Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Chimp who starred in Tarzan movies dies at age 80

Chimp who starred in Tarzan movies dies at age 80


Chimp who starred in Tarzan movies dies at age 80

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:26 PM PST

A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah - the chimpanzee from the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s - has died at age 80.


In Kim Jong-Il's funeral in North Korea, glimpses of meaning are sought

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:03 PM PST

Kim Jong-un, the designated successor to the socialist throne in Pyongyang, North Korea, bid farewell on Wednesday to his deceased father, Kim Jong-il, walking along his hearse through snow-covered do...


Third arrest made for Indian student's murder in UK

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:50 PM PST

A third person has been arrested in connection with the "unprovoked killing" of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford, police said. The man was held late yesterday on suspension, following ...


Decades later, a Cold War secret is revealed

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:43 PM PST

For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secre...


Strong 6.6-magnitude quake rocks Siberia in Russia

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 09:00 AM PST

A strong earthquake on Tuesday hit Russia's Siberian region of Tyva on the border with Mongolia but caused no casualties or damage, Russian officials said.


What to look for at Kim Jong Il's funeral

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 07:19 AM PST

Wailing and sobbing mourners beat their chests and dropped to their knees as North Korean President Kim Il Sung's hearse, draped with a red flag and bedecked with white magnolias, crawled through the ...


On Benazir's death anniversary, son Bilawal writes op-ed

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:52 AM PST

Bhutto family scion and ruling PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari forcefully pitched for a "democratic Pakistan" and ''independent judiciary'' on Tuesday, while batting for a "strong" but apolitical mil...


Indian legal eagles to battle 'ban Gita' move in Russia

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST

Aghast over a Siberian court's move to ban the Bhagavad Gita in Russia, Indian and international legal eagles, including those working with the United Nations (UN), have taken up the battle against To...


Egypt court orders end to 'virginity tests'

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:48 AM PST

A Cairo court on Tuesday ordered the Egyptian army to stop forced virginity tests on female detainees.


Krishna discusses Gita row with Russian Ambassador

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:44 AM PST

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today conveyed to Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin the country's concern over the "sensitive" issue of a Siberian court hearing a petition seeking a ban on Bh...


Now, make trips to Titanic wreck at $61,000

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 04:54 AM PST

People willing to take a look at the then world's biggest ocean liner, the Titanic, will be able to make trips to the wreck at the bottom of the Atlantic at a price of around $61,000. Among those who ...


Helicopter crash kills 3, puts transplant on hold

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 04:25 AM PST

A surgeon and technician from a Mayo Clinic in Florida flying across the northern corner of the state to retrieve a heart for transplant died on Monday in a helicopter crash that also killed the pilot...


Facebook flooded with condemnation for Indian student's killing

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:40 AM PST

Social networking website Facebook has been flooded with comments condemning the killing of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Manchester. Bidve's friends and people unknown to him in UK and India have reac...


British teenager arrested for Indian student killing

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 03:12 AM PST

A 17-year-old British teenager has been arrested by the UK police in connection with the killing of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve. Anuj was shot dead early last morning in what the police have...


Britain's Prince Philip leaves hospital after undergoing heart treatment

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 02:14 AM PST

Britain's Prince Philip left the hospital on Tuesday, after undergoing treatment for a blocked coronary artery.


British teen held over Indian student's killing

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 02:06 AM PST

A British teenager has been arrested over the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve in Manchester Monday, a media report said on Tuesday.


Al-Qaeda in Iraq says it was behind Baghdad blasts

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:17 AM PST

An Al Qaeda front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the wave of terrifying attacks that rocked Baghdad last week and killed 69 people.


16-year-old boy runs over 2 Indians in Dubai

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:06 AM PST

In a hit-and-run incident, two Indians were killed after being run over by a 16-year-old boy. The two men, who have not been identified, were killed on Friday, while they were crossing the road.


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