Wednesday, June 8, 2011

New Russian ATMs designed to detect lies

New Russian ATMs designed to detect lies


New Russian ATMs designed to detect lies

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Russia's biggest retail bank is testing a machine that the old K.G.B. might have loved, an A.T.M. with a built-in lie detector intended to prevent consumer credit fraud. Consumers with no previous relationship with the bank could talk to the machine to apply for a credit card, with no human intervention required on the bank's end.


Tahawwur Rana had no inkling of 26/11 attacks, says his wife

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Jury deliberations in the trial of the Chicago businessman reportedly involved in plotting 26/11 have begun in the federal courthouse in Chicago. Speaking exclusively to NDTV as she awaits a verdict about her husband's guilt or innocence, Mrs. Tahawwur Rana said she has confidence in the US legal system. Mrs. Rana maintains that her husband is innocent.


Arab conflicts: Saudi Royals spend billions to buy peace

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As one nation after another has battled uprisings across the Arab world, the one major country spared is also its richest — Saudi Arabia, where a fresh infusion of money has so far bought order.


96-yr-old woman confesses to 1946 murder

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A murder mystery has been solved - 65 years later - with the confession of a 96-year-old woman. The 1946 killing of Felix Gulje, the head of a construction company who at the time was being considered for a high political post, roiled the Netherlands, and the failure to find the assassin became a point of contention among political parties.


Osama's No 2 vows to 'destroy America'

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Osama bin Laden's deputy warned on Wednesday that America faces not individual terrorists or groups but an international community of Muslims that seek to destroy it and its allies. He was delivering a 28-minute videotaped eulogy to slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.


How Osama papers are helping US target Al Qaeda

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The US is tracking possible new terror targets and stepping up surveillance of operatives previously considered minor Al-Qaeda figures after digging through the mountain of correspondence seized from Osama bin Laden's hideout, officials say. The trove of material is filling in blanks on how Al-Qaeda operatives work, think and fit in the organization, they say.


Jailed rapist released early assaults again within weeks

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A rapist, who was freed before fully serving his prison term, has been held for sexually assaulting another woman within a few weeks of his release, a media report said.


China executes student who stabbed woman to death

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Chinese authorities have reportedly executed a college student who ran into a young mother with his car and then stabbed her to death to avoid paying compensation. The case sparked a public outcry. He was sentenced to death on 22 April for the murder of 26-year-old Zhang Miao last October.


Taiwan makes bribe-paying illegal

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Taiwan has made bribe-paying illegal for the first time after a string of high-profile graft scandals, authorities said today.


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