Friday, January 28, 2011

Twin truck bombings kill eight in Pakistan

Twin truck bombings kill eight in Pakistan

Twin truck bombings kill eight in Pakistan

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Militants attacked a strategic tunnel in northwest Pakistan with two explosives laden trucks today, killing eight persons and injuring 14 more, officials said.


4-yr-old Indian girl wins 'fortune bag' in Dubai

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A four-year-old Indian girl has won half a kilogramme of gold at a promotional draw lined up for the Dubai Shopping Festival. Jase Elma Mathew won the prize in the ongoing 'Bag of Fortune' campaign launched by Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group during the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF).


Mandela, 92, returns home from hospital

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Former South African President Nelson Mandela was whisked home Friday from a hospital where the 92-year-old had been treated for a respiratory infection, with only a glimpse of his head covered by a surgical cap visible as he was wheeled into an ambulance.


Why Egypt is crucial to United States

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So why is Egypt important to United States? The country has been America's closest ally in the Arab world but for the first time seeing the wave of protests Washington has distanced itself from Mubarak.


Egypt crisis: Obama cautions embattled ally against violence

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Egypt crisis: Obama cautions embattled ally against violence - US President Barack Obama on Friday put Egypt's embattled leader, Hosni Mubarak, on notice that he should not use his soldiers and the police in a bloody crackdown on the protests in Egypt, edging away from a close American ally whose cities have erupted in protest.


EU probes organ trafficking allegations in Kosovo

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An EU official says its mission in Kosovo has launched a preliminary investigation into allegations that Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci once led a ring trafficking in human organs.


Amid massive protests, Egypt leader fires Cabinet

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Facing a popular uprising, Egypt's president fired his Cabinet early Saturday after protesters engulfed his country in chaos — battling police with stones and firebombs, burning down the ruling party headquarters and defying a night curfew enforced by the army.


Police battle huge protests across Egypt

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As night fell and the government announced a curfew, protesters showed no signs of letting up in Cairo and other Egyptian cities on Friday as tens of thousands intensified their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak, pouring from mosques after noon prayers and clashing with police who fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons.


Al Jazeera role in Arab world's protests

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The protests rocking the Arab world this week have one thread uniting them: Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based satellite channel whose aggressive coverage has helped propel insurgent emotions from one capital to the next.


In Cairo, reporter beaten with steel bars

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A BBC reporter said he was badly beaten by Cairo police who he accused of targeting foreign journalists covering anti-government protests in the Egyptian capital.


Egypt's Internet cutoff 'unprecedented', say experts

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Egypt's four main Internet service providers (ISPs) cut off international access to their customers in a near simultaneous and unprecedented move, an Internet monitoring company said.


Egypt Nobel laureate ElBaradei under house arrest

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Egyptian security officials say police have put Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei under house arrest. Police stationed outside his suburban Cairo home told him he cannot leave the house after he joined tens of thousands of protesters in the capital on Friday.


WikiLeaks rival launches new secret-spilling site

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A former member of the group that created WikiLeaks has launched a rival website with the aim of giving whistleblowers more control over the secrets they spill.


Drugs found in bath-towel shipment from India

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After trying to smuggle drugs into Canada through cricket bats, balls, marble slabs, and mugs from India, police have now seized ephedrine hidden in a shipment of bath towel from India. Ephedrine is used in the production of crystal meth. The seizure announced Thursday by police is part of the Iran-linked international ring trying to smuggle opium worth $22 million inside cans of pickles and cherries, furniture and industrial belts.


Man kept wife in cellar for 16 years, lived with another woman

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A man in Brazil locked up his wife in a cellar for 16 long years as he lived upstairs with another woman, it was reported here.


Brain surgeon sold tickets to watch him operate

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A prominent brain surgeon in Australia has startled the medical fraternity by auctioning tickets to let people watch him perform surgeries in the operation theater. Appalled by such an action, the medical authorities here have launched a probe against Charlie Teo, a Sydney brain surgeon.


Case asks Pak Army chief to ensure Karachi is weapon-free

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A petition has been filed in Pakistan's Supreme Court seeking directions for army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to take effective measures to protect people's lives in Karachi and make it a weapon-free city within three months by deputing security forces there.


Indonesian ferry fire, train collision kill 16

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Two Indonesian passenger trains crashed and a crowded ferry burst into flames Friday, killing 16 people and sending hundreds to the hospital, many in critical condition, officials said.


BMW seller found in trunk of car with ear partly missing

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The two men met through the Internet, fate and a 2008 BMW. The car was an M3 coupe, a fully loaded speedster with an eight-cylinder engine and an Interlagos Blue Metallic exterior. The owner, Akeem Ajimotokan, worked in the procurement office at Columbia University. He was the original owner of the car, and he was asking $46,000.


Shooting by US diplomat in Lahore angers Pak

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Shooting by US diplomat in Lahore angers Pak - An American official shot and killed two men on a motorcycle who apparently threatened to rob him at gunpoint while he was driving his car in the city of Lahore on Thursday, according to senior police officials there.


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