Saturday, November 19, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: Pepper spray video sparks outrage

Occupy Wall Street: Pepper spray video sparks outrage

Occupy Wall Street: Pepper spray video sparks outrage

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 04:38 AM PST

Protesters sitting on the ground supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement on the campus of the University of California, Davis took a face full of pepper spray at close range from an officer in riot gear in an incident that was captured on cellphone video and spread virally across the Internet Saturday.

Swiss museum clinic tries to cure information junkies

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 04:25 AM PST

The Libyan war, the Greek debt crisis and the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal have all been rich fodder this year for news junkies -- but is today's information overload healthy? A Swiss clinic has set out to help those who feel overwhelmed by such excess with an unusual exhibition that runs until July 15, 2012 at the Museum for Communication in Bern.

Statue of cop shot dead by Kasab to be unveiled on 26/11 anniversary

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 04:14 AM PST

A memorial for slain policeman Tukaram Ombale will be unveiled at Girgaum Chowpatty here on the third anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Ashoka Chakra awardee Ombale, who was assistant sub-inspector of police, was shot dead by terrorist Ajmal Kasab during the attacks in 2008.

'Memogate': ISI chief met Mansoor Ijaz in London, discussed secret memo, says report

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 04:06 AM PST

ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha met Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz in London to verify his claims that he helped deliver to US administration a secret memorandum in which Pakistani government purportedly sought American help to stave off a possible military takeover, a media report said here today.

'Memogate': Haqqani arrives in Pakistan to explain his position; he is lying about memo now, says Mansoor Ijaz

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 02:36 AM PST

Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani arrived in Islamabad early this morning amidst a raging storm and tension over surfacing of a secret memo. The memo was allegedly sent by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to the US warning of and seeking assistance against a possible military takeover after Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan in May this year.

Prime Minister arrives in Singapore on a two-day visit

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:48 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today on a two-day visit as part of a two-nation tour aimed at pushing the 'Look East' policy. Singh will hold talks with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on deepening economic, trade, cultural and people-to-people relations.

Police, protesters clash at Tahrir Square: 1 dead, over 600 injured

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 12:53 AM PST

Egyptian riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets stormed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday to dismantle a protest tent camp, setting off clashes that killed two protesters, injured hundreds and raised tensions days before the first elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster.

'I itch' to kill corrupt civil servants, jokes Medvedev

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 12:12 AM PST

Dmitry Medvedev joked that he "sometimes itches" to execute civil servants convicted of corruption, Russian news agencies reported today. "The severity of punishment has never been the most important thing for us. Of course, in other countries, you gun down civil servants in public but in our society it is not the same," he said.

Quake hits eastern Japan, nuclear plant stable

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:40 PM PST

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Japan on Sunday, but a nuclear plant that was crippled by a huge quake and tsunami in March remained stable, officials said. The quake hit at Ibaraki, 136 kilometres (84 miles) east of Tokyo and just south of Fukushima, at 10:23 am (0123 GMT) with its depth at 24.7 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

PM, Julia Gillard meet in Bali, discuss uranium sale

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:23 PM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard met in Bali on Saturday for a brief interaction to take forward discussions on selling uranium to India and also to review their strategic partnership.

Saudi women with 'tempting' eyes may be forced to cover them

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 03:21 PM PST

Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up under a new law in the country.

Gaddafi's eldest son, Seif al-Islam, captured in Libya

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PST

Moammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam - the only member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large - was captured as he travelled with aides in a convoy in Libya's southern desert, Libyan officials said Saturday. Thunderous celebratory gunfire shook the Libyan capital as the news spread.

Man with US passport blows himself up in Pakistan

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:08 AM PST

Pakistani authorities say a militant who blew himself up in southern Pakistan during a raid by security forces was carrying a U.S. and a Pakistani passport.

Egypt riot police clears Tahrir Square of protesters

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST

Egyptian riot police beat protesters and dismantled a small tent city set up to commemorate revolutionary martyrs in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday.
Posted by Harshad at 11:27 PM

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