Sunday, April 1, 2012

Plane with 43 people on board crashes in Siberia; at least 29 killed

Plane with 43 people on board crashes in Siberia; at least 29 killed

Plane with 43 people on board crashes in Siberia; at least 29 killed

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:43 PM PDT

Twenty-nine bodies have been found and 14 people were rescued alive from a plane crash in Siberia, Russia's state-run Itar-Tass news agency said on Monday, citing a regional Emergency Situations Minis...

Britain set for sweeping Internet, phone monitoring

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 09:40 PM PDT

Britain is to allow one of its intelligence agencies to monitor all phone calls, texts, emails and online activities in the country to help tackle crime and militant attacks, the Interior Ministry sai...

Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 09:39 PM PDT

The opposition party of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has announced that she won a parliamentary seat in Sunday's by-elections. The victory, if confirmed in official results, marks a m...

For Suu Kyi, a new role and heavier burden

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 08:45 PM PDT

Soe Thein is a pious man. Every evening he kneels before a Buddhist shrine in his Yangon home to pray for the only woman he believes can lead Myanmar to a brighter future."I pray for Aung San Suu Kyi'...

PM Manmohan Singh to meet Pak President Zardari in Delhi

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:42 AM PDT

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi over lunch on April 8 before making a private visit to the famous 13th century Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin ...

Ancient Islamic city of Timbuktu under attack

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:37 AM PDT

Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled on Sunday around Mali's fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old mud mosque and, more rece...

'Friends of Syria' tighten screws on Damascus regime

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:14 AM PDT

Western and Arab nations called on Sunday for Syria's Bashar al-Assad to be given a deadline to meet the terms of a peace plan as fresh clashes in a year-long uprising claimed another 40 lives.

Pak wants to bar foreign military bases

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 09:56 AM PDT

A Pakistani parliamentary panel wants to bar foreign security contractors from working in Pakistan and is also against foreign military bases, especially American ones. Members of the Parliamentary Co...

Moscow police detain 55 protesters near Red Square

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 09:12 AM PDT

Police detained about 55 protesters on Sunday outside the gates to Red Square, which was unexpectedly closed to all visitors and tourists to prevent an anti-Kremlin demonstration. Opposition activists...

Details emerge about Osama bin Laden's other residences

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:47 AM PDT

It's an ornate but not lavish two-story house tucked away at the end of a mud clogged street. This is where Pakistan's intelligence agency believes Osama bin Laden lived for nearly a year until he mov...

11 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:24 AM PDT

At least 11 Taliban militants were killed, 13 were arrested and 35 surrendered in a countrywide operation in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Police, army and NATO-led forces launche...

Aung San Suu Kyi's party claims win in Myanmar landmark election

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:00 AM PDT

Supporters of Myanmar's opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers on Sunday after her party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark election, setting the stage for her to tak...
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