Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Facing flak, Pakistan PM Gilani cuts short France trip

Facing flak, Pakistan PM Gilani cuts short France trip

Facing flak, Pakistan PM Gilani cuts short France trip

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Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is facing the heat after world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, near capital Islamabad, on Sunday.


Rajinikanth hospitalised for breathlessness

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Tamil superstar Rajinikant was today hospitalised for the second time within a week after he complained of breathlessness.


Navy SEAL team likely to be honoured in secret for Osama raid

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The highly secretive Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden will likely be honored in the only way such a covert group can be: in private with nobody but themselves and their commanders in the know.


Obama says he won't release photos of Osama's corpse

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US President Obama has decided not to release photographs of Osama bin Laden's body, CBS News reported on Wednesday. Mr. Obama apparently concluded that images of Bin Laden bloodied by gunshots would do little to reassure skeptics but could inflame tensions in the Muslim world. He disclosed his decision in an interview for the CBS program 60 Minutes, portions of which will be broadcast on the network's evening news programs Wednesday.


Pakistan, US go public with tension

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After Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan on Sunday, the tensions are fast escalating between Pakistan and the rest of the world. The United States today flatly refused to apologise for 'Operation Geronimo' that killed Osama bin Laden.


Owaisi attack case: Seven accused sent to judicial custody

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Seven accused in last week's attack on Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi were on Tuesday remanded to 14 days of judicial custody by a court.


Osama had 500 euros, phone numbers sewn into clothes

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In indications that Osama bin Laden was prepared to flee at short notice, cash totalling 500 euros and two telephone numbers were found sewn into his clothing when he was killed by US commandos deep inside Pakistan on Sunday.


Iraq to disband court that tried Saddam Hussein

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The Iraqi government said Wednesday it will disband the tribunal that condemned Saddam Hussein and other top regime officials to death and was heavily criticized by human rights groups.


WikiLeaks: Pak said Gitmo detainees were innocent

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WikiLeaks Pakistan Cables: As many in America and India demand clearer explanations from Pakistan, a WikiLeaks cable shows how in 2006, a Pakistani army officer official told the Americans that the Pakistanis detained at Guantanamo Bay (there were reportedly six at the time) were "just the wrong men at the wrong place."


The men who sheltered Osama in Abbottabad

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In his last days, Osama bin Laden was not surrounded by a circle of heavily armed Arab bodyguards or mujahedeen who had fought with him in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. Rather, he relied on two Pakistanis, one of whom, according to American officials, was his most trusted courier. Both men died with him in the American raid on their compound.


Osama was not armed: White House changes account

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Osama bin Laden was not carrying a weapon when he was killed by American troops in a fortified house in Pakistan, the White House said Tuesday, as it revised its initial account of the nighttime raid.


Tri-Valley University head indicted in visa fraud

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The president of the California-based Tri-Valley University (TVU) has been indicted by a federal grand jury on the allegations of visa fraud and money laundering. The closure of the university, which has been accused of a massive visa fraud, had affected nearly 1,500 Indian students.


Civil Aviation Ministry holds talks with Air India pilots

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After their strike crippled Air India's domestic operations for eight days, the Civil Aviation Ministry today held talks with the protesting pilots to find a way to end the deadlock soon.


US media on new tension with Pak over Osama

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The Obama Administration's move to seek explanation from Pakistan on the type of support system Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden enjoyed there has resulted in heightened tensions between the two countries, media reports said.


Pakistan either incompetent or involved: CIA chief

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CIA Director Leon Panetta has told US lawmakers that Washington is trying to get to the bottom of Pakistan's "troubling" role in its professed ignorance about Osama bin Laden's whereabouts and whether it was either involved or incompetent.


Now, Ramdev on ‘fast track’ against corruption

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Yoga guru Baba Ramdev today said he would undertake a fast unto death in New Delhi on June 4 to demand recovery of black money deposited by Indians in Swiss banks, disclosure of account-holders' names, and a ban on high-denomination currency notes.


For Obama, big rise in poll numbers after bin Laden raid

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Support for US President Obama has risen sharply following the killing of Osama bin Laden by American military forces in Pakistan, with a majority now approving of his overall job performance, as well as his handling of foreign policy, the war in Afghanistan and the threat of terrorism, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.


Bush declines Obama's invitation to Ground Zero

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US President Obama invited former President George W Bush to join him at ground zero in New York City on Thursday to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, but Mr. Bush declined, a spokesman for the former president confirmed on Tuesday.


Pawan Hans office attacked after Arunachal CM's death

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Angry protesters attacked the local Pawan Hans office, breaking window panes and ransacking furniture after reports that the missing chopper carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu had crashed.


Important for world to see photos of Osama's body: CIA chief

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Even as the US is mulling releasing the "gruesome" pictures of Osama bin Laden's body, CIA Director Leon Panetta feels its "important" for the world to see photos of Al-Qaeda chief's corpse.


Australian father updated Facebook status before killing daughter

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An Australian man posted a message on Facebook which read "Bout 2 kill ma kid" just before he stabbed his two-year-old daughter and left her to die, a court was told today.


Osama mission: CIA chief says Pak not informed to prevent leak

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In a snub to Pakistan, CIA chief Leon Panetta today said 'Operation Geronimo' to kill Osama bin Laden could have been compromised if the US had informed authorities in that country of the mission, drawing a swift reaction from Islamabad which called his comments "disquieting."


Man beheads wife after she gives birth to son

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A man beheaded his wife in a hospital in China's Guizhou province, just days after she gave birth to a baby boy. The man, Long Jiulie, refused to surrender and was shot dead by the police. Shanghai Daily Wednesday said soon after the assailant entered his wife's ward, patients rushed out and raised the alarm.


BJP asks Manmohan to review talks with Pakistan

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to review his decision to restore peace talks with Pakistan after Osama bin Laden was killed in that country, proof that it had been harbouring the world's most wanted terrorist.


Contractor who built Osama house arrested in Pak

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Pakistani authorities today arrested the contractor who allegedly built the million dollar complex where Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was shot dead during a raid by US special forces in Abbottabad.


Don't buy Pak explanations, say US Congressmen

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Lawmakers in the United States are up in arms against Pakistan with a Congressman announcing a decision to introduce legislation to bar all aid to Islamabad till it demonstrated that it had no inkling of bin Laden's whereabouts.


Baby buried alive by grandfather, rescued, but didn't survive

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When she was two days old, she was buried alive by her grandfather behind the hospital where her mother was recovering from a premature delivery. She was then rescued by a stranger. But she has died because of a fracture she sustained when she was shoved into the pit that was meant to kill her.


Pak protestors chant 'Obama, solve your own problems'

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Several dozen demonstrators gathered in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, on Tuesday, to protest against the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in a US special forces' mission a day earlier. Chanting "Obama! solve your own problems" and "the friend of America is a traitor", members of Pasban (Pakistan Voice Against Injustice) youth organisation rallied against US troops crossing into Pakistan to raid bin Laden's compound in the town of Abbottabad.


Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu dead, crashed helicopter found

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Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu dead: Five days after the helicopter that he was using went missing, Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu has been found dead in Luguthang, near the China border. A government official and a relative of Mr Khandu have identified his body.


Osama Killing: CIA chief's remarks are 'disquieting,' says Pak

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Pakistan has described as "disquieting" CIA chief Leon Panetta's revelation that no intelligence about the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden was shared with Islamabad for fear that the operation would be jeopardised. "Most of these things that have happened in terms of global anti-terror, Pakistan has played a pivotal role... So it's a little disquieting when we have comments like this," Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said.


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