Friday, April 27, 2012

High-speed wind forces dramatic plane landings at Spain airport

High-speed wind forces dramatic plane landings at Spain airport


High-speed wind forces dramatic plane landings at Spain airport

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 10:54 PM PDT

Footage of planes landing at Loiu Airport in Bilbao, Spain shows aircraft being blown sideways and shaking almost uncontrollably as pilots battle to bring them down safely on to runways.


ISI official says Pakistan tipped off US on bin Laden: Report

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:41 PM PDT

Pakistan's intelligence service believes it deserves credit for helping US spy agencies locate the hideout of Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US commandos nearly a year ago, The Washington Post rep...


After soaring over New York, 150,000-pound space shuttle lands at JFK

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:27 PM PDT

New York City was abuzz as the space shuttle Enterprise arrived on Friday, flying low over high-profile locations, including the Statue of Liberty, while perched on the back of a 747 jet. New Yorkers ...


Full text iof Nirupama Rao's speech at University of Florida

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:20 PM PDT

Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao spoke to students of the University of Florida. Below is the complete text of her Commencement Address. It is not usual for me to deliver a commencement ...


Mexican woman's 'pregnancy with nine' claim debunked

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:16 PM PDT

A Mexican official on Friday denied a woman's claims that she was due to give birth to nine babies in the coming weeks. Karla Vanessa Perez Garcia and her husband, mechanic Juan Bernardo Morales, alre...


India is best and fair for women, says India's diplomat to the US in a speech to students

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:08 PM PDT

The Indian system is fair and best in the world when it comes to acknowledging the contribution of women, India's top diplomat to the US has said. This is amply demonstrated in the very fact she be...


After sex scandal, Secret Service tightens conduct rules for agents

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:05 PM PDT

Seeking to shake the disgrace of a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service late on Friday tightened conduct rules for its agents to prohibit them from drinking excessively, visiting disreputable esta...


Bear wanders onto US university campus, moved to mountains

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 08:29 PM PDT

A black bear that wandered onto the University of Colorado campus and caused a stir before falling from a tree has returned to the wild, officials said on Friday. The bear has become a celebrity since...


Indian judge voted to UN's highest court

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 08:27 PM PDT

United Nations members on Friday voted Indian Supreme Court judge Dalveer Bhandari to sit on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's highest court. Mr Bhandari overwhelmingly won simultaneo...

Mystery continues over why MI6 spy was found dead in a bag

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 12:09 PM PDT

Experts said on Friday it was almost impossible for a British spy whose naked body was found locked inside a sports bag to have climbed inside and pulled the zipper himself - increasingly the likeliho...


Blind Chinese activist flees house arrest

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 12:09 PM PDT

A blind legal activist fled house arrest in his rural China village and made it to a secret location in Beijing on Friday, setting off a frantic police search for him and those who helped him, activis...


Nine dead in suicide bomb near Damascus mosque

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 11:20 AM PDT

A suicide bomber killed nine people including security officers at a Damascus mosque on Friday, Syria's interior ministry said, in another blow to a fraying UN-brokered truce between President Bashar ...


London's Tottenham Court Road siege: Man arrested after hostage threats

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:45 AM PDT

Armed police arrested a man at the scene of a siege in central London on Friday after reports that a suspect had taken several office workers hostage and threatened to blow himself up.


Space shuttle arrives in New York

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 09:07 AM PDT

Enterprise, the prototype for the space shuttles, flew over the New York City area, riding atop a specially equipped 747 jet, before landing at Kennedy International Airport at 11:22 a.m.


Facebook bans woman for photos of son with Down's syndrome

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 08:56 AM PDT

An American woman was banned from Facebook after she posted photos of her son affected with Down's syndrome. The social network, which termed the pictures "inappropriate", has now apologised.


Mexican woman pregnant with nine babies

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 07:54 AM PDT

A Mexican woman, who has already given birth to triplets, is now pregnant with nine babies.Karla Vanessa Perez -- whose age was not disclosed -- is expecting six girls and three boys. The babies were ...


Karakoram glaciers growing against global warming trend

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 07:48 AM PDT

Glaciers in parts of the Karakoram range have shown growth in recent years, which contrasts with their receding trend in other parts of the Himalayas, a British journal has claimed.The research, publi...


Three astronauts land on Earth from ISS in Russian capsule

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 07:38 AM PDT

Three astronauts on Friday landed safely in the Kazakh steppe aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule after a stay of almost six months aboard the International Space Station.Russian army helicopters patrolled...


European Union working toward diplomatic mission in Myanmar

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 06:45 AM PDT

The European Union (EU) says it will work toward establishing a full diplomatic mission in Myanmar.The effort comes after the EU suspended economic sanctions against Myanmar earlier this month followi...


He said he would blow up everybody: Eyewitness on London 'hostage situation'

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 06:42 AM PDT

Police sent a hostage negotiator to an office block in central London and evacuated the area around the building after a man threw computer equipment from a fifth floor window on Friday. Witnesses sai...


At 92, bandit to Hollywood but hero to soldiers

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 06:13 AM PDT

One of the world's most prolific bootleggers of Hollywood DVDs loves his morning farina. He has spent eight years churning out hundreds of thousands of copies of "The Hangover," "Gran Torino" and othe...


Tottenham Court Road 'hostage situation' : Eyewitness account

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 06:06 AM PDT

British police say they're investigating an unspecified disturbance in central London and the Huffington Post says that its building has been evacuated. According to Abby Baafi, 27, the head of traini...


Offices evacuated in heart of London amid reports of 'hostage situation'

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 05:43 AM PDT

Police sealed off a busy Central London street during rush hour amid reports of an armed man causing a disturbance, but said the incident was not terrorism-related.


27 injured in four blasts in Ukraine: Officials

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 04:34 AM PDT

At least 27 people were injured on Friday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk in four successive blasts that President Viktor Yanukovych called a challenge to the nation. "There is a total...


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