Monday, November 21, 2011

Hugh Grant: Non-Murdoch tabloid hacked me in 2007

Hugh Grant: Non-Murdoch tabloid hacked me in 2007


Hugh Grant: Non-Murdoch tabloid hacked me in 2007

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:18 AM PST

Actor Hugh Grant told a London courtroom on Monday about the dark side of celebrity life, describing mysterious break-ins, leaked medical details and hacked voice mails - and laying blame on the entire tabloid press, not just the now-shuttered News of the World.


Egypt cabinet resigns as deadly clashes rock Tahrir

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 11:56 PM PST

Egypt's cabinet said on Monday it had resigned amid deadly clashes in Tahrir Square between police and protesters demanding political change, and the ruling military called for crisis talks. "The government of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has handed its resignation to the (ruling) Supreme Council of the Armed Forces," cabinet spokesman Mohammed Hegazy said in a statement.


Bill Gates testifies in US $1 billion lawsuit against Microsoft

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:10 PM PST

Microsoft's Bill Gates took the witness stand today in a US $1 billion anti-trust lawsuit accusing the software maker of duping a competitor prior to its rollout of Windows 95.


Pakistan Army expresses reservations over MFN status to India: Reports

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:55 PM PST

The Pakistan Army has expressed its reservations over the civilian government's move to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India and conveyed its concern to the administration at the highest level, the BBC's Urdu service reported on Monday.


Egypt's Cabinet resigns amid widening protests

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:06 PM PST

Egypt's state television says the Cabinet has submitted its resignation to the ruling military council but will stay on to run the nation's day-to-day affairs until a decision is made.


Pakistan's Memogate: Never met Ijaz, says Mullen

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:14 PM PST

Amid a controversy over a secret memo sent to the then US military chief to prevent a possible military coup in Pakistan, the spokesperson of Admiral Mike Mullen said that the former top general never met the Pak-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz and does not know him.


Top Khmer Rouge leaders' trial opens in Cambodia

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 02:49 PM PST

Cambodians were bluntly reminded of their tragic history on Monday as the trial began of three top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of orchestrating the "killing fields" in the late 1970s.


US debt talks near collapse

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 02:46 PM PST

The latest bid to find a long-term solution to the US debt crisis looked doomed to fail on Sunday as lawmakers remained at odds over cutting social programs and raising taxes on the rich.


UK to cut financial ties with Iranian banks

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 02:26 PM PST

The UK will cut financial ties with Iranian banks over fears about its nuclear program, Britain's Treasury chief George Osborne said on Monday.


Non-Murdoch tabloid hacked me in 2007: Hugh Grant

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 02:23 PM PST

Actor Hugh Grant said on Monday that he believes his phone was hacked by Britain's Mail on Sunday tabloid - the first time he has implicated a newspaper not owned by Rupert Murdoch in the wrongdoing.


Clashes renew at Egypt's Tahrir Square; 24 dead in three days

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 01:49 PM PST

Security forces fired tear gas and clashed on Monday with several thousand protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square in the third straight day of violence that has killed at least 24 people and has turned into the most sustained challenge yet to the rule of Egypt's military.


China warns India: Foreign companies shouldn't engage in South China Sea

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 10:59 AM PST

China's foreign ministry spokesman was asked today if the issue was raised in Dr Singh's meeting with Premier Wen at Bali. In his reply the spokesman said, "As for the discussion on the South China Sea issue, China has expounded its positions many times. We don't hope to see outside forces involved in the South China Sea dispute and do not want to see foreign companies to engage in activities that will undermine China's sovereignty and interests."


Police, protesters clash for 3rd day in Egypt

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:30 AM PST

Police are clashing for a third day in Cairo's central Tahrir Square with stone-throwing protesters demanding the country's military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. About 3,000 protesters are on the square, facing off with hundreds of black-clad riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.


Haqqani ready to face inquiry, says wife

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:17 AM PST

The wife of Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani, involved in a controversy over a secret memo sent to the Obama administration, today defended her husband and said he was ready to face an inquiry into the matter.


Haqqani ready to give his BlackBerry for memo probe

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:39 AM PST

Pakistan's ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani is willing to hand over his BlackBerry phone to help in the investigation over a secret memo to Washington that claims President Asif Ali Zardari feared a military coup, a media report said.


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