HIV+ journalist says deported from Qatar, sacked by Al-Jazeera |
- HIV+ journalist says deported from Qatar, sacked by Al-Jazeera
- Pak national in US pleads guilty to aiding LeT militants
- Facebook to hire 'thousands' over next year
- Pak refusing to cooperate in US probe into NATO bombing, says Pentagon
- Pakistan has right to self-defense so does US: Pentagon
- Ultraconservative Islamists make gains in Egypt
- Europe, facing abyss, embraces German might
- Space agency ends attempt to contact Russian probe
- Iranian diplomats leave UK after expulsion
- There is a limit to our patience: Gilani on NATO attack
- China post office offers letters from space
- Man fom UK in India slashes throat during video chat
- The Indian mystery and history in Liz Taylor's jewels
- Rushdie accused of being unchivalraous after Facebook exchange
- Icon of US military now in Iraqi hands
- White House again asks Pakistan to attend Bonn conference
- 35,000 child porn pictures, 800 videos found in Oz man's house
- Memogate: Army doesn't want to topple govt, claims Gilani
| HIV+ journalist says deported from Qatar, sacked by Al-Jazeera Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:43 AM PST A South African journalist was deported from Qatar after being diagnosed with HIV and sacked by the satellite network Al-Jazeera, which is based in the Gulf country. In response to questions posed by AFP in an email, he said he underwent medical tests required to obtain his residence permit, but was only informed that he had HIV when his status was printed on a medical card months later. 
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| Pak national in US pleads guilty to aiding LeT militants Posted: 03 Dec 2011 03:35 AM PST A young Pakistani national living in a suburb of the US Capital has pleaded guilty to providing material support to terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba by making a propaganda video and faces up to 15 years in prison. 
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| Facebook to hire 'thousands' over next year Posted: 03 Dec 2011 03:26 AM PST Facebook has said it plans to hire thousands of employees over the next year and add an engineering team to its office in New York. "We will hire as many high quality engineers as we can here in New York," Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg told reporters at an event also attended by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. 
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| Pak refusing to cooperate in US probe into NATO bombing, says Pentagon Posted: 03 Dec 2011 03:22 AM PST Pakistan is refusing to participate in the US-led probe into NATO bombing that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead along the Afghanistan border last week, the Pentagon has said. 
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| Pakistan has right to self-defense so does US: Pentagon Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:38 PM PST As a sovereign nation Pakistan has the right to self-defense, so does the US, the Pentagon has asserted amid reports from Islamabad that Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani had issued direction that his commanders on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border border can return fire without permission. 
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| Ultraconservative Islamists make gains in Egypt Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:50 PM PST Egypt's ultraconservative Islamist party said on Friday it plans to push for a stricter religious code in the country after claiming surprisingly strong gains in this week's initial round of voting for Parliament, the first elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster. 
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| Europe, facing abyss, embraces German might Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:47 PM PST For more than half a century, the legacy of World War II has meant that the mere mention of a new rise of German power sent shudders through European nations. Now, Germany is increasingly calling the shots for the entire continent - and few seem to mind. 
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| Space agency ends attempt to contact Russian probe Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 PM PST The European Space Agency said on Friday it has abandoned efforts to contact a rogue Russian space probe, increasing the likelihood it will plunge to Earth. 
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| Iranian diplomats leave UK after expulsion Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:38 PM PST Iran prepared a high-profile welcome for its diplomats expelled on Friday from London in retaliation for attacks on British compounds in Tehran that Western leaders claim were sanctioned by Tehran's ruling elite. 
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| There is a limit to our patience: Gilani on NATO attack Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:08 PM PST Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has called for a comprehensive review of country's cooperation with the US following the NATO strike, saying troops had been instructed to respond "with full force" to any further act of aggression. 
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| China post office offers letters from space Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:52 AM PST China's post office is hoping to boost business by allowing customers to send letters postmarked from space. Emails will be sent to a computer aboard Tiangong-1, a spacecraft currently orbiting the earth, and rerouted to a special China Space Post Office branch on the ground in Beijing, the country's space programme said on its website. 
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| Man fom UK in India slashes throat during video chat Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:13 AM PST A 53-year-old Briton, on a business trip to India, killed himself by slashing his throat while his girlfriend in Britain saw the ghastly act live on the internet, a media report said on Friday. 
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| The Indian mystery and history in Liz Taylor's jewels Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:46 AM PST A part of Indian history is being auctioned off on December 13th in New York City when the late Elizabeth Taylor's legendary jewelry will be up for bidding at Christie's: the Taj Mahal diamond from 1627. Taylor received the stone, which is set as pendant, as a gift on her 40th birthday in 1972 from Richard Burton, whom she was married to at the time. Burton bought it from Cartier for 350,000 pounds, and Taylor had the jeweler replace its original silk chord with an adjustable diamond and ruby chain. 
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| Rushdie accused of being unchivalraous after Facebook exchange Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:33 AM PST A New York-based socialite has accused India-born British novelist Salman Rushdie of showing "unchivalrous behaviour" after he reportedly wooed, and then abruptly dumped her on Facebook. 
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| Icon of US military now in Iraqi hands Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:22 AM PST Inside palace walls built by Saddam Hussein, U.S. generals plotted the war's course, tracked the mounting death toll and swore in new American citizens under gaudy glass chandeliers. 
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| White House again asks Pakistan to attend Bonn conference Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:28 AM PST Pakistan had on Tuesday announced not to participate in the conference in Bonn in Germany in protest against the killing of its 24 soldiers by NATO forces in a cross-border fire on the Af-Pak border over the weekend. 
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| 35,000 child porn pictures, 800 videos found in Oz man's house Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:08 AM PST A man linked to the Australian Federal Police has been arrested after more than 35,000 child pornography images and 800 videos were allegedly found at his Sydney home, police said today. 
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| Memogate: Army doesn't want to topple govt, claims Gilani Posted: 02 Dec 2011 06:56 AM PST Amid controversy over a secret memo purportedly sent by Pakistan government to the US fearing an army takeover, Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has ruled out the threat of either a "judicial" or "military" coup, saying the two institutions did not want to derail the democratic system. 
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