Thursday, May 31, 2012

Indian-American girl wins US spelling bee

Indian-American girl wins US spelling bee

Indian-American girl wins US spelling bee

Posted: 31 May 2012 10:49 PM PDT

A 14-year-old daughter of Indian immigrants clinched the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling an obscure French word for ambush, snare or trap.

Suu Kyi calls for 'healthy skepticism' on Myanmar

Posted: 31 May 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Myanmar's opposition leader and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the international community to exercise "healthy skepticism" as her country sheds half a century of military rule. ...

Cop shot wife in buttocks showing gun to friends

Posted: 31 May 2012 01:29 PM PDT

Authorities say a central Pennsylvania police officer shot his wife in the buttocks as he was showing his department-issued gun to family and friends during a weekend cookout at his home.

Dharun Ravi reports for jail in webcam spying case

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Dharun Ravi, an Indian-born student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, has been driven by New Jersey sheriff's officers to jail.

Young woman sentenced to death by stoning in Sudan

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:20 PM PDT

A Sudanese woman, believed to be around 20, has been sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery, and is being held near Khartoum, shackled in prison with her baby son, rights groups and lawyers said...

Six blasts across Baghdad kill at least 17

Posted: 31 May 2012 10:07 AM PDT

Six explosions hit neighbourhoods across Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens more in the most deadly attacks on the Iraqi capital in more than a month.

Barack Obama hits Mitt Romney's record as governor

Posted: 31 May 2012 09:58 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama's campaign intensified criticism of Mitt Romney's record as Massachusetts governor on Thursday, attempting to build on assertions that the Republican nominee does not relate ...

Satellite photos said to show Iran nuke clean up

Posted: 31 May 2012 09:33 AM PDT

A US nonproliferation think tank today published commercial satellite images of an Iranian military site linked to suspected secret work on nuclear arms, saying they show that two buildings there were...

Plane slides off runway at Chicago airport

Posted: 31 May 2012 08:38 AM PDT

Chicago Aviation Department officials said on Thursday that a passenger plane slid off the runway at O'Hare International Airport after it returned there because of mechanical problems.

George Bush back at the White House, only for a day

Posted: 31 May 2012 08:02 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is basing part of his reelection campaign on the conceit that George W. Bush bequeathed him a deep economic and diplomatic mess that he has managed to clean up.

Court case over whether sex offenders can use Facebook

Posted: 31 May 2012 07:56 AM PDT

A federal judge is considering the constitutionality of an Indiana law that bans registered sex offenders from social networking sites that can be used by children. The judge heard arguments Thursday ...

Youngest-ever speller disappointed by mistake

Posted: 31 May 2012 07:08 AM PDT

The youngest speller in National Spelling Bee history says she knew the word that she misspelled onstage. But she was too tired, bored and stressed out to concentrate when she stepped to the microphon...

Nepal Supreme Court judge killed, two others wounded

Posted: 31 May 2012 07:01 AM PDT

Motorcycle-riding assailants shot and killed a Supreme Court judge under investigation for allegedly taking bribes as he headed to work in the Nepalese capital on Thursday, police said.

Man may get 15 years in jail for pinching woman

Posted: 31 May 2012 06:50 AM PDT

A 43-year-old Briton who allegedly pinched a young woman's derriere in a Dubai bar may have to spend up to 15 years in jail.Steven Sherriff insists that he was mistaken for the groper. A 23-year-old r...

Briton accused of killing student Anuj Bidve due in court tomorrow

Posted: 31 May 2012 06:50 AM PDT

A 20-year-old Briton, who is charged with the murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in an unprovoked attack in Salford on December 26 last year, will be produced before the Manchester Crown Court on Fri...

UN chief warns Syria; regime again shells Houla

Posted: 31 May 2012 06:02 AM PDT

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Syria on Thursday to stop its attacks, saying the UN observers monitoring the cease-fire were not there to watch the killing of innocent people. The warning ...

Norway prison aims to hire people to spend time with Breivik

Posted: 31 May 2012 05:40 AM PDT

The Norwegian prison where Anders Behring Breivik may be locked up for massacring 77 people last year will hire people with whom he can socialise, to keep him away from other inmates, media reported o...

Qatar fire victim: 'Help me, I'm going to die'

Posted: 31 May 2012 05:37 AM PDT

Frantic as the flames spread in a mall fire that killed 19 people in Qatar, Filipino nursery teacher Julie Ann Soco made one final call on her cellphone. "Help me, help me, I'm going to die," she plea...

China detains hundreds in Tibet capital: Report

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:33 AM PDT

Hundreds of people have been detained in Lhasa after two men set themselves on fire in the Tibetan regional capital on Sunday in protest against Chinese rule, a US-based broadcaster reported.

Dharun Ravi was wrong, but don't jail him with rapists: Judge

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:07 AM PDT

Dharun Ravi, an Indian American student convicted of spying on his gay roommate with his webcam doesn't deserve to be locked up with "rapists and murderers", a New Jersey judge said on Wednesday."I ca...

World No Tobacco Day: Dubai bans cigarette sales for 24 hours

Posted: 31 May 2012 03:36 AM PDT

Nearly 300 stores in Dubai city are not selling cigarettes to mark the World No Tobacco Day on Thursday.

Pakistani militants deny links with 'CIA doctor'

Posted: 31 May 2012 03:26 AM PDT

The militants accused in a Pakistan court of conspiring with a doctor recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to find Osama bin Laden said on Thursday that they had nothing to do with him a...

11-year-old played dead to survive massacre at home

Posted: 31 May 2012 01:54 AM PDT

When the gunmen began their slaughter, the child fell to the floor, soaked his clothes with his brother's blood to act like he was dead.

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII cruise missile

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:13 AM PDT

For the second time in a week, Pakistan today successfully test-fired another nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII cruise missile with a range of more than 350 km, the latest in a series of tests of missiles tha...

NRI nurse who threw pills in patient's mouths may be banned

Posted: 30 May 2012 11:50 PM PDT

An Indian-origin nurse, who was so wary of germs and infection from patients she was attending to that she often threw tablets into their mouths from a distance, may be struck off the nursing register...
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