Sunday, February 26, 2012

Norway custody row: To add pressure, India sends special envoy

Norway custody row: To add pressure, India sends special envoy


Norway custody row: To add pressure, India sends special envoy

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:52 PM PST

India is turning up the pressure on Norway to return two young children who are in foster care before their visas expire on March 8.


Osama bin Laden's Pakistan home is no more

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:43 PM PST

Pakistani authorities have reduced the house where Osama bin Laden lived for years before he was killed by U.S. commandos to rubble, destroying a concrete symbol of the country's association with one ...


Pakistani director wins Oscar for film on acid attack victims

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:32 PM PST

Pakistani documentary film "Saving Face", which uncovers the story of hundreds of people, mostly women who become acid attack victims, was honoured with the Oscar award for best documentary (short) at...

US Marine's remains are recovered from Iraq

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:26 PM PST

The U.S military announced on Sunday that it has recovered the remains of the last American service member who was unaccounted for in Iraq, an Army interpreter seized by gunmen after sneaking off base...


Suicide car bomber hits Afghan airport; 9 killed

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:03 PM PST

A suicide car bomber struck early on Monday at the gates of Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine people in a large blast, officials said.


Pak PM contempt case: Court to take evidence today

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 08:53 PM PST

The Supreme Court of Pakistan is scheduled to take evidence today and assess it tomorrow in the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. If convicted, Mr. Gilani could be im...


Suicide car bomber kills 3 outside Nigeria church

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 08:05 PM PST

A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives outside a major church on Sunday, killing three people and wounding 38 in a restive central Nigerian city that has seen hundreds die in religious and ethn...


Syria holds referendum, West calls it a 'farce'

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 07:26 PM PST

The U.S. and its allies dismissed the Syrian regime's referendum on a new constitution on Sunday as a "farce" meant to justify the bloody crackdown on dissent. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham C...


WikiLeaks publishes 'millions' of Stratfor emails

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 06:13 PM PST

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks on Monday began publishing more than five million confidential emails from US-based intelligence firm Stratfor, the anti-secrecy group said.


Australian PM Gillard beats Rudd in leadership ballot

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 06:09 PM PST

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday survived a leadership challenge from Kevin Rudd, crushing her arch-rival in a damaging battle to head the ruling Labour party.


Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital after minor surgery

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:55 AM PST

Former President Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital Sunday after an overnight stay for minor diagnostic surgery to determine the cause of an abdominal complaint, a spokesman for the country...


Thousands form human chain in anti-Putin protest

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 06:42 AM PST

Thousands of people holding hands formed a 16-kilometer (10-mile) human chain encircling central Moscow on Sunday in the latest protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.


Diplomat attack: India has 'considerable evidence' against Iran, says Israel

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 06:27 AM PST

Indian intelligence agencies have "considerable evidence" of Iran's involvement in the February 13 attack on an Israeli diplomat but are not releasing it in a bid to avoid public confrontation with Te...


'Little Punjab' dwellers survive on charity and goodwill in UK

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 05:55 AM PST

Near the Heathrow airport, underneath a motorway flyover dwells "Little Punjab", a squalid community of illegal immigrants including Indians, who came here to fulfil their dreams but were reduced to a...


Afghans launch hunt for ministry shooting suspect

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 05:38 AM PST

Afghan authorities said on Sunday they have identified a suspect in the killing of two U.S. military advisers inside an Afghan ministry a day earlier and have launched a manhunt to track him down.


Egypt begins trial of foreign, Egyptian activists

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 03:57 AM PST

Dozens of democracy activists including Americans go on trial in Egypt on Sunday on charges of receiving illegal funding, despite pleas from Washington that the charges be dropped.


Magnitude-6.8 quake shakes Siberia

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 03:07 AM PST

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 shook southwestern Siberia on Sunday afternoon, the second to hit the area in two months. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, emergency...


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