Wednesday, April 25, 2012

US urges restraint after India and Pak test missiles

US urges restraint after India and Pak test missiles


US urges restraint after India and Pak test missiles

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:20 PM PDT

The US has asked all nuclear-capable countries to exercise restraint after India and Pakistan test-fired ballistic missiles within a week. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland, in response to...


British government's ties to Murdochs scrutinised

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:16 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and a senior member of his cabinet faced a growing scandal on Wednesday over suggestions of intimate links between Rupert Murdoch's business interests and the g...


Gilani punished by Supreme Court for 30 seconds: 10 big facts

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:08 PM PDT

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court, but gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes' detention in the courtroom. Here are 1...


Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani given 30-second symbolic punishment for contempt of court

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:53 PM PDT

Gilani given 30-second symbolic punishment: The Pakistan Supreme Court has held Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court and has convicted him till the rising of the court. That m...


Canada to appeal court ruling allowing brothels

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:56 PM PDT

Canada's Justice Minister said on Wednesday that the government will appeal a landmark court ruling last month that quashed portions of a law banning brothels and living off the avails of prostitution...


International Criminal Court rejects Libya bid to try Gadhafi's son

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:38 PM PDT

The International Criminal Court again rejected on Wednesday attempts by Libya to delay handing over one of former Dictator Moammar Gadhafi's sons, who is wanted for trial.


Syrian Red Crescent volunteer killed

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:20 PM PDT

A Syrian aid worker has been killed by gunfire in the town of Douma, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) announced on Wednesday, urging all parties to the conflict to protect its employees.


NATO reports four troop deaths in Afghanistan

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:07 PM PDT

NATO says that two service members have been killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, while two others have died of non-battle injuries.


Pakistan Supreme Court to decide Gilani's fate today

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:58 PM PDT

Pakistan today waited with bated breath for the Supreme Court's ruling on a contempt case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani that could see him jailed or thrown out of office, as he vowed to ap...


Pentagon probing 'anti-Islamic' training material

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:30 AM PDT

The Pentagon announced on Wednesday it was investigating how a claim that the United States was at war with Islam had been used in training course materials for mid-ranking army officers.


Judge refuses to dismiss charges against US marine in WikiLeaks case

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:21 AM PDT

A military judge on Wednesday rejected a request to dismiss all charges against US soldier Bradley Manning, who is accused of passing a trove of secret documents to the WikiLeaks website.


Arizona executes killer convicted of 1992 kidnap and murder: Official

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:14 AM PDT

A defiant killer who asked for no mercy, shunned a clemency hearing and railed against immigrants in his 1993 sentencing was put to death on Wednesday for kidnapping and killing a Hispanic community c...

Three dead babies found in coolers in Germany

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:36 AM PDT

German prosecutors said on Wednesday they have opened a probe following the grisly discovery of three dead babies in an apartment block and garage rented out to a 40-year-old woman.


Dancers hired for 30,000 passengers stuck at airport

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:57 AM PDT

Chinese airport officials arranged girls to dance and entertain more than 30,000 passengers stranded at Dalian airport due to fog and strong winds.


In testimony, Murdoch plays down his political pull

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:04 AM PDT

With a political firestorm cascading over the British government's ties to his media empire, Rupert Murdoch faced rare public scrutiny about his relationships with elected officials on Wednesday, and ...


Obama's slow jam on student loans

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 07:57 AM PDT

On 'The Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon', President Obama talks about the need to help students and tax billionaires.


Muslim family in Britain blames evil spirit for daughter-in-law's murder

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 06:46 AM PDT

A 21-year-old Pakistani woman, who was pregnant, was allegedly smothered to death by her husband and his parents, who later claimed she may have been killed by an evil spirit, a British court has hear...


Saudi girls school defies clerics with basketball: Report

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 06:44 AM PDT

A girls' school in Saudi Arabia has defied a religious ban on female sports by erecting basketball hoops and letting pupils play at break-time, the daily al-Watan reported on Wednesday. Powerful cl...


Breivik says experts 'making things up' to prove him insane

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 05:36 AM PDT

Anders Behring Breivik, who wants to be found accountable for his massacre of 77 people in Norway last July, on Wednesday accused a team of psychiatric experts of making things up to prove him insane....


Berlusconi paid mafia protection money, Italian court says

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:43 AM PDT

Silvio Berlusconi paid the Sicilian mafia "conspicuous sums" of protection money in the 1970s, Italy's highest appeal court said in a ruling, published in part by Italian media today.


Jamia Islamia University to confer honorary degree to UN Chief

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:03 AM PDT

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) will confer an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon."The University will hold a special convocation on Friday at 11 am to confer th...


UK police say Baby Madeleine may still be alive

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 03:21 AM PDT

Missing girl Madeleine McCann who vanished while on a family vacation in Portugal five years ago may be alive, UK police said on Wednesday.


No change in visa policy towards Indian students: US

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 03:17 AM PDT

The US has said that there is no change in its policy towards issuing visas to Indian students."I don't think we've changed our policy with regard to the way we interview applicants," State Department...


Swiss hostage released in Mali

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:50 AM PDT

Special forces from Burkina Faso have swept into rebel-held northern Mali aboard a helicopter and whisked a Swiss hostage to safety in a pre-arranged handover by Islamist rebels.


First private spacecraft launch to International Space Station delayed

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:08 AM PDT

Dragon, the first private spacecraft to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS), is scheduled to blast off May 7, a week later than previously scheduled, NASA said on its website.


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