Sunday, October 31, 2010

Girl uses iPod to prevent kidnapping

Girl uses iPod to prevent kidnapping

Girl uses iPod to prevent kidnapping

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A quick-thinking 12-year-old girl in the US prevented herself from being kidnapped when she held up her iPod Touch - a music player which looks like a phone - and told the would-be kidnapper she was calling the police.


Chartered accountant dupes couple of Rs 65 lakh

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The Bandra police have arrested chartered accountant Gopal Naik on charges of duping a man of Rs 65 lakh. Naik, 56, was arrested on Friday, after an FIR lodged by Jude Suares. Suares alleged that Naik had cheated him and his wife. Naik handed them around 20 cheques, all of which bounced.


Woman arrested for selling minor girl

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Himachal Pradesh Police with their Haryana counterparts arrested a woman on Sunday for selling a minor girl, police said. According to police, the woman was identified as Anju alias Anjana, who lives in Chakki village here with her husband and her four-year-old son.


Young players say they were asked to strip

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The team members from an Under-16 football team from Gujarat have alleged harassment at the hands of their team manager who, they say, asked them to strip. The team captain, 15-year -old Ishan says after the tournament was over on Friday night, their drunk team manager, Hiren Rathod, forced some of them into a room asking them to strip and dance.


Taliban hold secret talks with Afghan president

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Three Taliban leaders secretly met with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai two weeks ago in an effort to weaken the US-led coalition's most vicious enemy, a powerful Al-Qaida linked network that straddles the border region with Pakistan.


US mid-term polls: Republicans positioned to take House

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Republicans in the US are positioned to wrest control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday's elections, the wind at their backs as they try to capture the 40 seats they need to claim the majority and potentially many more.


Bombs were designed to destroy planes, believes US

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John O. Brennan, the president's chief counterterrorism adviser, said Sunday that American authorities believe now that the two bombs found inside cargo packages were designed to blow up the airplanes carrying them, even though they were addressed to locations "associated with synagogues" in Chicago.


Mobile Number Portability to roll out from November 25

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The Department of Telecom (DoT) will roll out the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) from November 25. To begin with, the service will be introduced in Haryana.


Adarsh scam: No decision yet on Ashok Chavan's offer to resign

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Ashok Chavan, the Maharashtra Chief Minister met Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi this evening. The Congress says a decision on Chavan's offer to quit as Maharashtra's Chief Minister will be taken after Mukherjee and his cabinet colleague, AK Antony submit their internal report on the Adarsh Housing Society Scam. Antony is also the Congress General Secretary in-charge of Maharashtra.


IPad opens world to a disabled boy

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Owen Cain depends on a respirator and struggles to make even the slightest movements — he has had a debilitating motor-neuron disease since infancy.


Young Indian entrepreneur wins Cartier Award

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Before Tong Sarochinee Paweenawat decided to pursue a master's degree in business administration this year, she had extensive work experience at Schlumberger, both as an offshore engineer responsible for exploration projects in the North Sea and as a field service manager in her native Thailand.


Main runway at airport to close partially

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An already overburdened Mumbai Airport, which is the second busiest in the country, is headed for a troubled run. Starting from Sunday (November 1), its main runway (0927) will be closed for eight hours everyday - 6 days a week - from 9 am to 5 pm. And this will go on for seven months.


Ajmer blasts probe: RSS chief to lead nationwide protests

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RSS leader Indresh Kumar has not been seen since he was named by the Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) in the chargesheet in the Ajmer blasts case. But today he showed up at the RSS conclave in Jalgaon to defend himself. He denied any involvement in the incident in which three persons were killed and 15 others injured.


When the assembly line moves online

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Do one assigned task on your computer. It shouldn't take you more than two seconds. Repeat 14,399 times. Congratulations! Your eight-hour work day is complete.


Video calls from the top of the world

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In 1924 George Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. Mr. Mallory, a quick-witted and seasoned English mountaineer, responded: "Because it's there." If Mr. Mallory were alive today he might also note that the top of Mount Everest would be a nice place to make a video call on a cellphone.


Air strikes kill 18 Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan

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Eighteen Taliban militants and two women were killed in air strikes and clashes in the Orakzai and Bajaur tribal regions and the Swat valley in Pakistan's restive northwest on Sunday, security officials said.


Land acquisition in some areas 'inevitable': Pranab

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In an apparent message to cabinet colleague Mamata Banerjee who is opposed to land acquisition, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said there were some areas where land acquisition was "inevitable".


At least 32 wounded in Istanbul explosion

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A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday beside a police vehicle in a major Istanbul square near tourist hotels and a bus terminal, wounding 32 people, including 15 policemen.


The Twitter story: Why the CEO demoted himself?

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At the annual South by Southwest gathering of techies in Austin, Tex., in March, conference organizers had chosen a hangar-size room to accommodate their star speaker: Evan Williams, the co-founder of Twitter, the messaging and social networking site that had become a digital phenomenon.


Passenger dies on arrival at Chennai airport

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A 67-year-old passenger, who arrived at the airport here from Singapore in a private airliner on Sunday, died at the immigration terminal following a cardiac arrest, airport sources said.


Indresh shows up at RSS meet, claims innocence

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Describing the charges against him as "politically motivated", senior RSS leader and an accused in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case, Indresh Kumar on Sunday denied any involvement in the incident in which three persons were killed and 15 others injured.


Gang promising easy educational loans busted

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Five women were among eight youths arrested in the national capital for allegedly cheating at least 500 students of over Rs one crore by promising them educational loans, police said on Sunday.


Adarsh Society scam: Associates of three former CMs got flats?

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Even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan comes under fire in the capital from the Congress Leadership after admitting that his relatives had flats in the controversial Adarsh Housing Society, other leaders are now being implicated in the scandal as well.


Coimbatore kidnapping: Girl assaulted, killed

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The bodies of seven-year-old Rithik and his 10-year-old sister were cremated in Coimbatore today. Both were kidnapped and killed by a man who used to drive a private van that took them to school until two months ago.


Joint forces to remain in Maoist-hit areas: Pranab Mukherjee

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Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday ruled out withdrawal of security forces from Maoist-hit areas in West Bengal as demanded by his cabinet colleague and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee.


Chidambaram visits J&K to review security

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As Kashmir gets back to normal after months of violence, Home Minister P Chidambaram is on a visit to the state to review the security situation.


Amit Shah leaves for Mumbai following Supreme Court order

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Former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah left for Mumbai this morning following a Supreme Court directive asking him to be out of the state till November 15, when the CBI's plea seeking cancellation of his bail will be heard.


In praise of celebrity excuses

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Celebrity blame-shifting is as old as Adam ("the woman you put here with me — she gave me the fruit from the tree") and Eve ("the serpent deceived me!"). But to be truly great, an excuse needs to be more than just finger-pointing or a flat denial.


Baghdad’s Shiite heart beats freely as war ebbs

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As Iraq's government remains frozen in a seven-month standstill, the vibrant transformation of Sadr City may offer a prophetic glimpse of the country's next chapter: repressed by Saddam Hussein, fearsome in its resistance to the American-led invasion and then brutal in its religious crackdown, the neighborhood is now fomenting a mix of secular and religious life that is both ad hoc and infectious.


Why Americans are bathing less-and-less?

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A daily shower is a deeply ingrained American habit. Most people would no sooner disclose they had not showered in days than admit infidelity. But Jenefer Palmer, 55, of Malibu, Calif., cheerfully acknowledged recently that she doesn't shower or shampoo daily and doesn't use deodorant. Ever.


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