Thursday, April 26, 2012

Thousands defy Norwegian mass killer with song

Thousands defy Norwegian mass killer with song

Thousands defy Norwegian mass killer with song

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:50 PM PDT

Drawn by a Facebook-organised protest, Norwegians flocked to public squares across the country on Thursday and rallied against far-right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik, now on trial for a bomb-and-sho...

Full transcript: Dean Srilata Zaheer speaks to NDTV

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:10 PM PDT

In an exclusive, NDTV's Sarah Jacob speaks to Srilata Zaheer, an Indian-American who has been appointed as the Dean of the Carlson School of Management in Minnesota.

United Nations Chief 'gravely alarmed' by Syria violence

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:47 PM PDT

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that the Syrian government is "in contravention" of an agreed peace plan by keeping troops and heavy weapons in cities. Ban also said he w...

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor's conviction sends warning to tyrants

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:04 PM PDT

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor became the first head of state since World War II to be convicted by an international war crimes court, a historic verdict that sends a message that tyrants wo...

Pakistan deports Osama bin Laden family to Saudi Arabia

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 07:28 PM PDT

Pakistani authorities deported Osama bin Laden's three widows and his children to Saudi Arabia early on Friday, less than a week before the first anniversary of the unilateral American raid that kille...

Panetta memo records Obama order to 'get Bin Laden'

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 11:15 AM PDT

President Barack Obama's order to "go in and get Bin Laden" was made public on Thursday, as recorded in a memo scribbled by then-CIA chief Leon Panetta shortly after the decision was made.

UN finds cluster bombs in Sri Lanka

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:12 AM PDT

A report from a U.N. mine removal expert says unexploded cluster munitions have been found in northern Sri Lanka, appearing to confirm, for the first time, that the weapons were used in that country's...

France and Germany step up calls for new Schengen rules

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:11 AM PDT

France and Germany sought to drum up support among other European countries on Thursday for new rules to make it easier to suspend passport-free travel in Europe, reflecting voters' anxiety over large...

Man in Afghan uniform kills US service member

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:31 AM PDT

A man wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot dead an American service member in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday.

Secret Service probing another trip: US official

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:25 AM PDT

The Secret Service is investigating news reports of other trips in which employees allegedly engaged the services of prostitutes while traveling abroad in advance of the president, an agency official ...

Analysts say North Korea's new missiles are fakes

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 08:39 AM PDT

Analysts who have studied photos of a half-dozen ominous new North Korean missiles showcased recently at a lavish military parade say they were fakes, and not very convincing ones, casting further dou...

Portugal police not reopening Madeleine MCann case

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 08:38 AM PDT

A senior Portuguese police officer says his force does not have any new evidence to merit reopening the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Teachers caught abusing special-needs kids

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 08:33 AM PDT

Teachers hurled insults like "bastard," ''tard," ''damn dumb" and "a hippo in a ballerina suit." A bus driver threatened to slap one child, while a bus monitor told another, "Shut up, you little dog."

Teachers caught on camera abusing special-needs kids

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 08:27 AM PDT

Teachers hurled insults like "bastard," ''tard," ''damn dumb" and "a hippo in a ballerina suit." A bus driver threatened to slap one child, while a bus monitor told another, "Shut up, you little dog."...

Thousands defy Norway mass killer Breivik in song

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 08:09 AM PDT

They gathered by the tens of thousands, aiming to face down terror with the power of music. Inspired by a Facebook-organized protest, Norwegians flocked to public squares across the country on Thursda...

Court holds former Liberian president responsible for war crimes

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 08:06 AM PDT

In a historic ruling, an international court has convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting notoriously brutal Sier...

Egypt announces list of presidential candidates

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 07:58 AM PDT

Egypt's presidential race is boiling down to a contest between Hosni Mubarak's former foreign minister and two Islamists with strong bases of support after the election commission released the final l...

Britons admit stealing at self-service checkouts

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 07:48 AM PDT

Around one third of shoppers in Britain have admitted they steal from supermarkets at the unmanned self-service checkout points, according to a study.

Florida to release report on the deadly Interstate pileup

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 07:15 AM PDT

The Florida Highway Patrol is releasing a report on the fog- and smoke-shrouded Interstate 75 crash that killed 11 people in January. The inspector general's report on whether state troopers erred whe...

Puppy on runway delays New York flights

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 06:47 AM PDT

A puppy named Byrdie delayed several flights at New York's LaGuardia Airport when she escaped from her crate and frolicked around a busy runway.

Iraqi farmer marries two women in one night

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 06:27 AM PDT

Abdul Rahman Nayef al-Obeidi, a 22-year-old Iraqi farmer, fell in love with two women, but instead of choosing between them, he married both in one night in a small village in central Iraq.The wedding...

Newspaper offices bombed in Nigeria; 6 killed

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 06:25 AM PDT

Bomb blasts targeting newspaper offices in Nigeria's capital Abuja and the northern city of Kaduna on Thursday killed at least six people in the first such attacks targeting the country's news media.T...

US alert for citizens in Pakistan during bin Laden anniversary

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 05:56 AM PDT

The US embassy in Islamabad on Thursday banned its staff from restaurants and markets in the Pakistani capital for several days either side of the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death.

Anti-gay propaganda bill passed in Siberia

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 05:30 AM PDT

The regional legislature in Russia's Siberia region on Thursday passed a bill banning promotion of homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender practices among minors. "It's mainly about various gay...

Bangladesh peacekeepers send home $1 billion in three years

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 05:17 AM PDT

Bangladeshi soldiers serving as UN peacekeepers have sent home nearly $1 billion during the past three years, the country's envoy to the UN said on Thursday.Bangladesh is the biggest contributor to UN...
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