Monday, February 27, 2012

Plane makes emergency landing at Newark airport

Plane makes emergency landing at Newark airport


Plane makes emergency landing at Newark airport

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:50 PM PST

Newark Liberty Airport has reopened after a United Express flight from Atlanta made an emergency landing, forcing an hour-long shutdown. There were no reports of injuries among the 71 people aboard.


Indians forced daughter-in-law into life of 'servitude and sexual abuse'

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

A US court has convicted three members of an Indian family on charges of sexually abusing their daughter-in-law, who moved to America after an arranged marriage.


'Israel won't warn US before Iran strike'

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

Israeli officials say they won't warn the US if they decide to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, according to one US intelligence official familiar with the discussions. ...


Searching for ship-wrecked brother, Kevin faces racial abuse

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:40 PM PST

Kevin, brother of Russel Rebello who went missing after the ill-fated ship Costa Concordia keeled over near the Tuscan coast on January 13, has been very delicately poised since the disaster. Looking ...


Yoga and sex scandals: No surprise here

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:40 PM PST

The wholesome image of yoga took a hit in the past few weeks as a rising star of the discipline came tumbling back to earth. After accusations of sexual impropriety with female students, John Friend, ...

US school shooting: Teenager held, witnesses describe ordeal

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:34 PM PST

A teenager opened fire in the cafeteria at a suburban Ohio high school Monday, killing one student and wounding four others before he was chased from the building by a teacher and captured a short dis...


Pride over Oscar win, shame over content

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:24 PM PST

The documentary that won Pakistan's first Oscar is a matter of national pride, but its "content is a matter of national shame", said a daily. The Oscar that went to Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy in Los Angele...


Virgin aims to test-fly ship in space this year

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:56 PM PST

Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, expects to test-fly its first spaceship beyond the Earth's atmosphere this year, with commercial suborbital passenger service to follow ...


Dharun Ravi trial: Friend testifies in webcam spying case

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:25 PM PST

A friend of Indian American student Dharun Ravi, charged with spying on his gay roommate, has testified that she received text messages from Ravi while she was questioned by police about the alleged a...


One year on, 'ghosts' stalk Japan's tsunami city

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 08:49 PM PST

A year after whole neighbourhoods full of people were killed by the Japanese tsunami, rumours of ghosts swirl in Ishinomaki as the city struggles to come to terms with the awful tragedy.


One killed, four wounded in school shooting in Ohio

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 08:14 PM PST

A gunman opened fire inside a high school cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, wounding five students, one of whom later died, authorities said. A suspect - believed to be a student - was ...


UK police: Culture of illegal payments at The Sun

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 08:08 PM PST

Rupert Murdoch's top-selling U.K. tabloid, The Sun, had a culture of making illegal payments to corrupt public officials in return for stories, a senior police officer said on Monday, as Mr. Murdoch a...


German lawmakers approve new Greek bailout

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:51 PM PST

The German parliament approved a second, euro130 billion ($173 billion) loan package for Greece on Monday after Chancellor Angela Merkel warned lawmakers that it would be irresponsible to abandon the ...


144 dead across Syria, claims activist group

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:47 PM PST

A Syrian activist group reported on Monday that 144 people have been killed across the country, scores of them in the embattled opposition stronghold of Homs by security forces as they tried to flee. ...


Attempt to kill Russia's Prime Minister Putin foiled

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:00 PM PST

Security services in Russia and Ukraine said on Monday they had foiled a plot to kill Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, but his opponents ridiculed the announcement as a campaign stunt six days before he...


WikiLeaks new emails allegedly show Dow spied on Bhopal activists

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:40 AM PST

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


Iran may be 'struggling' with new nuclear machines

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:37 AM PST

Iran is still relying on old technology to expand its nuclear programme, in what may be a sign it is having difficulties developing modern machines that could speed up production of potential bomb mat...


Prince Charles and Camilla leading separate lives: Report

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:11 AM PST

All may not be well between Prince Charles and his wife Camilla - the two are reportedly leading separate lives as she has been struggling to cope with the pressures of being a royal.

Culture of 'illegal payments' at Murdoch's Sun

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 08:20 AM PST

Journalists at Britain's Sun newspaper paid large sums of cash to corrupt public officials, aware the practice was criminal, an inquiry into press ethics heard on Monday, revelations that could prove ...


Costa Cruises liner calls for help after fire on board

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:54 AM PST

A liner owned by the same company as the Costa Concordia, which ran aground off Italy last month, sent out a distress signal in the Indian Ocean on Monday after a fire in the engine room left it witho...


Iran uses Oscar win to taunt Israel

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:26 AM PST

Iran trumpeted the Islamic Republic's first foreign film Oscar win Monday as a triumph over arch foe Israel - even as audiences in Israel packed theatres to watch the movie that beat their country's e...


Bill Clinton, WikiLeaks suspect among Nobel Peace Prize nominees

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:25 AM PST

A total of 231 nominees are up for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, the Nobel Institute said Monday, with Bill Clinton, Helmut Kohl, the EU and US soldier and WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning known t...


Scientists see red on NASA cuts of Mars missions

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:57 AM PST

NASA is making a cosmic U-turn on the road to Mars. For the past two decades, the U.S. space agency has been practically obsessed with Mars. It has hardly missed an opportunity about every two years t...


White House helps pay for Muslim surveillance

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:34 AM PST

Millions of dollars in White House money has helped pay for New York Police Department programs that put entire American Muslim neighbourhoods under surveillance.


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