Thursday, May 24, 2012

Musharraf 'murdered my mother,' says Bhutto son

Musharraf 'murdered my mother,' says Bhutto son


Musharraf 'murdered my mother,' says Bhutto son

Posted: 24 May 2012 10:46 PM PDT

The son of slain Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday that ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf "murdered my mother," as he vowed to play a bigger political role in his homeland "in any way I...


Man arrested for murder of boy who went missing in 1979

Posted: 24 May 2012 08:44 PM PDT

A former convenience store worker confessed to luring 6-year-old Etan Patz from his school bus stop in 1979 and choking him to death in a basement, police said Thursday, ending a three-decades long in...


US panel cuts aid to Pak over sentencing of doctor who helped in Osama raid

Posted: 24 May 2012 07:44 PM PDT

A Senate panel voted to cut aid to Pakistan by a symbolic $33 million on Thursday, $1 million for each year of jail time handed to a Pakistani doctor convicted of treason for helping the United States...


Did McKinsey & Co throw Rajat Gupta under the bus?

Posted: 24 May 2012 07:37 PM PDT

It was surprising that a firm that prides itself on relationships chose to cut itself off from former Managing Director Rajat Gupta last year, when he was accused of insider trading in the Raj Rajarat...


Egypt counts votes, Muslim Brotherhood claims to be ahead

Posted: 24 May 2012 07:30 PM PDT

The Muslim Brotherhood said on Friday its candidate was leading the early count in Egypt's first free presidential election that exposed a rift in the nation between supporters of Islamists and backer...


Famously private Neil Armstrong gives rare interview

Posted: 24 May 2012 11:46 AM PDT

The famously private Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has been coaxed into giving a rare interview - with an Australian accountant.


Fire aboard US nuclear submarine, seven injured

Posted: 24 May 2012 11:09 AM PDT

At least seven people were injured when a fire broke out on a US nuclear submarine at a dockyard in the state of Maine, but the nuclear reactor on board was not in danger, the navy said on Thursday.


Vatican bank chief ousted after no-confidence vote

Posted: 24 May 2012 10:51 AM PDT

The Vatican has said that the head of its bank, who is being investigated in a money laundering case, has been ousted after receiving a unanimous vote of no-confidence from bank overseers.


Berlusconi paid for sex, witness tells court

Posted: 24 May 2012 10:07 AM PDT

Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex during at least one party at his luxury villa outside Milan, a witness said on Thursday at a trial where he is accused of paying for sex wi...


Navin Patnaik cancels lecture at Sussex University

Posted: 24 May 2012 08:25 AM PDT

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has cancelled a seminar he was scheduled to deliver at the Sussex University on Monday amid claims by rights groups that he changed his programme fearing demonstra...


Iranian navy saves US vessel from pirates

Posted: 24 May 2012 08:24 AM PDT

Iranian naval forces have rescued an American commercial vessel that was attacked by several pirate boats near the Gulf of Aden, Press TV reported on Thursday. The Public Affairs Office of the navy sa...

Iran, world powers agree to new round of talks: Official

Posted: 24 May 2012 08:19 AM PDT

Iran and world powers agreed on Thursday to hold a new round of nuclear talks, a diplomat involved in discussions in Baghdad said, with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to give details shortly...


Yemen army battles Al Qaeda, 35 militants killed

Posted: 24 May 2012 07:44 AM PDT

Yemeni troops killed 35 Al Qaeda militants in overnight battles in the restive southern Abyan province, a military official said on Thursday as the army pressed ahead with a 13-day offensive to retake...


Norway mass murderer Breivik says won't appeal guilty verdict if found sane

Posted: 24 May 2012 07:27 AM PDT

Anders Behring Breivik, on trial for killing 77 people in Norway last July, told an Oslo court on Thursday that he would not appeal a certain guilty verdict if the judges deem him to be sane. "There i...


Wavering Egyptians vote for president

Posted: 24 May 2012 07:26 AM PDT

Egyptians, choosing their leader freely for the first time in history, voted for a second day on Thursday in an election that is a fruit of last year's popular revolt against Hosni Mubarak. After six ...


US hacked Al-Qaeda to undermine propaganda: Hillary Clinton

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:35 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that US experts scored a cyberwarfare coup by hacking into websites run by Al Qaeda's Yemeni branch and changing the message to undermine their propaganda.In a ...


Brother of blind Chinese dissident escapes village

Posted: 24 May 2012 05:53 AM PDT

The older brother of the blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, who triggered a diplomatic row between Beijing and Washington has escaped his heavily guarded home and arrived in the capital Thursday...


Pakistan seeks face-saving formula in NATO talks

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:58 AM PDT

Pakistan is unlikely to re-open supply routes to NATO troops in Afghanistan unless the United States offers a politically acceptable formula in talks on ending a six-month standoff on the issue, a Pak...


101-year-old man killed by 91-year-old driver

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:54 AM PDT

A 101-year-old man is dead after being struck by a car driven by a 91-year-old woman as he crossed a Burbank street. Police Sergeant Darin Ryburn says Otto Jensen was hit at about 8:15 pm. on Tuesday ...


British Queen's knickers sold for 11,000 pounds on eBay

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:52 AM PDT

A pair of silk knickers belonging to Queen Elizabeth II of Britain has fetched a whopping 11,390 pounds (more than Rs one million) at an auction on eBay, according to a media report.


3 Indians deported for working illegally in UK

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:12 AM PDT

British officials have arrested and deported three Indian citizens who were found working illegally at a fish-and-chip shop in South Tyneside, north England. UK Border Agency officers arrested the thr...


US should respect decision to imprison doctor who helped CIA find Osama: Pakistan

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:23 AM PDT

The United States should respect a Pakistan court's decision to imprison a doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden, the Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday.


Toddler loaded into washing machine: Video

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:17 AM PDT

The video which has gone viral and put a man and a woman under scrutiny for shows the man putting the boy in the washing machine while the woman folds clothes nearby. The man then shuts the machine do...


Toddler loaded into washing machine: Video goes viral

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:14 AM PDT

The mother of a toddler who briefly got stuck inside an active washing machine at a laundromat says she and his father aren't the people seen in a surveillance video that's received millions of hits o...


Abbottabad operation was unlawful, says Amnesty

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:12 AM PDT

The US special operation in Pakistan's Abbottabad town in May last year that killed Osama bin Laden in his hideout appears to have been "unlawful" in the absence of clarification from the US, human ri...

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