Saturday, June 30, 2012

Al Qaeda plotting to bomb US plane: Report

Al Qaeda plotting to bomb US plane: Report


Al Qaeda plotting to bomb US plane: Report

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:36 PM PDT

Al Qaeda is plotting a terrorist attack on a US airliner, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported, citing intelligence sources.


Hong Kong marks 15 yrs of handover, new leader sworn in

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:31 PM PDT

Leung Chun-ying, a millionaire property consultant seen as close to China's communist rulers, was sworn in as Hong Kong's new chief executive on Sunday.


World powers agree Syria deal, West eyes post-Assad regime

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 09:26 PM PDT

World powers on Saturday agreed a plan for a transition in Syria that could include current regime members, but the West did not see any role for President Bashar al-Assad in a new unity government.


Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 09:07 PM PDT

Yitzhak Shamir was a fighter for the Jews long before Israel's creation, an underground leader who led militias against the Arabs and British.


Pakistan Prime Minister defends Zardari's immunity

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:58 PM PDT

In the face of pressure from Pakistan's Supreme Court to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has defended the President's immunity, saying it would...


Storms in US kill 13, millions go without power

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:30 PM PDT

Millions across the mid-Atlantic region sweltered Saturday in the aftermath of violent storms that pummelled the eastern U.S. with high winds and downed trees, killing at least 13 people and leaving 3...


Students hijack US drone in mid-air

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:43 AM PDT

On a dare, Texas college researchers hacked into and hijacked a drone of the US Homeland Security before the eyes of the officials operating it.


World Bank cancels financial aid for Padma Bridge project in Bangladesh

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:44 AM PDT

In a setback to Bangladesh, the World Bank has cancelled with immediate effect its USD 1.2 billion financial assistance to the Padma Bridge project, citing massive corruption in the programme. In a...


Russia allows NATO to use air base

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 12:24 AM PDT

Russia has allowed the US and its NATO allies to use a Russian air base in Ulyanovsk city as a hub for transits to and from Afghanistan. Moscow had announced plans to create a NATO transit hub in U...

Students who viciously bullied bus monitor suspended for a year

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 11:28 PM PDT

Four New York seventh graders whose bullying of a bus monitor grandmother went viral on YouTube have been suspended from school for a year, a school district official said on Friday. The students w...


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