Wednesday, May 23, 2012

British daredevil leaps from plane without parachute

British daredevil leaps from plane without parachute


British daredevil leaps from plane without parachute

Posted: 23 May 2012 09:04 PM PDT

A British stuntman became the world's first skydiver to land without a parachute on Wednesday, falling 731 metres (2,400 feet) to drop safely onto a crash-pad of cardboard boxes.


NATO strike: White House rules out apology to Pakistan, says time to move ahead

Posted: 23 May 2012 08:11 PM PDT

The White House has ruled out an apology to Islamabad for November 26 incident in which 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in a NATO cross border fire and said it is time that the two countries move ah...


Russia offers to host Syria peace talks: Ministry

Posted: 23 May 2012 10:35 AM PDT

Russia is ready to host direct talks between the Syrian regime and rebel representatives, a top official said on Wednesday, in a bid to end 14 months of bloodshed that has claimed over 10,000 lives.


French President Hollande calls for immediate action to boost EU growth

Posted: 23 May 2012 10:07 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande stressed the importance of immediate action to bolster output in the debt-stricken eurozone on Wednesday, as he arrived for an EU summit dedicated to growth.


No security breached in sex scandal: Secret Service chief

Posted: 23 May 2012 09:30 AM PDT

No operational security was breached during the Secret Service sex scandal in Colombia last month, the agency's head told US lawmakers on Wednesday.


Britain allays fears of new immigration rules hitting India

Posted: 23 May 2012 07:45 AM PDT

Allaying fears that its stringent immigration rules will hit skilled Indian workers coming into UK, Britain on Wednesday said that "adjustments" in the rules have been made to reduce the flow of immig...


Mitt Romney sweeps primaries in Arkansas, Kentucky

Posted: 23 May 2012 07:01 AM PDT

Republican Mitt Romney won primary votes on Tuesday in the southern states of Arkansas and Kentucky, bringing him within arm's reach of scoring the delegates needed for his party's formal White House ...


Egyptians vote in first free presidential election

Posted: 23 May 2012 06:49 AM PDT

Nearly a year and a half after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, millions of Egyptians lined up for hours outside polling stations on Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in an electio...


Pak doctor who helped US track down Osama sentenced to 33 years : Reports

Posted: 23 May 2012 05:09 AM PDT

A Pakistani doctor who helped the US track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of high treason on Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, officials said, a verdict that is likely to further stra...


Pakistan army helicopter crashes in Chenab river

Posted: 23 May 2012 04:20 AM PDT

A Pakistan army helicopter with two personnel on board crashed into the Chenab river in Punjab province on Wednesday while on a routine flight, officials said. A pilot and a trainee pilot were aboard ...


Chinese counterfeit parts infiltrating US weapons system

Posted: 23 May 2012 01:33 AM PDT

Over a million Chinese counterfeit electronics parts are being used in US military hardware, a key Senate Committee has warned, raising the possibilities that some of these fake parts may have been us...


This is world's richest woman, according to new report

Posted: 23 May 2012 01:13 AM PDT

Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has eclipsed Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton to become the world's wealthiest woman, according to an annual index by Business Review Weekly (BRW).A preview of ...


Five aid workers kidnapped by gunmen in Afghanistan

Posted: 23 May 2012 01:10 AM PDT

Gunmen have kidnapped two foreign women aid workers and their three Afghan colleagues in the remote province of Badakhshan in northeast Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday.


Facebook debut raises questions on IPO process

Posted: 23 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Just days before Facebook went public, some big investors grew nervous about the company's prospects.


US drone strike snubs Pak yet again; kills four militants

Posted: 22 May 2012 11:50 PM PDT

US missiles killed four militants in a Taliban stronghold of Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, amid increasing strains with the West over a six-month blockade on NATO supplies into Afghanistan.


Man beheaded bus passenger who he mistook for an alien

Posted: 22 May 2012 11:26 PM PDT

A Chinese immigrant who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in western Canada four years ago thought he was attacking an alien, according to a mental health advocate who in...


Pak acid attack victims fear backlash over Oscar film

Posted: 22 May 2012 11:25 PM PDT

Survivors of acid attacks whose plight became the focus of an Oscar-winning documentary now fear ostracism and reprisals if the film is broadcast in Pakistan.


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