Sunday, February 19, 2012

Plane clips chopper in California, 2 pilots injured

Plane clips chopper in California, 2 pilots injured


Plane clips chopper in California, 2 pilots injured

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:05 PM PST

Authorities say two pilots were taken to hospitals with minor injuries after a small plane clipped a helicopter in the air over Northern California.


Iran poised for big nuclear expansion

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:04 PM PST

Diplomats say Iran is poised for a major expansion of its nuclear program at a cavernous underground site. They say that electrical circuitry, piping and supporting equipment for the new centrifuges i...


Muslim students at Ivy League colleges monitored by police

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 10:20 PM PST

The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the Ivy League colleges of Yale and the Univer...


Pakistan Taliban gaining more resources from kidnapping

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 10:10 PM PST

A campaign of high-profile kidnappings has provided the Pakistani Taliban and its allies with new resources, arming insurgents with millions of dollars, threatening foreign aid programs and galvanizin...


US not inclined to enter into arms race with China: Pentagon

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 08:33 PM PST

The United States is not inclined to enter into an arms race or any confrontation with China, a top Pentagon official has said.


Guns and Androids: Pakistan air force making iPads

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 08:29 PM PST

Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan's military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of ...


Merkel backs former East German activist for president

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 07:49 PM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed late on Sunday to back former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck to become the country's next president, resolving a political dispute that had become a d...


44 killed in Mexico prison riot; guards detained

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 06:44 PM PST

An inmate riot that may have been staged to cover a breakout killed 44 prisoners on Sunday, and the jail's director and all guards on duty at the time have been detained, a security official said.


Iran's Guard begins new land military exercises

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 07:39 AM PST

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has begun a two-day land military exercise to upgrade its capabilities to defend the country against possible external threats.


Iran halts oil sales to France, Britain

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 06:12 AM PST

Iran has halted its limited oil sales to France and Britain in retaliation for a phased EU ban on Iranian oil that is yet to take full effect, the oil ministry said on Sunday. "Oil sales to British an...


Five Indians held in Ghana for economic offences

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:52 AM PST

Five Indians and 31 other foreigners were arrested in Ghana for flouting investment laws, the authorities said. GIS spokesman Francis Palmdeti said the foreigners were arrested for breaching the GIPC'...


Suicide bomb kills 15 at Baghdad police academy

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:15 AM PST

A suicide car bomber blew himself up in front of a Baghdad police academy on Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 21 others in the deadliest attack for weeks in the Iraqi capital, security officials...


3 held after tourists stoned at Jerusalem mosque

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 01:08 AM PST

Israeli police said they arrested three Palestinians in the grounds of the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem on Sunday after tourists visiting the site as well as police were stoned. "Sto...


Dissident Myanmar monk to face trial: State media

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 01:03 AM PST

A leading dissident Buddhist monk who was among hundreds of political prisoners, released last month is to face trial in Myanmar, state media said on Sunday. Gambira will have to face the charges of s...


Drivers to circle Moscow in anti-Putin protest

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 12:28 AM PST

Moscow drivers flying white balloons and ribbons prepared to circle the Kremlin on Sunday in protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's likely return as president in March 4 polls.


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