Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Housing society pays USD 110K for keeping Indians out

Housing society pays USD 110K for keeping Indians out


Housing society pays USD 110K for keeping Indians out

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A Seattle-based housing society will pay over USD 110,000 to settle a US Justice Department lawsuit that alleged the society discriminated against Indians and African-Americans seeking to rent apartments in the complex.


US soldier gets 24 years for murders of 3 Afghans

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A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murders of three Afghan civilians was sentenced to 24 years in prison after saying "the plan was to kill people" in a conspiracy with four fellow soldiers.


Allies pressure Gaddafi forces around rebel cities

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The United States and its allies shifted on Wednesday to ferocious airstrikes on Libyan ground forces, tanks and artillery, marking the second phase of a military campaign that drew the Pentagon deeper into the fight.


Japan: Radiation in water puts infants at risk

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Radioactive iodine detected in the capital's water supply spurred a warning for infants on Wednesday and the government issued a stark new estimate about the costs of rebuilding from the earthquake and tsunami that slammed into the northeast of Japan this month.


Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb threat

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A bomb threat and the discovery of a suspicious package spurred French authorities to briefly evacuate nearly 4,000 tourists from the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday, tower officials and police said. No explosives were found.


Libya: US under fire for botched rescue effort

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An American pilot and a weapons officer were safely rescued in Libya on Tuesday after their warplane crashed near Benghazi, but the United States Marine Corps dropped two 500-pound bombs during the recovery and faced questions about whether Marines had fired on villagers.


Explosion rocks Jerusalem bus stop; 25 wounded

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A bomb exploded at a crowded bus stop Wednesday in central Jerusalem, wounding at least 25 people in what appeared to be the first militant attack in the city in several years.


Britain's royal wedding to be on iTunes

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Prince William and Kate Middleton can go straight from Westminster Abbey to your personal playlist.


Video of water pumping at Reactor no. 3 released

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The Japanese fire department released a video on Wednesday showing firefighters in protective suits spraying water into the troubled No. 3 reactor at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. The video which was filmed last Friday shows members of the elite "Hyper Rescue" team of the Tokyo fire Department, during the first water injection mission.


Radiation fears hit Japan's fish market

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Japan: Confirmation that radioactive materials have leaked into seawater around Japan's crippled Fukushima reactor sent fish sales plummeting in Tokyo on Wednesday.


After helicopters robotic arm tries to cool nuclear reactor

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A 50-metre-long robotic arm sprayed water on a dangerously hot spent fuel pool as workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant rushed to hook up power lines to all six reactors. The specialised arm was brought in on Tuesday to help firefighters battling to keep the spent fuel rods and the reactors themselves cool at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.


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