Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Twin suicide bombing in Pakistan kills 19 people

Twin suicide bombing in Pakistan kills 19 people


Twin suicide bombing in Pakistan kills 19 people

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:04 AM PDT

A suicide bomber attacked Pakistani troops near a government building in the southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people, including several soldiers, officials said.


Why luxury aircraft are being used for spying

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:13 AM PDT

For the US military, dipping into the used-plane market is a rarity. Remotely-piloted drones have starred in wars, but the Pentagon can't build them quickly enough to meet demand.


Nevada restaurant shooting: Gunman, three others dead

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:53 PM PDT

Authorities say the man who opened fire at an IHOP restaurant in Nevada's capital city has died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong says the man opened fire at the restaurant at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, wounding six people and himself and killing two uniformed National Guard members and a third person.


WikiLeaks' Assange accuses UK newspaper of negligence

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:36 PM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange blasted the Guardian on Tuesday, saying the British paper's "negligence" in publishing an encryption key to uncensored files forced his organization's hand in publishing the secret U.S. diplomatic memos.


Gladiator school from 3rd century found underground

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:09 PM PDT

They lived in cells barely big enough to turn around in and usually fought until they died. This was the lot of those at a sensational scientific discovery unveiled on Monday: The well-preserved ruins of a gladiator school in Austria.


Strong quake jolts west Indonesia; 3 people killed

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:48 AM PDT

A powerful earthquake jolted western Indonesia this morning, killing three people and sending panicked residents fleeing from homes, hotels and even a hospital.


Move over, Salman. Sheikh Hasina's women bodyguards are tough

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:14 AM PDT

A security woman, her hand close to a gun hidden beneath her dark suit, keeps an eagle eye on the people milling close to Bangladeshi prime minister. She is part of Sheikh Hasina's security detail. She is not the only security woman who is part of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister's security set up. There are others too.


Sydney hostage crisis: Man taken into custody, daughter rescued

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:56 AM PDT

A man who marched into a Sydney law office with his daughter and said he had a bomb in his backpack was taken into custody Tuesday after a tense, 12-hour standoff with police.


Frenchman fined 8,500 pounds for not having sex with wife

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:38 AM PDT

In a unique ruling, a French court has reportedly ordered a 51-year-old man to pay his ex-wife nearly 8,500 pounds in damages for failing to have enough sex with her during their 21-year marriage.


Gunmen kill 8 Iraqi soldiers, burn bodies: Police

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Gunmen killed eight soldiers at a checkpoint in western Iraq before burning their corpses today, a police officer said.

Thai man arrested for royal 'insult' on Facebook

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:18 AM PDT

Thai police today said they had arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly posting pictures, audio clips and messages deemed insulting to the royal family on the social networking site Facebook.


Student guns down vice-principal in Pakistan

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:52 AM PDT

A possibly "depressed" student of a Pakistani university in Rawalpindi today went on a shooting spree and gunned down the vice principal of the institution at point-blank range. Khurram Shahzad, a final year student at the Riphah International University (RIU) shot dead Vice Principal Brig (Retd) Sanaullah early in the morning.


Want assurance from India on Teesta treaty: Bangladesh

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:18 AM PDT

Bangladesh has said that it wants an assurance from India on the Teesta water treaty. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is in Dhaka and several agreements are on the cards.


Obama calls on his rivals to back his plans, create jobs

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:06 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama used a boisterous Labour Day rally to put congressional Republicans on the spot, challenging them to place the country's interests above all else and vote to create jobs and put the economy back on a path toward growth. "Show us what you've got," he said.


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