Wednesday, June 22, 2011

India to review policy of sending domestic helps abroad: Sources

India to review policy of sending domestic helps abroad: Sources

India to review policy of sending domestic helps abroad: Sources

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Government sources have told NDTV that Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has ordered a review of the policy of sending domestic help abroad. This comes after the allegations of mistreatment of domestic help, faced by the Indian Consul General in New York Prabhu Dayal.


Obama announces troop cut in Afghanistan

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Obama announces troop cut: Beginning to wind down a long and devastating war, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday night that he was pulling home 33,000 US troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the "surge" of forces he had sent to rescue a flailing effort. Obama said to a country eager for an exit: "The tide of war is receding."


Pope may get energy-saving car

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The next popemobile could be green. The Vatican says Mercedes-Benz is making a study of a hybrid, energy-saving popemobile that would replace the current Mercedes vehicle used when the pope travels abroad.


Chinese artist Ai Weiwei returns after detainment

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Artist Ai Weiwei, the most high-profile victim of a sweeping crackdown on activists in China, returned home late Wednesday after nearly three months in detention, saying he was fine and conditions of his release meant he could not say more.


Surgeon commits suicide after a surgery error

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A leading British surgeon hanged himself after he made a minor clinical error during an operation, a media report said Wednesday.


Pakistan army asks four majors about extremist ties

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Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said today that four army majors are being questioned for suspected links with Hizb—ut—Tahrir, but have not been detained. He did not provide names.


Osama involved in Benazir murder: Rehman Malik

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Osama bin Laden was involved in former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto's assassination and the perpetrators of her murder have been identified, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed.


Bahrain sentences 8 Shiite activists to life

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Bahrain: A court sentenced eight Shiite activists to life in prison Wednesday and issued long jail terms for 13 others in the latest blow by authorities waging a crackdown against protesters seeking greater rights in the Gulf kingdom.


Yemen: At least 40 suspected Al Qaeda militants escape prison

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Security officials say at least 40 Al Qaeeda militants have escaped from a jail in southern Yemen. The militants attacked their guards and seized their arms early on Wednesday just as bands of heavily armed militants attacked the prison in the city of Mukalla on the Arabian Sea.


Man eats rat, posts video on Facebook

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In the video, Andy Ray Harris, 31, from Tooele, Utah, appears to put a tiny, hairless rat in his mouth, before chewing and swallowing it. The video appears to show a small rodent, two to three inches long, lying on top of a notepad.


US: Boy, 7, caught driving car

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A 7-year-old Michigan boy barefoot and in pajamas drove a car for 20 miles, sometimes hitting speeds of 50 mph, before finally slowing down and stopping with the help of authorities.


UK: Asian law student jailed 'for making up rape allegation'

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An Asian-origin law student in Britain has been sentenced by a court to two years in jail for falsely claiming that she was raped, a media report said. Nineteen-year-old Aisha Mather of Hertford Road, Stevenage, told police that she was raped by a man who followed her into an address on North Sherwood Street in Nottingham in January this year, the 'Daily Mail' reported.


First wife, Najwa, was Osama's only love match: Biographer

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Najwa bin Laden, slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's first wife, was his favourite because she was his only love match. The rest of Osama's wives were arranged - women that he had never met before, says biographer Jean Sasson.


Grandma Quita, World's oldest, dies at 115 in Brazil

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On May 18, Guinness determined that Valentim was 48 days older than the person previously considered the world's oldest human, Besse Coope from Monroe, Georgia. "With Maria's passing, the title of Oldest Living Person reverts back to American Besse Cooper, age 114 years 299 days," Guinness said.


Vatican lends iPods to pilgrims

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"It is designed to appeal to a wider audience than the usual churchgoer," Atuire told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from the Holy Land.


Pakistanis see India as bigger threat than Al Qaeda: Poll

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Most Pakistanis see India as a bigger threat than the Taliban and the Al Qaeda and disapprove of the US military operation that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a new poll.


Baby dies from microwave oven burns

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Sacramento police arrested a 29-year-old mother Tuesday after an investigation found her baby likely died from burns suffered in a microwave oven.


US releases graphic images to deter smokers

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Federal health officials released on Tuesday their final selection of nine graphic warning labels to cover the top half of cigarette packages beginning next year, over the opposition of tobacco manufacturers.


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