Friday, December 30, 2011

US seals deal on $3.48 billion sale of missiles, technology to UAE

US seals deal on $3.48 billion sale of missiles, technology to UAE


US seals deal on $3.48 billion sale of missiles, technology to UAE

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 09:29 PM PST

The United States has reached a deal to sell $3.48 billion worth of missiles and related technology to the United Arab Emirates, a close Mideast ally, as part of a massive buildup of defense technolog...


Hundreds of Iraqis cheer departure of US forces

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 09:26 PM PST

Hundreds of Sunni Muslims gathered in Baghdad Friday to celebrate the withdrawal of American forces, but in a sign of the sectarian divisions that re-emerged immediately after their departure, Shiite ...


Indian-origin scientist Ramakrishnan honoured with knighthood

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 08:26 PM PST

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, India-born US citizen whose pioneering work in molecular biology won him the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been honoured with a knighthood by the royal establishment her...


UK police apologises to Anuj Bidve's father

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 07:03 PM PST

A British police force apologised on Friday after it confirmed that the father of an Indian student shot dead in Manchester found out about his son's murder on Facebook.


Russia hands over Nerpa attack submarine to India

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 11:32 AM PST

Russia has handed over the much- awaited nuclear-powered attack submarine Nerpa to India on a 10-year lease, boosting the Indian navy's fire-power.


File footage on TV sparks tweets over Mandela's health

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 11:06 AM PST

A series of tweets mistakenly announced that Nelson Mandela was hospitalised on Friday after a local television channel showed archive footage of his January illness in a review of 2011. South Afri...


Maldives closes hundreds of luxury resort spas

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 11:01 AM PST

Maldives ordered hundreds of its luxury resorts to close their spas nearly a week after a protest led by opposition parties demanding a halt to "anti-Islamic" activities, the government said on Friday...


13 killed, 21 injured in Pakistan car bombing

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 10:41 AM PST

At least 13 people were killed and 21 injured on Friday evening in a powerful car bombing in Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said. The blast took place on Arbab Karam Khan Road near Raisani Chow...


Russia: Nuclear submarine fire finally put out

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 08:36 AM PST

Firefighters extinguished a massive fire aboard a docked Russian nuclear submarine on Friday as some crew members remained inside, officials said, assuring that there was no radiation leak and that th...


Cops sacked for Facebook comments, photos

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:45 AM PST

At least two police officers in Britain were sacked while disciplinary action has been taken against 150 others for posting inappropriate photos or comments that included racist language on social net...


99-yr-old seeks divorce after discovering wife's affair

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:31 AM PST

An Italian couple could create a new record of becoming the world's oldest divorcees, with a 99-year-old husband moving a court after he found that his 96-year-old wife had an affair in the 1940s, a r...


Mom with eight babies in China stirs debate on one-child policy

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:49 AM PST

The photo was undeniably cute: a studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sporting an array of expressions from giggly to goofy, baffled to bawling. Intende...


Pak ISI chief meets US officials in Qatar

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 12:36 AM PST

Pakistan's ISI chief Lieutenant General Shuja Pasha has visited Qatar where he met US officials, sparking speculation of an attempt to mend troubled ties, a media report said on Friday.


Roadside bomb kills four civilians in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 12:23 AM PST

A roadside bomb killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern province of Uruzgan today, the provincial head of the crime investigation unit said.


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