetan protests: Nun dies in 11th case self-immolation

Tibetan protests: Nun dies in 11th case self-immolation

Tibetan protests: Nun dies in 11th case self-immolation

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 02:24 AM PDT

A Buddhist nun in China's southwest Sinhuan Province has died after immolating herself. This is the eleventh case of self-immolation among Tibetans in western China in recent months. Chinese news agency Xinhua reported the news, saying the motive is being investigated.

Hajj being live-streamed on YouTube

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 12:47 AM PDT

YouTube and the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information are teaming up to provide a live-stream of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

Dozens injured in UK highway car crash

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 12:46 AM PDT

British authorities say dozens of people have been injured in a huge crash involving 26 vehicles on a highway in southwest England.

Greece PM survives confidence vote

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 12:34 AM PDT

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou survived a confidence vote early Saturday, calming a vicious revolt in his Socialist party with an emotional pledge to step aside if necessary and seek a cross-party government lasting four months to safeguard a new European debt agreement.

Arrest at 'The Sun' spreads Murdoch hacking scandal

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 04:32 PM PDT

A journalist at Rupert Murdoch's The Sun tabloid has been arrested on suspicion of police corruption, British media reported on Friday, a development that spreads the taint of scandal to the country's biggest-selling newspaper.

Osama was dead in 90 seconds, says new book

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 11:59 AM PDT

Six months after his death, a new book has claimed that Osama bin Laden was shot dead within 90 seconds of the beginning of a raid on his Pakistani hideout by US commandos, and not killed after a 45-minute firefight.

Man throws naked prostitute out of window

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 11:58 AM PDT

A Briton allegedly threw out a naked prostitute from his hotel room window in Dubai. The woman suffered injuries on her back when she fell 20 feet on to a car, it was reported here.

CIA following Twitter, Facebook

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 11:38 AM PDT

In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is following tweets - up to 5 million a day.

Astronauts emerge out of a 520-day simulated flight to Mars

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Pale but smiling, an international crew of researchers on Friday walked out of a set of windowless modules after a gruelling 520-day simulation of a flight to Mars.

Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou faces crucial confidence vote

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 11:01 AM PDT

Greek lawmakers geared up for a crucial confidence vote in the beleaguered Socialist government on Friday, as both main parties floated plans to approve a massive European bailout and call new elections.

Top Pak ministers back Most Favoured Nation status to India

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Two senior Pakistani ministers have backed the government's move to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India amid the ambiguity and confusion over the process.

Jailed terrorists' call sends Pak officials into tizzy: Report

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:17 AM PDT

In a major security breach, two terrorists lodged in a Pakistani jail over a 2008 plot against ex-President Pervez Musharraf made a call to a militant commander in the tribal belt and discussed dispatching of suicide bombers to Lahore, throwing authorities into a tizzy.

Hot jazz and the Cold War in 1950s Mumbai

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:05 AM PDT

One evening in 1958, the pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet gathered in the home of a jazz-loving industrialist on Mumbai's Malabar Hill to chat with a group of Indian musicians led by the sitar maestro, Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan. Then they picked up their instruments and put their new knowledge to work.
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