Friday, January 6, 2012

Whales strand in New Zealand; 7 dead, 18 refloated

Whales strand in New Zealand; 7 dead, 18 refloated


Whales strand in New Zealand; 7 dead, 18 refloated

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:31 PM PST

Seven long-finned pilot whales died after being beached in New Zealand, but rescuers were confident today they had saved the other 18 marine mammals that stranded.


Indian-origin cop accused of using database for sex

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:17 PM PST

An Indian-origin UK police constable has been accused of using his force's database to target vulnerable women for sex while on duty.


Violence in Syria continues, 60 killed

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 08:06 PM PST

Amateur video emerged on Friday which purported to show anti-Assad protesters taking to the streets of Damascus and its suburbs.


Top US baseball player climbs Mount Kilimanjaro for Indian charity

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:29 AM PST

An American baseball player scaling an African mountain for an Indian charity might seem an odd way to draw attention to human trafficking.


US expands count of rape victims by including men

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:23 AM PST

The government is expanding its definition of rape, including men for the first time when counting the number of victims, the Obama administration announced on Friday. The expansion, which supporters ...


US Navy rescues Iranian fishing boat from pirates

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:18 AM PST

Just days after Iranian leaders warned the US to keeps its aircraft carriers out of the Persian Gulf, a US Navy ship that had just finished operations in the Gulf rescued an Iranian fishing boat that ...


Attacker of Islamic centre 'hated all Muslims'

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 06:45 AM PST

The New York man, facing hate crime charges for attacking an Islamic centre and a Hindu temple, went about throwing molotov cocktails at the places as he "hated all Muslims and Arabs" for trying to ta...


Musharraf to return to Pakistan on Jan 25, most likely

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 05:34 AM PST

Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said he plans to return to Pakistan from a self-imposed exile on January 25 or 27 as he is confident that he will be acquitted in all the cases f...


Mother drowns baby in Norway as boyfriend watches on Skype

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 05:13 AM PST

A Norwegian woman, separated from her Pakistani husband, drowned her one-year-old baby in a bucket while her boyfriend watched it live on Skype, a media report said. Yasmin Chaudhry, 26, killed her ba...


Anuj's family makes emotional visit to scene of shooting

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 05:10 AM PST

The parents of Anuj Bidve, the engineering student, who was shot dead on 26 December last year in the British city of Salford, on Friday made an emotional visit to the scene of his murder. His parents...


Man fined for divorcing wife inside car

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 05:06 AM PST

A 53-year-old Muslim man has been fined Rs 7,000 by an Islamic Shariah court in Malaysia for divorcing his wife inside a car, media reports said on Friday.


Easier route to Green Card for US immgrants

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 03:58 AM PST

Obama administration officials announced on Friday that they will propose a fix to a notorious snag in immigration law that will spare hundreds of thousands of American citizens from prolonged separat...


US plans change in immigration rule

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:38 PM PST

The Obama administration plans a rule change to help reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from citizen relatives while they try to win legal status in the US, a senior ...


Chinese police to protect sheep from wolves

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:38 PM PST

In an interesting addition to the responsibilities of policemen in China, armed patrols have been ordered to escort sheep after an increase in the number of wolf attacks this winter. Police in norther...


Obama launches reshaping, shrinking of US military

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST

Looking beyond the wars he inherited, President Barack Obama on Thursday launched a reshaping and shrinking of the military. He vowed to preserve U.S. pre-eminence even as the Army and Marine Corps sh...


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