Monday, March 26, 2012

Indian student jailed in Australia in visa scam

Indian student jailed in Australia in visa scam


Indian student jailed in Australia in visa scam

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:31 PM PDT

A Perth-based Indian student will spend 14 months in jail for his involvement in a scam to falsify English test scores to get Australian visas.


North Korea gives details of 'weather' satellite launch

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:24 PM PDT

North Korea gave details for the first time of a "weather satellite" it plans to send into orbit next month, a launch the West sees as a disguised ballistic missile test which has prompted criticism f...


Julian Assange runs for Australia Senate as 'libertarian'

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:08 PM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday vowed to be a "libertarian" and campaign for more openness in government if he is successful in gaining a seat in the Australian Senate.


US regulators call for tighter online privacy rules

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:08 PM PDT

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called for Internet users to be given an easy-to-use "Do Not Track" feature in a report released on Monday backing tighter online privacy laws.


France's Strauss-Kahn charged in alleged prostitution ring

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:07 PM PDT

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was handed preliminary charges on Monday alleging he was involved in a hotel prostitution ring in France, a stunning blow on the home front for the former International Monetary...


Asylum seekers in West jumped 20% in 2011: New UN report

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:06 PM PDT

Afghans topped the list of asylum claimants to the world's richest countries in 2011, followed by Chinese and Iraqis, the UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday.


Austrian saws off own foot to avoid work: Report

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 08:57 PM PDT

An unemployed Austrian man sawed his foot off, apparently to avoid being found fit to go back to work.


Sri Lanka says it will not abide by UNHRC resolution

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 12:35 PM PDT

Sri Lanka today made it clear that it will not abide by the UNHRC resolution that censured it over its human rights record and said it would only implement "feasible" recommendations of its own panel ...


BMW recalls 1.3 million cars worldwide

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:49 AM PDT

German luxury carmaker BMW said on Monday it was recalling some 1.3 million cars worldwide due to battery problems that could in extreme cases result in a fire.


Wife of US soldier says he would not have harmed children

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 08:52 AM PDT

The wife of a US Army sergeant accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians this month said she does not think her husband could have carried out the massacre as he was like a child himself and would not ha...


PM talks to Norway counterpart about custody row, stresses strong family values

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 07:55 AM PDT

Dr Manmohan Singh has told the prime minister of Norway that he hopes there will be "a positive outcome" for the Indian parents fighting to bring their children back home from there. Sagarika and Anur...


Barack Obama greets Manmohan Singh with hug at Seoul meet

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 06:43 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama gave Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a big hug and greeted him with 'Nice to meet you prime minister', during a brief dinner meeting between the two at the Nuclear Secur...


What Manmohan Singh, Obama will eat in Seoul

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 06:06 AM PDT

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, US President Barack Obama and 51 other world leaders can expect to enjoy a sumptuous spread of Western and Korean delicacies at official banquets during the two-d...


Pakistan's acid victim commits suicide in Italy, buried in Karachi

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 05:20 AM PDT

Barely a month after Pakistan bagged its first Oscar for a documentary on victims of acid attacks, the country's most famous face of one such assault ended her 13-year ordeal by jumping out of her six...


Attacker in Afghan uniform kills 2 NATO troops

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 05:07 AM PDT

A man in an Afghan army uniform shot and killed two British soldiers on Monday inside a NATO base in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The attack appeared to be the latest in a string of so-called...


In Pakistan, Hindus say woman’s conversion to Islam was coerced

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 12:13 AM PDT

Banditry is an old scourge in this impoverished district of southern Pakistan, on the plains between the mighty river Indus and a sprawling desert, where roving gangs rob and kidnap with abandon. Late...


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