Thursday, June 21, 2012

Hillary Clinton identifies Ela Bhatt as one of her 'heroines'

Hillary Clinton identifies Ela Bhatt as one of her 'heroines'

Hillary Clinton identifies Ela Bhatt as one of her 'heroines'

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:41 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has identified India's eminent social activist Ela Bhatt as one of her "heroines".

Hillary again warns Pakistan about 'poisonous snakes' in its backyard

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:30 PM PDT

In a blunt warning to Pakistan against supporting anti-India and anti-Afghanistan terror groups, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked Islamabad to do more about terrorist safe havens in its te...

Taliban suicide bombers attack hotel in Kabul, take hostages

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Three suicide bombers attacked a lakeside hotel north of Kabul, taking hostages and staging an hours-long gunbattle with Afghan security forces, police said Friday. The bombers, armed with machines...

Pakistani harassment of US diplomats said to rise

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:15 PM PDT

Pakistani government harassment and obstruction of U.S. diplomats is increasing dramatically, reaching the point where it is "significantly impairing" the work of the American embassy and consulates t...

Greek government pledges to safeguard euro membership

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 07:48 PM PDT

Greece's new conservative-led coalition government on Thursday pledged to try and revise the country's austerity commitments to its creditors, but insisted that would not endanger ties with the rest o...

Assange won't move from Ecuador embassy: WikiLeaks

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:23 AM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will remain inside Ecuador's embassy in London until his case is resolved, in a process that could take "hours or days", a spokesman for the whistleblower website said...

US Supreme Court strikes down policy regulating curse words on broadcast television

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:15 AM PDT

The Supreme Court unanimously threw out fines and sanctions on Thursday against broadcasters who violated the Federal Communications Commission policy regulating curse words and nudity on broadcast te...

US commerce secretary Johan Bryson resigns after seizure, crash

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:14 AM PDT

US Commerce Secretary John Bryson said on Thursday that he is resigning after suffering a seizure this month connected to a pair of car crashes in the Los Angeles area.

Aung San Suu Kyi makes historic speech to British parliament

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:14 AM PDT

Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday urged the world to help Myanmar complete its journey towards democracy as she became the first foreign woman to address both houses of Britain's parliament.

Bali bombing: Indonesian court sends Umar Patek to jail for 20 years

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 07:06 AM PDT

An Indonesian militant accused of helping to build a massive car bomb used in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Makhdoom Shahabuddin dropped as Pak PM nominee, replaced by Raja Parvez Ashraf

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:59 AM PDT

Pakistan Peoples Party today dropped Makhdoom Shahabuddin as its Prime Ministerial candidate, and is now backing Raja Parvez Ashraf after a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against the former te...

Nine die as Indonesian Air Force plane crashes into housing complex

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:04 AM PDT

An Indonesian air force plane slammed into homes and ignited a fireball in the crowded capital while trying to land on Thursday, killing at least nine people, a military official said. The turboprop p...

Sweden on alert, explosives found near nuke plant

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 04:32 AM PDT

Sweden raised the security alert for the country's nuclear power plants on Thursday after explosives were found on a truck at the southwestern atomic power station Ringhals and police said they were i...

Smoke forces plane from New York to Denmark down in Maine

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 03:18 AM PDT

Smoke inside a plane carrying 272 passengers and crew from New York to Copenhagen forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Maine, Scandinavian airline SAS said early on Thursday. "There was...

Probe: Bad judgment in military school Islam class

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 03:03 AM PDT

Poor judgment and poor oversight led to the teaching of anti-Islamic material at a US military school for officers, according to a Defense Department report on Wednesday. Though an Army lieutenant co...

Power cuts lead to sleep-related disorders in Pakistan

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 02:32 AM PDT

Long hours of electricity cuts, particularly at night, has led to an increase of sleep-related medical and psychiatric disorders among the Pakistani people, health experts have said. Medical experts ...

No jail time for Frenchman who killed wife with Alzheimer's

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 02:10 AM PDT

A French court on Wednesday convicted an elderly man for killing his wife of nearly 50 years after her condition worsened from Alzheimer's but ordered no jail time. Gabriel Armandou, 79, was given a ...

Boat carrying 200 capsizes between Indonesia and Australia

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 02:07 AM PDT

A boat carrying about 200 suspected asylum seekers has capsized in Indonesian waters 120 nautical miles (220 km) north of Australia's Christmas Island, rescue officials said on Thursday.

Arrest warrant for Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Pakistan PM nominee selected by Asif Ali Zardari

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 01:50 AM PDT

Pakistan's ruling party chose outgoing Textiles Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin as its candidate for Prime Minister on Thursday, moving quickly to quell fears of a government showdown with the judiciary...

Pakistan to talk with militants on anti-polio ban

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 01:00 AM PDT

Pakistani authorities will try to persuade militants in a northwest tribal area to lift a ban on anti-polio vaccination teams imposed in protest at US drone strikes, officials said on Wednesday. Loca...

India, China agree to step up defence and security dialogue

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:26 AM PDT

India and China have agreed to step up their defence and security dialogue and take steps to achieve a bilateral trade target of USD 100 billion by 2015. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his Chine...
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