Thursday, January 26, 2012

Cocaine is delivered to UN

Cocaine is delivered to UN


Cocaine is delivered to UN

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:40 PM PST

A shipment containing 16 kilograms of cocaine was seized last week at the U.N.'s mail intake center, a New York Police Department spokesman said on Thursday.


WikiLeaks scandal sparks US intelligence reform

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:23 PM PST

The WikiLeaks document dump, which saw hundreds of thousands of classified US files leaked, rattled US intelligence officials, forcing them to implement reforms to prevent another such breach. Jame...


Rockets hit Pakistan's top military academy near bin Laden home

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:16 PM PST

Assailants fired nine rockets at Pakistan's top military academy on Friday, damaging its outer wall near the compound where Osama bin Laden was shot dead, officials said. No one was hurt in the pre...


How pimps use the Web to sell girls

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST

In November, a terrified 13-year-old girl pounded on an apartment door in Brooklyn. When a surprised woman answered, the girl pleaded for a phone. She called her mother, and then dialled 911.


Twitter says it can censor tweets if legally required

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:49 PM PST

Twitter has announced that it can now selectively censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, a move which may augur well for India which reportedly urged social media websites to remove offensive co...


US TV station removes comment on Hindu gods

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:36 PM PST

An American television station that sparked an outrage among the Hindus by using the term "weird" to describe their deities in a sports commentary, has removed "objectionable" content from its website...


Four dead, 22 missing in Rio high-rises collapse

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:28 PM PST

Rescue teams frantically dug through rubble on Thursday for at least 22 people missing after three buildings collapsed in the historic heart of Rio, killing at least four people, officials said. Th...


Bill Gates pledges 750 million dollars to fight killer diseases

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:40 PM PST

Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support. The Microsoft founder said he is lend...


Full Transcript: Google's Nikesh Arora speaks to NDTV

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:58 AM PST

Technology giant Google has finally spoken out on the controversy over objectionable content posted on its website and the legal battle it has led to. Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Google's Chief Busi...


Little bit of elbowing but things would fall in place in Pak, says Hina Rabbani Khar

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:28 AM PST

Describing Pakistani Parliament as the "new kid on the block", Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar today said a "little bit of elbowing" was taking place in Pakistan but things would "very soon fall in...


13 killed in Iraq bomb attacks

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:49 AM PST

At least 13 people were killed and eight injured in separate bomb and gunfire attacks in Iraq on Thursday, said police.


In China, human costs are built into an iPad

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:55 AM PST

Apple is not the only electronics company doing business within a troubling supply system. Bleak working conditions have been documented at factories manufacturing products for Dell, Hewlett-Packard, ...


Buildings collapse in Rio, three dead

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:47 AM PST

Three people were confirmed dead and 16 were still missing early on Thursday after three office buildings, one of them 20 stories high, collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, authorities said. Offic...


Navy SEAL team 6 rescues US aid worker from Somalia

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:02 AM PST

The Navy SEAL operation that freed two Western hostages in Somalia is representative of the Obama administration's pledge to build a smaller, more agile military force that can carry out surgical coun...


Gita verdict: Russian prosecutors planning to file appeal

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:50 AM PST

Undeterred by a Siberian court's rejection of their plea seeking a ban on a translated version of the Bhagavad Gita, Russian prosecutors are planning to file an appeal against the verdict on the holy ...


Oz PM Julia Gillard rescued by cops from protesters

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:43 AM PST

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday had to be bundled out of a Canberra restaurant by security service agents after it was surrounded by furious Aboriginal rights protesters.


Surprise dance onboard Finnair flight on India's Republic Day

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:34 AM PST

A dance crew surprised passengers of a Finnair flight to Delhi by bursting out in an Indian dance to celebrate India's Republic Day on January 26th, 2012.


Iraq Al Qaeda says US withdrew to save money

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:58 PM PST

The US pulled its troops out of Iraq because its economy is collapsing and it needed to save money, an Al Qaeda front group said in a message posted on its website on Wednesday, its first online comme...


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