Sunday, December 4, 2011

Massive WWII bomb successfully defused in Germany

Massive WWII bomb successfully defused in Germany


Massive WWII bomb successfully defused in Germany

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 03:26 AM PST

A massive British World War II-era bomb that triggered the evacuation of about half of the 107,000 residents of Germany's western city of Koblenz was successfully defused on Sunday, authorities said.


Note on flight from London referred to bomb

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 02:53 AM PST

Officials say a suspicious note was found in the bathroom of a Virgin Atlantic flight to Boston. Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for Logan International Airport, says the note was found Sunday in Flight 11 from London's Heathrow Airport to Boston. He says the note referenced a bomb and was found by a flight attendant.


More radioactive water leaks at Japanese plant

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 02:46 AM PST

At least 45 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from a purification facility at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, and some of it may have reached the Pacific Ocean, the plant's operator said Sunday.


India to kick off United Nations talks on 'climate change'

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:31 AM PST

India today kicks off its high-level political negotiations as Environment Minister, Jayanthi Natrajan, takes control of the talks with other nations at the high level United Nations talks at Durban, South Africa on 'climate change'. India has criticised the Developed Nations, especially the United States of America, for not making firm commitments to cutting green house gas emissions.


Obama calls Pakistan leader about NATO airstrikes

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 03:57 PM PST

US President Barack Obama has told Pakistan's President that the NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers were not deliberate attacks and that America is committed to a full investigation.


Planning Afghanistan's future beyond 2014

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 03:56 PM PST

A global conference in Germany to discuss Afghanistan's future beyond 2014 comes as the country faces political instability, an enduring Taliban-led insurgency and possible financial collapse following the planned drawdown of international troops and foreign aid.


Facebook bans village name for being offensive

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 01:46 PM PST

Facebook users from a village called Effin in Ireland cannot use the name after the social networking website banned it for being "offensive".


Russia polls: Cosmonauts vote from space

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 12:11 PM PST

Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin voted from space on Sunday for a new Parliament in which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party is expected to emerge victorious.


WikiLeaks' chief Julian Assange fights in court to avoid extradition

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:47 AM PST

Julian Assange is making what could be a last throw of the legal dice in his battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations.


Names of Indians with Swiss accounts to be revealed next year: Assange

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:01 AM PST

Assange, who is under house arrest in the UK, said this through video-conferencing at a conference in Delhi, that whistle-blower Rudolf Elmer, who passed CDs containing information to him, is undergoing trial and it would not be proper to make disclosures at this juncture.


Zardari to address parliament amid pressure on Pakistan government

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 09:31 AM PST

President Asif Ali Zardari plans to address Pakistan's parliament amid speculation that he would clarify certain issues. President Zardari announced on Sunday that he would address a joint session of both houses of parliament even as he called on workers of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to not be "provoked into any aggression" in the face of challenges confronting the government.


NATO strike: Clinton calls Gilani over 'unintended' killing of troops; Pak firm on Bonn meet boycott

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 08:32 AM PST

As Pak-US ties plunged to a new low after a deadly NATO strike, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani to offer her condolences on the "unintended" killing of 24 Pakistani troops, but was unable to make him reconsider the decision to boycott a key meet on Afghanistan.


84-year-old says she was strip-searched at JFK airport

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 05:41 AM PST

An 84-year-old New York grandmother has said she was injured and humiliated when she was strip searched at an airport after she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner.


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