Monday, April 4, 2011

Yemen: Troops fire on crowds, US seeks Saleh’s exit

Yemen: Troops fire on crowds, US seeks Saleh’s exit

Yemen: Troops fire on crowds, US seeks Saleh’s exit

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Security forces and plainclothes gunmen opened fire on crowds of Yemenis marching through a southern city Monday, killing at least 12 and wounding dozens, in an intensifying crackdown on protesters demanding an end to the 32-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.


9/11 plotter to be tried by military panel

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In a major reversal, the Obama administration has decided to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for his role in the attacks of Sept. 11 before a military commission at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and not in a civilian courtroom.


Japan releases low-level radioactive water into ocean

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Tokyo Electric Power Company began dumping more than 11,000 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Monday, mostly to make room in storage containers for increasing amounts of far more contaminated runoff.


Air France plane crash parts found, no sign of black box yet

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French officials say that specialists could start pulling up bodies and wreckage from an Air France plane from the Atlantic Ocean floor within a month.


Satya Sai Baba condition critical: Press statement

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Sri Satya Saibaba, currently in hospital in Andhra Pradesh, is in critical condition, according to a press statement issued by the Director of the Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences said.


Sai Baba in critical condition, says hospital

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Sri Satya Saibaba, currently in hospital in Andhra Pradesh, is in critical condition, according to the doctors attending to him.


2G scam: Radia evasive, Tata candid says PAC chairman MM Joshi

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2G scam: Industrialist Ratan Tata and corporate lobbyist Niira Radia were both questioned today by a parliamentary committee that's investigating the massive 2G spectrum scam. Mr Tata was candid, while Ms Radia was evasive, said the chairman of the committee, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi.


Hackers turn a Gmail April Fool’s joke into a reality

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If you happened upon the Internet on Friday, you would have been faced with what has now become an annual tradition online: Technology companies tying to one-up each other with April Fool's jokes posted online.


British plane makes emergency landing in Athens after bomb threat

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A British passenger plane heading from England to Egypt with 213 people aboard made an emergency landing in Athens escorted by Greek fighter jets after receiving a bomb threat, Greek officials said.


Obama announces re-election bid in web video

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President Obama confirmed Monday morning that he will seek another four years in the White House, beginning a re-election campaign that will ask Americans to endorse the status quo over the increasingly vocal calls from Republicans for a fresh start in Washington.


Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 at India-Nepal border, tremors felt in Delhi

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An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale and with an epicentre in Nepal shook parts of north India, including capital Delhi and its suburbs on Monday evening. There are no reports yet of damage or loss of life.


Mamata's paintings on sale to raise funds for poll campaign

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West Bengal polls: From a politician to a painter, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has donned a new avatar. A representative collection of Ms Banerjee's paintings and sketches will be on sale today to raise funds for her party's poll campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections.


Southwest Boeing 737 crack was from before the flight

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Southwest Airlines mechanics were working Sunday to cut out a section of ruptured fuselage from a Boeing 737-300 that was forced to make an emergency landing at a southwestern Arizona military base. The tear along a riveted "lap joint" shows evidence of extensive cracking that hadn't been discovered during routine maintenance before Friday's flight, and probably wouldn't have been unless mechanics had specifically looked for it, officials said.


A special plane ride with Dhoni

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With accolades pouring in from all quarters for steering India to a momentous victory in the World Cup, Team India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is still remembered by his old friends in his hometown for his innate simplicity.


Woman killed by husband, son could have been saved?

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She had gone to the police station to complain against the violence inflicted on her by her husband and son. A few hours later, she was murdered ruthlessly by both of them.


Businessman cheated of Rs 7 lakh by driver

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South Delhi based businessman who deals in real estate and is the owner of a business school, was allegedly cheated by his driver who made off with Rs 7 lakh in cash.


Delhi: Foot overbridge near Nehru stadium to be reconstructed

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The foot overbridge which was being constructed near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium but had collapsed just days ahead of Commonwealth Games will now be reconstructed.


India's World Cup victory breaks Amitabh's superstition

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Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's belief that India loses a cricket match whenever he watches has finally been broken, thanks to the World Cup final that he watched on TV and saw India defeating Sri Lanka.


How Nitish plans to make Bihar an IT hub

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The Bihar government has decided to constitute a Bihar Information Technology Authority (BITA) to develop and expand the IT sector in the state to attract investment.


2G scam: Niira Radia , Ratan Tata appear before PAC

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2G spectrum scam: After corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, top industrialist and Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata is currently deposing before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.


17 foetuses found in plastic jars in Bihar garbage

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Sixteen foetuses, mostly female, were found in plastic jars in Bihar's Kishanganj district while another was recovered near a garbage heap in Muzaffarpur town, police said on Monday.


Dhoni's best Captain I have played for: Sachin

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The entire Indian team said as a man that it had won that biggest prize of all - the World Cup - for Sachin Tendulkar. Well, Sachin Tendulkar would have his teammates know that they are "the best team I've played with in my entire career."


Bookies in Pune give police the slip

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Even as the police claimed to be vigilant against betting rackets operating in the city, the bookies seem to have outwitted them. Without fear of any raid, the bookies in Pune managed to run their Rs 5,000-crore business smoothly on Saturday during the World Cup final match between India and Sri Lanka.


Drunk man slips, falls to death in Lonavala

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World Cup frenzy took an unexpected turn for four Thane based friends who were celebrating India's victory in Lonavala, when one of them fell in the gorge at Lion's Point on Sunday morning.


Even crime took a break for World Cup final

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As the India-Sri Lanka face-off brought the country to a halt, even crime, it seems, took a break in deference to the adopted national religion.


Saturday night revelries keep doctors hard at work

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As Mumbaikars partied late after the World Cup win, doctors at public hospitals were busy treating the wounded and the wasted alike, until sunrise.


What caused the hole in plane with 118 passengers

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The five-foot hole that ripped open midflight Friday in the roof of a Southwest Airlines jet and terrified passengers on their way to Sacramento from Phoenix was caused by fatigue cracks in the aluminum underskin of the lap joints, the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday.


Controversial Gandhi book will not be banned: Moily

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Union Law minister Veerappa Moily has ruled out Centre imposing a ban on the controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi by Joseph Lelyveld stating that the American author himself has denied writing anything adverse about the leader.


Australian cannibal jailed for life

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A self-proclaimed cannibal who slit his housemate's throat, partially severed his genitals and then drank his blood was found guilty of murder in Australia today and jailed for life.


Another pilot arrested for using forged marksheets

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A senior Delhi police official said Abhinav Kaushik from private airline Indigo, has been arrested for using forged marksheets to procure a licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).


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