Thursday, February 2, 2012

Did New York police spy on mosques, Muslims?

Did New York police spy on mosques, Muslims?

Did New York police spy on mosques, Muslims?

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:47 PM PST

The New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for signs of Irania...

US asks citizens to avoid gatherings in Pakistan

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:25 PM PST

The US has issued a travel alert, warning its citizens about the risks in travelling to Pakistan in view of recent developments and tension in US-Pak ties following the NATO raid that killed 24 Pakist...

Pak 'safe sanctuaries' causing problems in Afghanistan: US

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:00 PM PST

Doubting Pakistan's "willingness" to go after the militant groups enjoying sanctuary in the country, a top US intelligence official has said these elements have caused major problems for the Afghan an...

Two dead in Egypt street clashes over soccer riot

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:38 PM PST

Police shot and killed two protesters in Suez, Egypt, early on Friday, a health official said, the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a soccer stadium killed 74, a...

Italian shipwreck: The treasure now under the sea

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:31 PM PST

In the chaotic evacuation of the Costa Concordia, passengers and crew abandoned almost everything on board the cruise ship: jewels, cash, champagne, antiques, 19th-century Bohemian crystal glassware a...

Million-dollar burials: How much people pay for fancy graves

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:23 PM PST

Donald Trump announced this week he is considering building a 1.5-acre cemetery next to his high-end golf course in Bedminster, where members pay a lifetime fee of as much as $300,000.

Europe cold spell kills hundreds, 11,000 villagers trapped by heavy snow

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 07:21 PM PST

At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities said on Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's weeklong deep freeze rose to 123, m...

Treasure hunter claims he found sunken treasure worth USD 3 billion

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:24 AM PST

A treasure hunter said he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II while carrying what he claims was a load of platinum b...

Pakistan Supreme Court to charge PM Gilani with contempt

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:19 AM PST

Pakistan's Supreme Court vowed Thursday to charge the prime minister with contempt for his failure to reopen an old corruption case against the president, ramping up a destabilizing political crisis j...

Donald Trump offers golden graves for silver-spoon set

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:11 AM PST

They say you can't take it with you when you die, but that's not necessarily true for the wealthiest Americans - like Donald Trump. He announced this week he is considering building a cemetery next to...

Facebook surrenders its privacy in IPO documents

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:35 AM PST

The unveiling came late on Wednesday when the company that depends on people to share their lives online filed its plans to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock. It's a revelatory m...

Only 'quality' migrants welcome, says UK

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:47 AM PST

In a move that is bound to create ripples, Britain today announced a shift in focus of its immigration policy which now seeks to welcome only those Indian and other non-European Union (EU) immigrants ...

Indian-origin man, wife killed for two cellphones

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:24 AM PST

Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his wife Carole Kolar were battered to death in a lump hammer attack in their Birmingham home earlier this month for just two mobile phones and two watches, a media...

Pak airline crew member jailed in UK for fake passports

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:45 AM PST

A Pakistani national employed as a crew member with the Pakistan International Airlines has been jailed for 32 months for trying to smuggle dozens of counterfeit passports and fake passport materials ...

Pak hospital refuses to give baby girl to Zardari

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:08 AM PST

Authorities in Pakistan's Punjab province handed over a one-year-old abandoned girl to a childless couple after refusing seven other hopefuls, including President Asif Ali Zardari, who wanted the baby...

Indians held in British sham marriage

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:17 AM PST

A sham double wedding collapsed when one of the bogus brides was unable to identify the Indian man she was due to marry, Daily Mail reported on Wednesday. The registrar had become suspicious when he w...
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