Sunday, September 2, 2012

Pakistani blasphemy case shifts as cleric is arrested

Pakistani blasphemy case shifts as cleric is arrested


Pakistani blasphemy case shifts as cleric is arrested

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:39 PM PDT

The Muslim cleric at the forefront of a campaign to prosecute a Christian girl for blasphemy has suddenly found himself at risk of facing the same charges, after one of his colleagues went to the auth...


Account says SEAL wrote Osama book after slight

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:34 PM PDT

According to an e-book, a SEALs member who recounted Osama bin Laden's killing had "bad blood" with his unit.


Two dead in blast near UN office in Pakistan

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:26 PM PDT

A bomb exploded near the office of the UN refugee agency in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, killing at least two people, police said.


South Africa to withdraw murder charges against miners

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 08:57 PM PDT

South Africa's top prosecutor announced Sunday that she is withdrawing controversial murder charges against 270 miners for the killings of 34 striking co-workers shot dead by police. The National U...


Blonde kissed naked Prince Harry for 20 minutes

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 08:47 PM PDT

A 32-year-old blonde has claimed she stripped down to a string bikini and kissed a naked Prince Harry in a Las Vegas hotel room for up to 20 minutes, according to the Daily Mail. Carrie Reichert sa...


Pak cleric arrested for framing 11-year-old in blasphemy case

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 08:20 PM PDT

The imam, Khalid Jadoon Chishti, appeared briefly in court on Sunday before he was sent to jail for a 14-day judicial remand.


Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 08:06 PM PDT

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but spent time in prisons in both cou...


Syrian forces shell village, kill 25: Opposition

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:28 PM PDT

Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 25 men on Sunday when they shelled and stormed al-Fan, a Sunni Muslim village in the province of Hama, opposition campaigners said. ...


Activists say 5,000 killed in Syria in August

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:48 AM PDT

Two Syrian activist groups say about 5,000 people were killed in Syria in August, making it the deadliest month since the uprising began more than 17 months ago.


No regrets despite prison sentence: Pussy Riot

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 08:05 AM PDT

Jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova says she regrets nothing about the band's anti-government performance in a cathedral that got them convicted of hooliganism and sentenced to two years b...


Editor of Pak's English daily beaten up for watching TV

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:50 AM PDT

An editor of one of Pakistan's leading English dailies was beaten up by four men outside his home in the port city of Karachi for watching TV and listening to music.


Egypt's first veiled news anchor appears on state TV

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:45 AM PDT

Wearing a cream-colored headscarf and a dark suit, Fatma Nabil read the 12 o'clock news bulletin on Sunday and became Egypt's first female news presenter ever to appear on state television while weari...


Baby in pram falls into River Thames

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:16 AM PDT

A five-month-old baby boy suffered head injuries when his pram plunged into the Thames, the Daily Mail reported.


India-born UK academic faces deportation

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:53 AM PDT

In a bizarre case involving Britain's immigration laws, a 70-year-old academic born in British India and hailed as the symbol of national resilience after being a victim of the July 7, 2005 London att...


US special forces suspend training of Afghans: Report

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:50 AM PDT

The commander of US special forces in Afghanistan has suspended training for all new Afghan recruits until Afghan soldiers are re-investigated for ties to insurgents, The Washington Post reported late...


Pakistan blasphemy case: Muslim cleric arrested for allegedly framing Christian girl

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 11:28 PM PDT

Pakistani police have arrested a Muslim cleric on suspicion of planting evidence against a Christian girl accused of blasphemy, officers said on Sunday.


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