Monday, April 16, 2012

Pakistan doctors fight to save life of baby with six legs

Pakistan doctors fight to save life of baby with six legs

Pakistan doctors fight to save life of baby with six legs

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:41 PM PDT

Doctors in Pakistan are fighting to save the life of a baby boy born with six legs because of a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said on Monday. The infant was born to the wife of an X-ray t...

Fifteen hurt during Virgin emergency landing in London

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:16 PM PDT

Fifteen people were injured when a Virgin Atlantic plane made an emergency landing on Monday at London's second airport, Gatwick, the airport said.The Virgin Airbus A330 aircraft, which was travelling...

2012 Pulitzer Prize winners announced

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 12:37 PM PDT

The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting Monday for documenting the New York Police Department's spying on Muslims, while The Philadelphia Inquirer was honored in the publ...

Korean-American Jim Yong Kim is chosen to lead the World Bank

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 12:21 PM PDT

The World Bank on Monday chose Korean-born American health expert Jim Yong Kim as its new president, maintaining Washington's grip on the job and leaving developing countries questioning the selection...

Afghan official: Haqqanis blamed for Kabul attacks

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:15 AM PDT

A militant arrested in the attacks on the Afghan capital and three other cities has confessed that the 18-hour assault was carried out by the Haqqani network, a lethal group of fighters with ties to t...

Pakistan President Zardari calls off visit to avalanche site

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:38 AM PDT

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called off his visit to the avalanche site in Siachen sector due to harsh weather even as rescuers backed by Swiss and German teams continued to search fo...

Taliban are contract killers: Rehman Malik

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:44 AM PDT

Terming Sunday's jail attack in Pakistan as a "pre-planned conspiracy", Pakistan's Interior minister Rehman Malik Monday said the Taliban were "contract killers" but called themselves "Muslims".

Titanic 100 years ago: The India connection

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:26 AM PDT

On the 100th anniversary of one of the biggest maritime disasters in history, untold memoirs from the decks of the RMS Titanic include that of a crewman from Jhansi, and a Telugu-speaking Englishwoman...

Pope Benedict celebrates 85th birthday

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a very Bavarian birthday on Monday, marking his 85 years with his brother, bishops and a musical band from his native land at the Vatican.

Terrorist used Facebook, cellphone to escape from Pakistan jail

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:35 AM PDT

Taliban militants had stormed a jail in Pakistan's northwest primarily to free Adnan Rashid, on death row for an attempt to assassinate former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, and who was in touch wit...

The $12K menu replicating Titanic's last dinner

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:03 AM PDT

Cullen's restaurant in Houston was one of several around the world that served lavish, 10-course meals on the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking in an attempt to replicate the last meal served a...

Japanese woman, 73, in record Everest attempt

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 05:35 AM PDT

A 73-year-old Japanese mountaineer who became the oldest woman to conquer Mount Everest a decade ago is attempting to smash her own record, organisers said on Monday. Tamae Watanabe made history when ...

Smirking Norway 'lone wolf' killer Breivik refuses to recognise court

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:22 AM PDT

The Norwegian militant who massacred 77 people last summer gave a clenched-fist salute, smirked at the court and said he acted to defend his country against Muslims on the first day of a trial that th...

Afghan terror attack ends: 48 dead, 65 injured

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:07 AM PDT

At least 48 people, including 36 terrorists, have been killed and 65 injured in what was a well-coordinated terror attack launched by heavily-armed Taliban militants in Kabul and three other cities th...

World's tallest tower to come up in Jeddah

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:50 AM PDT

The world's tallest tower measuring 1 km and costing about Rs 6,330 crore will be constructed in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, it was announced today. Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), Pr...

Toddler found next to dead mother, survives five days on Easter eggs

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:40 AM PDT

A two-year Australian toddler spent up to five days alone at home next to her dead mother's body probably surviving on Easter chocolate eggs. The child was discovered severely dehydrated on Friday aft...

Grenade attack at school kills one child in Pak

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 01:11 AM PDT

Unidentified attackers lobbed a grenade at a primary school in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan today, killing a child and injuring several others, police said.

Lamborghini's Rs 2 crore supercar bursts into flames

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 11:59 PM PDT

A car that makes you burn, got burnt itself. A $376,000 Lamborghini Aventador burst into flames on Highway 73 in California. The 'internet millionaire' behind the wheels was allegedly on a test drive ...

Many US immigrants' children seek American dream abroad

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 11:50 PM PDT

Samir N Kapadia seemed to be on the rise in Washington, moving from an internship on Capitol Hill to jobs at a major foundation and a consulting firm. Yet his days, he felt, had become routine.
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