Saturday, March 24, 2012

Seoul nuclear summit: India offers to launch satellite for South Korea

Seoul nuclear summit: India offers to launch satellite for South Korea

Seoul nuclear summit: India offers to launch satellite for South Korea

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 10:37 PM PDT

Seeking to enhance ties with South Korea, India today offered to launch a satellite for Seoul and invited its businesses to invest in the country, particularly in the infrastructure sector.

French police question gunman's 'proud' brother

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 10:25 PM PDT

The brother of the French gunman who killed seven people including children in a shooting spree denied involvement in the attacks but said he was proud of his sibling's actions, according to police. ...

'Borat' anthem at sports event angers Kazakhstan

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 09:57 PM PDT

Kazakhstan has called the playing of a spoof of its national anthem at an international sporting event "a scandal" and demanded an investigation of the incident.

Santorum wins Louisiana primary: US media

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 07:18 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum won the Louisiana primary on Saturday, US media projections said, giving his flagging White House campaign a much needed boost.

Pak activists want Bhagat Singh chowk in Lahore

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 08:08 AM PDT

Pakistani civil society activists have demanded that the square in Lahore where Bhagat Singh was hanged over eight decades ago should be renamed after the freedom fighter to honour his struggle to fre...

Sri Lanka government denies UN charge of intimidating activists

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 12:58 AM PDT

The Sri Lankan government today denied the United Nations charge of intimidating pro-Tamil activists at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Broker who stole business secrets from wife avoids prison

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 12:56 AM PDT

A former Lehman Brothers broker who stole corporate secrets from his executive wife and shared them with friends avoided a prison term on Friday, with the judge describing his crime as a "tragic and s...

Jim Kim: Obama makes surprise pick for World Bank

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 12:43 AM PDT

Passing over better-known candidates, President Barack Obama on Friday nominated global health expert and Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank. It was a surprise pick aimed ...

Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 11:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama spoke in unusually personal terms Friday about the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, a case that has roiled civil rights activists and a suburban Orlando c...

PepsiCo CEO Nooyi gets $17 mn in compensation

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 11:19 PM PDT

PepsiCo Inc Chief Executive Indra Nooyi had total compensation worth $17.1 million last year, up 6 per cent from 2010, even as the food and drink company failed to meet its key internal performance ta...
Posted by Harshad at 11:07 PM

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