Thursday, October 7, 2010

Elements in ISI supporting terrorist networks: Pentagon

Elements in ISI supporting terrorist networks: Pentagon

Elements in ISI supporting terrorist networks: Pentagon

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The Pentagon has conceded that some elements of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are supporting the terrorist networks in the country, thus undermining the war against terrorism by the US-led international forces in the region.


Rare pink diamond could fetch $38 million

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A rare pink diamond that goes on sale next month could fetch up to 38 million US dollars, according to auctioneers Sotheby's. The "fancy intense pink" 24.78 carat gem is being sold by an unidentified private collector, the auction house said.


A small town in Britain famous for public sex

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Puttenham, England became a popular place for people to go to have sex in public, a quasi-legal activity in Britain.


Moscow students make erotic calendar for Putin's 58th birthday

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Twelve Russian women, Moscow State University students, have posed for an erotic calendar to congratulate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on his 58th birthday, which he celebrates on Thursday.


Nobel laureates criticise UK visa curbs

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The British government's cap on immigration has affected thousands of highly skilled migrants, many of whom are Indians. Two Russian migrants living in the UK are this year's recipients of the Nobel prize for physics. They and eight other British Nobel laureates have made an unprecedented intervention, writing a letter, urging the government to reconsider its immigration policy, saying that visa curbs will keep out the best talent.


Chile: Rescue workers conduct rehearsal to evacuate trapped miners

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Officials in Chile conducted a rehearsal of evacuation procedures on Thursday in anticipation of the day when 33 trapped miners begin to be brought to the surface.


France burqa ban passes last legal hurdle

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France's top legal authority has approved a law banning full-face veils in public, the last hurdle for the ban, which aims to protect women's rights but has been criticised as stigmatising Muslims. The Constitutional Council, which had previously warned that banning the veil may be unconstitutional, said it approved the version of the bill, which has been passed by both Houses of Parliament, after a final review.


Who is Mario Vargas Llosa?

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Great literature needs tumult. For the body of a great tale. Mario Vargas Llosa has used the tumult of his times and of his region to tell story after gripping story. The 74-year-old is indubitably one of the most important Latin American authors. Standing right there with his one-time friend and for many years now not-a-friend Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who won the1982 Nobel.


Circus suspends popular show after lion attacks trainer

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Circus administrators in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv say they are suspending a popular show involving lions after an animal attacked and injured a trainer during a performance, injuring him.


Voice of America reporter on trial in Uzbekistan

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A journalist for a US-funded radio station went on trial on Thursday in Uzbekistan on charges including slander and posing a threat to public order, an Uzbek rights group said.


10 killed in suicide attack at a shrine in Karachi

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Two suicide bombers today struck venerated Sufi shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in this Pakistani port city, killing at least 10 people and wounding 60 others in the latest in a slew of attacks on sacred places.


Prince Harry executed by Taliban in controversial film

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A dramatised documentary based on what would happen if Prince Harry, fourth in line to the British throne, was to be taken prisoner while serving in Afghanistan has caused an uproar, with the Queen reportedly upset with the depiction.


Sikh gets life for killing sect leader in Vienna

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A radical Sikh man was convicted early Tuesday in Vienna of having murdered an Indian sect leader there last year and was sentenced to life behind bars, the Austrian press agency APA reported.


Nobel prize for literature goes to Mario Vargas Llosa

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Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy says it's honoring the 74-year-old author "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt and defeat." Last year's literature award went to Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller, continuing a trend of awarding European authors.


Crews struggle to clear toxic Hungary sludge flood

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Crews were still working hard to clear thick red mud and caustic water from towns in western Hungary on Wednesday, two days after a massive sludge reservoir burst its banks at a nearby metals plant.


Indian-origin man charged with sexually assaulting passenger

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An Indian origin man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a fellow passenger on board a Delta flight. Ranchhodbhai Lakha, 61, of Georgia is being charged in a federal criminal complaint with assault and sexual assault.


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