Monday, February 21, 2011

65 killed as earthquake hits New Zealand

65 killed as earthquake hits New Zealand

65 killed as earthquake hits New Zealand

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A powerful earthquake slammed New Zealand's already-bruised city of Christchurch on Tuesday, killing at least 65 people, and sending rescuers scrambling to help people trapped under collapsed buildings.


Libya unrest: Air strike on protesters in Tripoli

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Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gaddafi's regime on Monday, as reports circulated of a bloody crackdown on protest in the capital Tripoli, Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigned, and two air force pilots defected.


Libya unrest: Gaddafi appears on state TV, calls foreign channels 'dogs'

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Libya unrest: Facing an unprecedented revolt against his 41-year rule, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi today appeared on state television dismissing reports that he had fled the country, calling foreign news channels "dogs".


Libyan diplomats to UN call for Gaddafi's ouster

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Libya's ambassadors at the United Nations are calling for leader Moammar Gaddafi to step down as the country's ruler. Deputy Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi said on Monday that if Gaddafi does not relinquish power, "the Libyan people will get rid of him."


Oil companies plan evacuations from Libya

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Global oil companies said Monday that they were making plans to evacuate employees in Libya after some operations there were disrupted by political unrest. Libya holds the largest crude oil reserves in Africa, and the moves drove some stock prices down and a crucial oil benchmark to a three-year high.


American held in Pakistan shootings worked with the CIA

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The American arrested in Pakistan after shooting two men at a crowded traffic stop was part of a covert, CIA-led team of operatives conducting surveillance on militant groups deep inside the country, according to American government officials.


US State Department issues warning on Libya

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The State Department has ordered all embassy family members and non-emergency personnel to depart Libya and is warning American travelers of the potential for ongoing unrest in the African nation.


Libya: Gaddafi's grip on power seems to ebb as forces retreat

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The 40-year rule of Libyan strongman Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi appeared to teeter on Monday as his security forces retreated to a few buildings in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, where fires burned unchecked and senior government officials and diplomats announced defections. The country's second-largest city remained under the control of rebels.


Libya: Protesters, security clash in capital

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Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. Moammar Gaddhafi's son vowed that his father and security forces would fight "until the last bullet."


Afghan police: At least 30 killed in suicide blast

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A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to an Afghan government office Monday, killing at least 30 people — many who were waiting in line to obtain government identification cards, police said.


Egypt freezes Hosni Mubarak's assets

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Security officials said that the prosecutor general requested the Foreign Ministry to ask other nations to freeze any assets of Mubarak and his family abroad. The president's local assets were frozen soon after he stepped down, they added.


Jilted in US, this site finds love in India

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In 2008, three young guys in Manhattan started Ignighter.com, a dating Web site focused on twentysomethings. They sought to set themselves apart by enabling members to set up group dates: One member, serving as a point person, could arrange a date — a movie, say, or a picnic in Central Park — with a group of other people and thereby take some of the awkward edge off of typical dates.


Israel and Chile spied on Iran: WikiLeaks

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Israel worked with Chile to spy on the Iranian ambassador in Santiago as the Jewish state grew increasingly concerned about Tehran's influence in South America, a leaked US cable from 2008 showed.


China blocks searches for 'Jasmine Revolution'

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For those who rule out the possibility of a Middle East-style democracy revolution in China, consider the town of Xiangshui.


Night helicopter rescue lifts cadets off ledge

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In a daring nighttime run, amid conditions that left no room for error, a New York City police helicopter hoisted two shivering West Point cadets early Sunday morning off an 18-inch-wide ledge on Storm King Mountain, where they had been stranded for more than eight hours.


Milan airport terminal evacuated after shooting

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A spokeswoman for Milan's airport confirmed that Terminal 1 was evacuated midday Monday but could not provide additional details. A police official reached by telephone confirmed a shooting but could not immediately respond to questions.


Raymond Davis a CIA agent? Pak PM reacts

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Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today reacted to reports that a US official arrested for shooting two Pakistani men was a CIA operative by saying that his government would handle the matter without compromising national interests.


107 whales die after stranding on beach

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All members of a pod of 107 pilot whales that stranded on a remote New Zealand beach have died, including 48 that were euthanised, the government's conservation department said on Monday. The stranded whales were discovered by hikers on Sunday near Cavalier Creek on Stewart Island, off the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island.


Cosmic census estimates 50 billion planets in our galaxy

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A cosmic census conducted for the first time has revealed that there are at least 50 billion planets in our Milky Way galaxy. And some 500 million of those planets are in what is known as the Goldilocks zone, where the climate is thought to be not-too-hot and not-too-cold, and life could exist, Daily Mail reported Sunday.


Raymond Davis is a CIA spy, says British daily

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Raymond Davis, who gunned down two men in Lahore, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Islamabad and Washington, is a CIA agent, a media report here said. The Guardian has dramatically revealed that Davis, 36, was on assignment at the time he shot dead two men who had pulled up near his car Jan 25.


Indo-Canadian doctor held on drugging, rape charges

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An Indo-Canadian doctor and his colleague have been arrested here for allegedly drugging and raping a young woman in a downtown hotel. Amitabh Chauhan and Suganthan Kayilasanathan, both 32, who were arrested at the weekend, appeared in a city court Saturday to face charges of drugging and sexual assault. Their bail hearing was adjourned till Wednesday.


Internet blackout drew many more to Cairo protests

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For a segment of the young people of Egypt, the date to remember is not when Egyptians first took to the streets to shake off the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Rather, it is three days later - January 28, 2011 - the day the Internet died, or more precisely, was put to sleep by the Mubarak government.


Egyptian man names daughter Facebook to mark revolt

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An Egyptian man has named his new daughter Facebook to mark his country's recent revolution.


Even the CIA gets conned. This is how

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A computer expert was paid more than 13 million pounds (about $21 million) after he fooled the CIA that he developed software to stop Al-Qaida attacks, a media report said.


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