Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Pop singer's 'topless' pic leaves Indians angry

Pop singer's 'topless' pic leaves Indians angry


Pop singer's 'topless' pic leaves Indians angry

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 10:57 PM PDT

Topless pictures of an Indian- origin singer, who is Gold Coast city's pick to promote tourism in India, has left a section of the Indian community uneasy with some speaking against such moves to sell...


Gulf Facebook users to help improve lives of people in Bhopal

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 10:34 PM PDT

People in the Gulf region will be able to use a Facebook Timeline application to contribute to a programme of providing safe drinking water to needy communities, starting from Bhopal. Waterworks, a n...


Plane carrying 600 kg of cocaine crashes in Honduras

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:15 PM PDT

A small plane carrying 600 kg of cocaine crashed in Honduras on Tuesday, police said. The pilot was killed and his copilot was injured when the aircraft crashed in Olancho province, Xinhua quoted p...


Chief of US Missile Defense bullied staff: Report

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 08:55 PM PDT

The US Missile Defense Agency's chief routinely bullied his senior staff, chilling discussion of thorny issues in the multibillion-dollar program he runs, the US Defense Department's inspector general...


God particle: What is the Higgs Particle and what it does?

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:59 PM PDT

Scientists at the CERN research centre near Geneva, Switzerland, will on Wednesday unveil the latest results in their search for the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle believed to be key to the formati...


Researchers to set sail in quest to find renowned pilot Amelia Earhart fate

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:50 PM PDT

Researchers seeking to chronicle Amelia Earhart's fate 75 years after she vanished over the Pacific are to set off from Hawaii on a $2 million expedition on Tuesday to look for wreckage of her plane n...


Scientists to unveil milestone in Higgs Boson or God Particle hunt

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:49 PM PDT

Scientists hunting the elusive subatomic 'Higgs' particle will unveil findings on Wednesday that take them nearer to understanding how the Big Bang at the dawn of time gave rise to stars, planets and ...


Pakistan reopens NATO supply routes after US apologises for drone strike

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:25 PM PDT

Ending a bitter seven-month standoff, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton apologised to Pakistan on Tuesday for the killing of 24 of its troops last fall and won in return the reopening of cr...


Hillary Clinton apologises to Pakistan for NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani troops

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT

The Obama administration says Pakistan is reopening supply lines into Afghanistan after the US issued an apology for the November killing of 24 Pakistani troops in a NATO airstrike.


UK to keep missiles near homes to protect Games

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 10:33 AM PDT

Britain will deploy missile defence systems in residential areas of London, including on the roof of a block of apartments, to defend against an aircraft attack on the Olympic Games, the government co...


Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's home, offices searched

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 08:42 AM PDT

French investigators have searched the home and offices of former President Nicolas Sarkozy as part of a probe into suspected illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign, officials said today.


Italian kills wife for being 'too beautiful'

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 06:03 AM PDT

A 35-year-old Italian stabbed his wife to death with a pair of scissors because she was "too beautiful". Giancarlo Giannini, a factory worker and father of two, attacked his 26-year-old wife, Alessand...


Strong quake rattles New Zealand's North Island, no reports of injury

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 05:19 AM PDT

A strong earthquake struck off the west coast of New Zealand's North Island on Tuesday, shaking residents across a wide area and toppling goods from shelves but there were no immediate reports of majo...


Pope fires Slovak bishop in rare show of authority

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:39 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI fired a 52-year-old Slovak bishop for apparently mismanaging his diocese in a rare show of papal power over bishops that could have implications for U.S. sex abuse cases.


Myanmar grants amnesty to 80 prisoners, to deport 34

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:29 AM PDT

The Myanmar government has granted a general amnesty to 80 prisoners, including 34 foreigners, who will be freed starting on Tuesday, according to an order of President U Thein Sein. The amnesty or...


Car bomb kills 25 in southern Iraq: Officials

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 02:52 AM PDT

A car bomb in a busy market in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniya killed at least 25 people and wounded 50 others on Tuesday, police and a provincial council official said, the latest in a series of ...


Cost to protect US secrets doubles to over $11 billion

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:27 AM PDT

The federal government spent more than $11 billion to protect its secrets last year, double the cost of classification a decade ago - and that is only the part it will reveal. The total does not inclu...


This US summer is 'what global warming looks like'

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:14 AM PDT

If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Fl...


Krishna says India's relationship with Tajikistan "excellent"

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:11 AM PDT

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Monday described India's relationship with Tajikistan as "excellent" after meeting his Tajik counterpart Hamrokhon Zarifi in Dushanbe during which the two lea...


Greece faces crucial audit of bailout reforms

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:07 AM PDT

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday huddled with ministers and allies ahead of a crucial creditor audit as a European Central Bank official urged it to carry through with tough reforms. ...


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