Monday, October 3, 2011

Gunmen attack Shiite Muslims in Pakistan, 13 killed

Gunmen attack Shiite Muslims in Pakistan, 13 killed

Gunmen attack Shiite Muslims in Pakistan, 13 killed

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:52 AM PDT

Suspected Sunni extremists opened fire on Shiite Muslims traveling through southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 13 people in the latest apparent sectarian attack to hit the country, police said. Sunni militants with ideological and operational links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have carried out scores of bombings and shootings against minority Shiites in recent years, but the past couple weeks have been particularly bloody.

US: Chemical mixing sparks massive fire at Texas plant

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 03:31 AM PDT

Massive plumes of black smoke and bright orange flames shot into the sky south of Dallas on Monday, after a fire sparked as workers mixed chemicals at a plant. Schoolchildren and residents were forced to evacuate or take cover indoors to avoid possible exposure to dangerous gases.

Italy appeals court clears Amanda Knox of murder

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:11 AM PDT

Amanda Knox left prison on Monday, a free woman for the first time in four years, after an Italian appeals court threw out the young American's murder conviction for the brutal stabbing death of her British roommate after a drug-fueled sexual assault. Knox, 24, collapsed in tears after the verdict was read, a stunning reversal in a sensational saga that became a cause celebre in the U.S. Her co-defendant and former boyfriend, Italian Raffaele Sollecito, also was cleared of killing 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in 2007.

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in India for strategic ties

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:18 AM PDT

Afghanistan and India will give boost to their strategic partnership and take stock of the situation in the region during the visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai here from today, in the backdrop of faltering peace process in the war-torn country due to nexus between Pakistan and Haqqani group.

Smoke jumper makes his last (official) leap

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:38 AM PDT

Dale Longanecker has spent 38 years as one of the most elite of his kind, a smoke jumper. He has parachuted out of airplanes into some of the most remote wildfires in the West carrying little more than a shovel, a gallon of water and a bottle of ibuprofen. He was 19 when he made his first jump, and the Forest Service says his 896 jumps - 362 of which were into fires - are a record that may never be broken. Sometimes, he might stay in the woods for a night to fight a fire. At others, he would be gone for two weeks, off all but celestial grids.

Scientist wins Nobel for medicine days after death

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:47 PM PDT

A pioneering researcher was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday, three days after dying of pancreatic cancer without ever knowing he was about to be honored for his immune system work that he had used to try to prolong his own life.

Turbulence hits two Boston flights, 20 injured

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Boston airport officials say 20 people on two separate flights reported being hurt during severe turbulence.

Now, dead German satellite to crash-land

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:02 PM PDT

After the six-tonne UARS satellite of NASA that crashed into the Pacific ocean over a week ago, another is approaching fast for a fiery death plunge soon. This time, it's a defunct German space telescope called ROSAT, which is set to hit the planet at the end of October or early November, scientists said.

Nobel Prize goes to 3 for work on immune system

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:12 AM PDT

Three scientists whose discoveries on the immune system opened up new avenues for prevention and treatment of infections, cancer and inflammations won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday. American Bruce Beutler and French scientist Jules Hoffmann shared the 10 million-kronor ($1.5 million) award with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman, the Nobel committee at Stockholm Karolinska institute said.

Bar Refaeli, Sarkozy's son dating?

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:24 AM PDT

Supermodel Bar Refaeli was spotted getting cozy with President Nicolas Sarkozy's son Pierre during a night out here. The couple were seen greeting each other with a kiss on the cheek before enjoying the evening together at Raspoutine nightspot. However, they later left separately, reports dailymail.co.uk.

Insurgents take police hostage in western Iraq

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:39 AM PDT

Iraqi officials say insurgents have broken into a police station in western Iraq and are holding a number of police officers hostage. The deputy of the Anbar province governor, Dhari Arkan, says the Iraqi army is surrounding a police station in the town of al-Baghdadi. He says Insurgents are holed up inside and have taken police officers hostage.

Blast in southern Afghanistan, 2 dead

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:10 AM PDT

A suicide bomber killed two civilians in southern Afghanistan on Monday in what an Afghan minister claimed was an assassination attempt, officials said. Assadullah Khalid, minister of border and tribal affairs and chief security coordinator for the south, said he was the target of the blast in Kandahar, the region's biggest city.

Taliban won't support Pak blindly if US attacks, says commander

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:56 AM PDT

A top Tehrik-e-Taliban commander has said that his group will not blindly support Pakistan in the event of an attack by the US. Maulvi Faqir Muhammad, the commander for Bajaur tribal region and the deputy chief of the TTP, a grouping of militant factions, made the remarks in a telephone interview with the BBC. Referring to drone strikes in the tribal belt, he said the US was continuously infringing on Pakistan's sovereignty.
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