Friday, March 30, 2012

Space the latest frontier on Earth Hour today

Space the latest frontier on Earth Hour today

Space the latest frontier on Earth Hour today

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:35 PM PDT

Millions of people are expected to switch off their lights for Earth Hour on Saturday in a global effort to raise awareness about climate change that will even be monitored from space.

Hacker group might target internet today: Interpol Chief

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:23 PM PDT

Interpol Chief Ronald Noble on Friday warned that a group of hackers might try to shut down internet service today. "Operation Global Blackout 2012 looks to shut down the internet for a whole day on S...

Bangladesh plans to build its first satellite

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:18 PM PDT

An American firm will help Bangladesh design and launch the South Asian country's first satellite. Officials say Space Partnership International signed a USD 10 million consultancy deal with the state...

US court sentences Ghulam Nabi Fai to 2 years in jail

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:52 AM PDT

Kashmiri separatist Ghulam Nabi Fai was on Friday sentenced to two years in jail by a US court on charges of illegally working for Pakistani spy agency ISI to influence American policy on Kashmir.

Osama had not come up with the 9/11 plot, says new book

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:47 AM PDT

It was not Osama bin Laden who came up with the 9/11 plot, a new book has claimed which also says that he had initially dismissed the plan. When the strike was first proposed to him in 1996 the al-Qae...

Austrian gravestone of Hitler's parents removed

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:31 AM PDT

The gravestone of Adolf Hitler's parents in the Austrian village where he lived as a child has been removed after it became a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis, the local pastor said today. A descendant o...

British survivor of Mumbai terror attacks sues Taj Hotel

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:18 AM PDT

Will Pike, a London-based survivor of the Mumbai terror attacks that left him crippled for life after falling 50 feet from his bedroom window, has sued Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace Hotel for "failing" to...

After BRICS summit, PM backs dialogue to resolve West Asia crisis

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:48 AM PDT

A day after the BRICS countries warned against military action in Iran and Syria, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday held bilateral talks with Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff and underlined tha...

MasterCard probes possible cardholder breach

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:41 AM PDT

MasterCard says it is investigating a potential security breach of its cardholders' account information. The credit card company said on Friday it has notified law enforcement agencies and issuers of ...

India, Brazil sign six pacts after BRICS summit

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:38 AM PDT

A day after the BRICS summit, India and Brazil on Friday decided to step up efforts to push the UN reforms and signed half a dozen pacts in areas ranging from science and biotechnology to cultural exc...

Afghan policeman kills 9 sleeping fellow officers

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:03 AM PDT

An Afghan policeman shot to death nine of his fellow officers as they slept in a village in an eastern Taliban stronghold on Friday, police said, blaming the attack on the insurgents. The gunman opene...

NRI honeymoon murder case: Shrien Dewani gets temporary relief

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:09 AM PDT

Non Resident Indian (NRI) businessman Shrien Dewani got some temporary relief as the British High Court on Friday halted, on mental health grounds, his extradition to South Africa to face trial for th...

Apple supplier Foxconn cuts working hours, workers ask why

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:02 AM PDT

When Chinese worker Wu Jun heard that her employer, the giant electronics assembly company Foxconn, had given employees landmark concessions her reaction was worry, not elation. Wu, 23, is one of tens...

Pak PM Gilani's son in Rs 7 billion drug scam?

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:14 AM PDT

A Rs 7 billion ($77 million) "drug quota allotment" scam allegedly involving Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani' son has surfaced in Pakistan, Geo News reported. A three-member Supreme Court bench head...

Tibetan activists stage protest against Chinese President

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:35 AM PDT

Eleven Tibetan activists on Friday staged a protest near Oberoi Hotel against Chinese President Hu Jintao, who was leaving India after attending the BRICS Summit.The protesters led by Dorjee Tsetan, N...

Former student from China Hacked Indian Military Research Firms: Report

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:02 AM PDT

A breach of computers belonging to companies in Japan and India and to Tibetan activists has been linked to a former graduate student at a Chinese university - putting a face on the persistent espiona...

US court set to sentence Ghulam Nabi Fai

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT

A US court is set to sentence Kashmiri separatist Ghulam Nabi Fai on charges of illegally working for the Pakistani spy agency ISI to influence American policy on Kashmir.Sentencing of Mr Fai, 62, is ...

Gay clubs emerge at US military academies

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:58 PM PDT

When Joshua Fontanez began training as a cadet at Norwich University in 2008, he kept silent about his sexuality for fear of being expelled from the military school's Reserve Officer Training Corps.
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