Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Obama nominates Indian American to a key administration post

Obama nominates Indian American to a key administration post

Obama nominates Indian American to a key administration post

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 08:52 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama has appointed another Indian American to a key administration post, by announcing his intent to nominate, Ranee Ramaswamy, as a member of the prestigious National Council on ...

Firefighters bring deadly Spain blaze under control

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 08:40 PM PDT

Spanish firefighters, aided by weaker winds and cooler temperatures, have brought under control a huge wildfire which killed four people and charred thousands of hectares. "The good news is that the w...

Pak Supreme Court deadline on Zardari cases ends today; will new PM be sacked too?

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:56 PM PDT

The Pakistani government on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to withdraw orders over reopening corruption cases against the president in a legal wrangle which has already cost one Prime Minister his jo...

6.6-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 06:59 PM PDT

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Wednesday, seismologists said, sending terrified residents fleeing from homes and buildings. The quake struck arou...

Sally Ride obit acknowledges she was gay

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 09:36 AM PDT

At 32, Sally Ride burst onto the public stage when NASA chose her to be America's first woman in space. Ride inspired women the world over with her historic shuttle flight into space in 1983 and for b...

'Toilet trouble' at Olympic Games Village

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:56 AM PDT

Transport and security woes came visiting the London Olympics organisers in ample measure ahead of the greatest sporting show on earth, forcing the athletes to experience a different kind of trouble a...

Pakistan government asks Supreme Court to drop orders

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 06:14 AM PDT

The Pakistani government on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to withdraw orders over reopening corruption cases against the president in a legal wrangle which has already cost one prime minister his jo...

France rules out immunity deal for Syria's Assad

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:30 AM PDT

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius rejected an Arab League proposal on Tuesday for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to be granted safe exit from the country in exchange for stepping down.

How do you fast for Ramzan when there's neither dawn nor dusk?

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:08 AM PDT

In Rovaniemi, a northern Finland town that straddles the Arctic Circle, the sun rises around 3:20 a.m. and sets about 11:20pm. That means Muslims who observe Ramadan could be required to go without fo...

Gun culture thrives despite US massacre

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:03 AM PDT

A girl aged five or six tries out a rifle in an Aurora gunshop, oblivious to Friday's massacre in this Colorado town. "Honey, it's too big for you, we will find you another," says her mother.

Greek recession to be much worse than expected: Prime Minister

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:57 AM PDT

The Greek recession this year could be much worse than expected, with the economy shrinking by "more than seven per cent," Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Tuesday. The central bank has previous...

Egypt's outgoing irrigation minister named as new Prime Minister

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:33 AM PDT

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi named outgoing irrigation minister Hisham Qandil as the country's new prime minister on Tuesday and tasked him with forming a cabinet, state television announced.

UK phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, 6 others to be charged

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:38 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief and Rupert Murdoch's former UK newspaper boss are to be charged with phone-hacking offences in the most significant development in a scandal that has rock...

Gunmen kill US civilian in Afghanistan: officials

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:27 AM PDT

Gunmen believed to be Taliban insurgents have shot dead a US civilian and two of his Afghan colleagues in an area near Kabul which has seen a surge in militant violence in recent months, officials sai...

Serbia becomes a hub for sex-change surgery

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:08 AM PDT

Twenty years ago, newspapers here jeered that transsexuality was an act against God. Today, people are coming from around the world to Serbia for sex-change operations, which are now subsidized for Se...

Inappropriate pictures on Facebook could cost you your job

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:06 AM PDT

Facebook users beware! Having inappropriate pictures on your profile could cost you a job, a new research has found.

Assad moved chemical weapons to border: Syria rebels

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:36 AM PDT

The Syrian government has moved chemical weapons to airports on its borders, the rebel Free Syrian Army said on Tuesday, a day after the regime warned it could use them if attacked by an outside force...

US Presidential Campaign: Mitt Romney focusing on military and foreign policy

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:10 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is moving away from his preferred issue - the economy - and into military and foreign policy, a realm usually viewed as the home turf of the incumbent.

As China costs rise, technology lures US factories home

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:09 AM PDT

Seesmart Inc, a small California lighting company, used to make all of its LED products in China, but last year that started to change. Frustrated by expensive and slow shipping and wanting more contr...

Indian-American teacher heads to jail for sex with minor

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:16 PM PDT

A former Indian-American principal of a New York Montessori school has surrendered to authorities to begin a two-to-seven-year prison term for sex with one of her 13-year-old students.
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