Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Australian jailed for life for killing three Indians

Australian jailed for life for killing three Indians


Australian jailed for life for killing three Indians

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 11:15 PM PDT

An Australian man, who killed his Indian girlfriend and her two siblings, was on Thursday sentenced to life with a minimum 35 years of jail without parole, the longest sentence handed down in Queensla...


Single female, over 30 and 'too old' to marry in UAE

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:42 PM PDT

If you are a 30-year-old Emirati woman and still single, then you have missed the marriage boat: by UAE standards, you are now considered to be too old.


ATM for blind launched in Sharjah

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:18 PM PDT

In a first in the Middle East as well as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a teller machine for blind and visually impaired people has been launched in Sharjah by the Sharjah Islamic Bank. The ATM feat...


Over one lakh Chinese children adopted overseas

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:57 PM PDT

More than one lakh Chinese-born orphans and children with physical disabilities have been adopted by overseas parents over the last three decades, a government official said. Overseas adoption has be...


Woman, children beheaded in Afghan 'dishonour killing'

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:47 PM PDT

A 30-year-old woman and two of her children were beheaded overnight in Afghanistan's east, police said, in what appeared to be the latest in a rapidly growing trend of so-called honour killings.

UAE to have its own SOS Children's village

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:33 PM PDT

A special village for orphans, abandoned children and those of unknown parentage is being built in Umm Al Qaiwain in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the lines of the world famous SOS Children's Vill...


Iran state TV accuses BBC of hacking website

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:09 PM PDT

Iran's state TV charged on Wednesday that the BBC hacked its website to change the results of a poll about Iran's nuclear programme. The BBC denied the allegation. The West suspects Iran may be aim...


Scorching heat, dry conditions stifle July 4 celebrations

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 08:08 PM PDT

Millions of Americans headed for parades and fireworks shows on Wednesday to mark a sweltering Fourth of July holiday, some even celebrating as the nation's founders did - without electricity. Stor...


Japan regains nuclear power as first reactor resumes operations

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 08:07 PM PDT

Japan ended two months without nuclear power on Thursday when the No. 3 unit at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi plant became the first reactor to resume supplying electricity to the grid since a nation...


Twitter helps find dog that took train to Dublin

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 07:39 PM PDT

When Patch hopped aboard the train to Dublin, it took the power of Twitter to reunite the dog with his owner. Irish Rail sent a "Lost dog!" tweet with a photo attachment after the Jack Russell terrier...


The 'God particle': Higgs boson explained in 5 points

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle that looks remarkably like the long-sought Higgs boson. Sometimes called the...


Pakistanis kill man accused of insulting Quran

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 11:17 AM PDT

A Pakistani police official has said that thousands of people beat a man to death and then burned his corpse after he was accused of desecrating Islam's holy book.


A new particle could be Physics' Holy Grail

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:49 AM PDT

Physicists working at CERN's Large Hadron Collider said Wednesday that they had discovered a new subatomic particle that looks for all the world like the Higgs boson, a potential key to an understandi...


A new particle could be Physics' Holy Grail

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:46 AM PDT

Physicists working at CERN's Large Hadron Collider said today that they had discovered a new particle that looks for all the world like the Higgs boson, a long sought particle that is a key to underst...


God Particle: Stephen Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 10:07 AM PDT

Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking said on Wednesday the Nobel Prize should be given to Peter Higgs, the man who gave his name to the Higgs boson particle. Former Cambridge University professo...


Waitress makes British Prime Minister David Cameron wait ten minutes for a coffee

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 09:18 AM PDT

"I am in the middle of serving somebody", a waitress at a British coffee shop told British Prime Minister David Cameron as she failed to recognise him and scolded him for jumping the queue.

Turkey recovers bodies of downed jet's pilots: Army

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 08:20 AM PDT

The bodies of the two pilots of a Turkish jet that was downed by Syria on June 22 have been recovered at the bottom of the eastern Mediterranean sea, the Turkish army said on Wednesday.


Geeks bearing gifts: Higgs jokes online

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 08:12 AM PDT

News about an elusive particle called the Higgs boson sparked a rash of bad jokes on the Internet on Wednesday but probably left many T-shirt sellers with a frown on their face.


Palestinians agree to exhume Yasser Arafat's body over poison claim

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 07:55 AM PDT

The Palestinian Authority agreed on Wednesday to the exhumation of Yasser Arafat's body after new allegations that he was poisoned with the radioactive element polonium-210 in 2004.


Iran threatens swift retaliation on US bases

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 07:45 AM PDT

Iran's semi-official news agency Fars has reported that the country can destroy nearby US military bases and strike Israel within minutes of an attack on the Islamic Republic.


Taliban threatens to attack NATO vehicles after Pakistan opens supply routes

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 07:22 AM PDT

The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has threatened to attack Afghanistan-bound NATO vehicles after Islamabad ended a seven-month blockade of supply routes following a US apology for a cross-border ...


More than 1 million in US still without power 5 days after storm

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 07:10 AM PDT

More than 1 million homes and businesses in a swath from Indiana to Virginia remained without power early on Wednesday, five days after deadly storms tore through the region. The outage meant no July ...


Gunman kills self, four others in hostage standoff in Germany

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 05:44 AM PDT

Police commandos stormed an apartment in southern Germany on Wednesday after a hostage standoff and found five bodies, including that of the gunman, a spokesman said.


60 Pakistan cops removed from operational duties for being obese

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 04:30 AM PDT

Sixty police personnel, including six women constables, were removed from operational duties in Pakistan's Punjab province for failing to comply with a directive to shed weight, officials said on Wedn...


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