Monday, January 30, 2012

Assange takes case to England's top court

Assange takes case to England's top court

Assange takes case to England's top court

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:18 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's two-day hearing at England's Supreme Court gets underway Wednesday, in the latest stage of his lengthy battle against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations....

Obama confirms use of US drone strikes in Pakistan

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:50 PM PST

US President Barack Obama on Monday confirmed that US drone aircraft have struck Taliban and Al-Qaeda targets within Pakistan -- operations that until now had not been officially acknowledged.

US court rejects Rana's plea for fresh trial

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:25 PM PST

A US court has rejected the plea of a fresh trial by Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, convicted of aiding terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is blamed for the 26/11 Mumbai terr...

Illinois nuclear reactor loses power, venting steam

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:02 PM PST

A nuclear reactor at a northern Illinois plant in USA shut down on Monday after losing power, and steam was being vented to reduce pressure, according to officials from Exelon Nuclear and federal regu...

Americans take refuge at Cairo embassy

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:02 PM PST

Three American democracy advocates barred by Egyptian authorities from leaving the country have sought refuge at the US Embassy in Cairo, officials said on Monday, as tensions between the two allied n...

Syrian troops push back in fight on Damascus edges

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 12:00 PM PST

Syrian forces heavily shelled the restive city of Homs on Monday, and troops pushed back dissident troops from some suburbs on the outskirts of Damascus in an offensive trying to regain control of the...

Afghan man kills wife, apparently for giving birth to girl

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:38 AM PST

An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said Monday. It was the latest in a...

More than 100 hurt in Peru quake

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:11 AM PST

Peruvian authorities say 112 people have been treated for injuries after a magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck the country's central coast. They say none of the injuries are life-threatening.

Banned from US for "destroy America' tweet

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 07:34 AM PST

Two Britons have been barred from entering the US after an innocent tweet about "destroying America" was picked up by US anti-terror officials. Leigh Van Bryan wrote a message to his 24-year-old frien...

BlackBerry under siege in Europe

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:26 AM PST

The iPhone has taken a big bite out of the BlackBerry in a market where the older phone once dominated: business customers in North America. Meanwhile, in Europe, Samsung is poised to do the same to R...

Gilani dismisses reports of extension to ISI chief

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 01:27 AM PST

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has dismissed reports that he was considering a proposal to grant another extension to ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha and said a decision on this issue w...

Search for aliens is on again, but next quest is finding money

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 11:59 PM PST

Operating on money and equipment scrounged from the public and from Silicon Valley millionaires, and on the stubborn strength of their own dreams, a band of astronomers recently restarted one of the i...
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