Thursday, July 5, 2012

Human Rights Council backs Internet freedom

Human Rights Council backs Internet freedom


Human Rights Council backs Internet freedom

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 10:14 PM PDT

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva has passed its first resolution on Internet freedom with a call for all states to support individuals' rights online as much as offline. Despite opposition...


Two Argentine ex-dictators convicted in baby thefts

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 08:58 PM PDT

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was convicted and sentenced to 50 years Thursday for a systematic program to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during th...


US files complaint against China on cars

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 10:51 AM PDT

The United States filed a trade complaint against China on Thursday for new duties it imposed on American-made cars and trucks.


Faulty data misled pilot in 2009 Air France plane crash: Report

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 09:55 AM PDT

A combination of faulty sensors and mistakes by inadequately trained pilots caused an Air France jet to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, killing all 228 people aboard in the airline's deadliest...


Bidve killer says his mind went blank

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 08:57 AM PDT

A Briton standing trial for the shooting of Indian student Anuj Bidve on December 26 last year told the Manchester Crown Court on Thursday that his mind "went blank" at the time, and claimed that he w...


Mitt Romney's wife says keen to have woman Vice President

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 08:49 AM PDT

Republican Mitt Romney has been quietly narrowing down his options for a White House running mate, but in the midst of a closely watched vice presidential sweepstakes, his wife hinted she'd like a wom...


Why you should know Frank Ocean

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 08:43 AM PDT

On a recent Saturday morning here Frank Ocean was up early, well rested and ready to walk Everest, his Bernese mountain dog, through the up-and-down streets near the modest and modern home he's been r...


Smoker's aid behind UK bus search on freeway

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 08:25 AM PDT

British police said on Thursday that reports of suspicious activity on a bus, which set off a massive emergency response and forced the closure of a section of a major highway in central England, were...


UK police arrest 3 in phone hacking investigation

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 06:42 AM PDT

Two former members of the National Health Service were arrested on Thursday by officers investigating corrupt links between police and journalists exposed by Britain's phone hacking scandal, Scotland ...


007 exhibition looks at screen spy as style icon

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 06:26 AM PDT

A new exhibition at London's Barbican Centre explores the style of the suave secret agent, displaying costumes, props, set pieces and design drawings from half a century of 007 films.


The God particle through a scientist's eyes

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 06:21 AM PDT

Dr Archana Sharma is the only Indian on the rolls of CERN. Since 1989 she has worked on instrumentation, detector design, also development, installation and commissioning of the CMS experiment. She is...


Bus searched on London highway, not counter-terror op, clarifies police

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 06:03 AM PDT

Armed police and dozens of emergency vehicles closed off a section of the M6 highway in both directions on Thursday following an incident on a passenger bus in central England.


WikiLeaks has data from 2.4 million Syrian emails

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 05:30 AM PDT

The secret-spilling group WikiLeaks said Thursday it was in the process of publishing material from 2.4 million Syrian emails - many of which it said came from official government accounts.

UK bans Indian Mujahideen

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 05:14 AM PDT

The UK has banned Indian Mujahideen (IM), citing the "indiscriminate mass casualty attacks" carried out by the Lashkar-e-Taiba linked terror group in India and the threat it posed to British nationals...


Japanese touch therapy eases pain in cancer patients

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 04:58 AM PDT

Cancer patients experience easing of side-effects such as pain and nausea after a single session of Jin Shin Jyutsu, an ancient Japanese touch therapy, says a study. The study by the University of Ke...


Six terror suspects arrested in London, no link to Olympic Games

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 03:47 AM PDT

British police say they have arrested five men and one woman on suspicion of terrorism.


'God particle' a gateway to new vision of universe

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 03:43 AM PDT

What is God Particle: Physicists said Thursday the potential discovery of the "God particle" was a gateway to a new era that could see humanity unlock some of the universe's great mysteries including ...


Fukushima nuclear accident a 'man-made' disaster: Probe

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 03:38 AM PDT

The nuclear accident at Fukushima last year was a "man-made disaster" and not only due to the tsunami, a Japanese parliamentary panel said on Thursday in its final report on the catastrophe.


First NATO truck in seven months crosses Pakistan border

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 03:29 AM PDT

The first truck carrying supplies to American and NATO troops in Afghanistan has crossed the Pakistani border after a seven-month long closure of the supply routes by Pakistan ended earlier this week.


A bank that helps protect the savings of street children

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 01:31 AM PDT

Ram Singh, 17, earns just one dollar from the 100 cups of tea he makes every day outside Delhi railway station, but each evening, after packing up, he goes to the bank and deposits nearly half of it.


Oil backed up, Iranians put it on idled ships

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 01:13 AM PDT

The hulking tanker Neptune was floating aimlessly this week in the warm waters of the Persian Gulf, a fresh coat of black paint barely concealing its true identity as an Iranian ship loaded with hundr...


Bilawal Bhutto fails to appear for law exams in UK

Posted: 04 Jul 2012 11:48 PM PDT

Pakistan People's Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been studying at a top London law college but has been unable to appear for examinations due to his hectic schedule and an inability to focu...


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