Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Sarah Palin to make her first trip to India

Sarah Palin to make her first trip to India

Sarah Palin to make her first trip to India

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Republican leader Sarah Palin will make her first trip to India next month to attend a conference and speak on her vision of America. Her programme was revealed, by her top advisor Rebecca Mansour, in a tweet which also gave a link to the schedule of the conference.


UN drops Gaddafi's daughter as goodwill envoy

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The UN Development Program has dropped Libyan leader's Moammar Gaddafi's daughter as a goodwill ambassador. UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said yesterday that UNDP's agreement with Aisha al-Gaddafi had been terminated following recent events in Libya that include a crackdown by Gaddafi on anti-government protestors.


Libya unrest: LSE cuts ties with Gaddafi's son

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A dictator's son who gave the impression to the world that he stood for democratic principles is now just echoing his father's intentions to crush a rebellion. Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's son Saif Al Islam Gaddafi pursued his doctorate from the London School of Economics (LSE) in 2008.


Miracle glow dims under ex-spy Anna Chapman's glare

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A year ago, a family living in this village in the middle of a marsh in the south of Russia revealed what they called a miracle: On the skin of their newborn boy, entire verses from the Koran were appearing, lingering for a few days, and then vanishing.


Obama: Suffering and bloodshed in Libya is 'outrageous' and unacceptable

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President Barack Obama on Wednesday condemned the violence in Libya as "outrageous and unacceptable" and said he was dispatching Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Geneva on Monday for international talks aimed at stopping the violence.


Libya: Pilots crash warplanes, refuse to bomb countrymen

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Militiamen loyal to Moammar Gaddafi clamped down in Tripoli, but cracks in his regime spread elsewhere across the nation, as the protest-fueled rebellion controlling much of eastern Libya claimed new gains closer to the capital. Two pilots let their warplane crash in the desert, parachuting to safety, rather than bomb an opposition-held city.


Raymond Davis threatens hunger strike: Report

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US official Raymond Davis, who shot dead two men here, has threatened that he would go on hunger strike if his demands, including an early decision on his diplomatic immunity, were not met, a media report said.


Naked sisters with guitars a big hit in Australia

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The Wau Wau Sisters are part of the Spiegeltent hit show - "Naked as the Day They Were Born Again!". The sisters had to get more security due to the attention they were getting, Adelaide Now reported Wednesday.


Fighting nears Tripoli, where Gaddafi keeps grip on power

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Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi of Libya kept his grip on the capital on Wednesday, but large areas of the east of the country remained out of his control amid indications that the fighting had reached the northwest of the country around Tripoli.


Ex-minister says Gaddafi ordered Lockerbie: Report

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Swedish tabloid Expressen says Libya's recently resigned justice minister claims Moammar Gaddafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988.


Ex-Brazilian Pres Lula to be probed for misuse of public funds

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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is likely to be investigated for alleged misuse of public funds, a media report said, quoting state prosecutors.


New Zealand quake: 75 dead, over 300 missing

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Rescuers used their bare hands, dogs, and heavy machines on Wednesday in an urgent search for survivors still trapped in crumbled buildings more than 24 hours after an earthquake devastated one of New Zealand's largest cities.


Beware. Internet group promotes eating disorders

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A secretive social support group emerging on the web is promoting negative behaviour associated with eating disorders.


In Pakistan, government jobs for eunuchs

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Pakistan's national database has appointed three eunuchs as data entry operators, the first time in the country's history that trans-gender people have been given jobs by the government.


Two reported dead in anti-president protests in Yemen

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Two protesters were reportedly killed and around 11 were wounded on Tuesday evening when supporters of Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire in front of the Saana University. Government supporters swinging clubs tried to drive anti-government protesters from a square in Yemen's capital late on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied across the country in a widening campaign to bring down the president.


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