Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Pakistan's new spy chief visits Washington at a time of frayed relations

Pakistan's new spy chief visits Washington at a time of frayed relations


Pakistan's new spy chief visits Washington at a time of frayed relations

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:35 PM PDT

As befits any newly installed spymaster, a vague air of mystery surrounds Lt. Gen. Zahir ul-Islam, the head of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, who is visiting Washington i...


9 scientists receive a new physics prize

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Physicists are rarely wealthy or famous, but a new prize rewarding research at the field's cutting edges has made nine of them instant multimillionaires.


'Dead man' returns to Bangladesh after 23 years

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:16 PM PDT

For 23 years, his family in Bangladesh thought he was dead. But then an anonymous caller informed a local official in May that he was alive and in jail in Pakistan.


Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:55 PM PDT

Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, his nephew said on Tuesday. Vidal di...


LeT plan to derail any Indo-Pak peace moves: US report

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:40 PM PDT

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is a threat to stability in South Asia, a top US counter terrorism official has said urging Pakistan to take stronger steps against the outfit responsible for the Mumbai carnage....


Iran, al-Qaida, Taliban told to pay $6 billion for 9/11

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:23 PM PDT

Al-Qaida, the Taliban and Iran should pay $6 billion to relatives of Sept. 11 victims for aiding in the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal magistrate judge recommended on Monday in a largely symbolic d...


Obama campaign releases iPhone app for canvassing

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:07 PM PDT

It's been the science-fiction dream of political operatives for years: an army of volunteers, connected to the Internet as they walk from door to door, looking up names on a device and entering their ...


Mars rover landing to be broadcast live

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 08:25 PM PDT

NASA's Curiosity rover will land on the surface of Mars at 0531 GMT on Aug 6 and the landing process will be broadcast live from the New York City. Programming will originate from mission control at N...


India's 1st C-17 aircraft gets shape in US; to arrive in 2013

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 08:00 PM PDT

The first of India's ten ordered Boeing heavy-lift military transport aircraft has got its shape at an exclusive "major join" ceremony at Long Beach attended by the top Indian diplomat of the region a...


Obama donates $5,000 to his own election campaign

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:23 PM PDT

President Barack Obama has done what his campaign has asked millions of voters to do for months: go online and donate to his re-election effort. Obama donated $5,000 to his own campaign, spokeswoman J...


The world's worst power outages

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:56 AM PDT

July 31, 2012: Three power grids across half of India fail in what authorities call overdrawing of the system, leaving a record 620 million people without power for several hours and raising serious c...


Bomb scare closes US Embassy in Norway

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:35 AM PDT

The US Embassy was evacuated in central Oslo on Tuesday when a suspicious item was found beneath a car trying to enter the compound, but a search turned up nothing harmful, police said.


Pentagon chief Leon Panetta in Cairo for talks with Tantawi, Morsi

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:51 AM PDT

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for a lightning visit to the longtime Middle East ally to reaffirm US support for Egypt's democratic transition.


Pakistan, US sign NATO convoy deal

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:48 AM PDT

Pakistan on Tuesday signed a deal with the United States governing arrangements for NATO convoys travelling to Afghanistan, seeking to draw a line under a seven-month border blockade.


Bail for govt officer arrested for sexual assault in US

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:17 PM PDT

Senior Indian Forest Service officer Surendra Prasad Mohapatra, detained by Pennsylvania police and charged with indecent assault after a woman hotel worker complained against him, has been released o...


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