Sunday, October 21, 2012

A biker, a blonde, a jihadist and piles of CIA cash

A biker, a blonde, a jihadist and piles of CIA cash


A biker, a blonde, a jihadist and piles of CIA cash

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 11:14 PM PDT

The man with the wire-rim glasses and bushy beard, speaking calmly in American-accented English, is familiar from dozens of Web videos urging violent jihad against the United States.


In campaign of memorable debates, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney face off again

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 11:10 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off in front of the cameras for a third and final time on Monday near the end of a presidential campaign season marked by a high numbe...


Savile scandal 'worst BBC crisis for 50 years'

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 10:56 PM PDT

Unfolding claims of sexual abuse against late BBC star Jimmy Savile have plunged Britain's national broadcaster into its biggest crisis for 50 years, a senior reporter has warned.


Australia Prime Minister Gillard gets poll boost after sexism speech

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 10:09 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's popularity has surged following her aggressive speech calling the opposition leader a misogynist and a sexist, a poll showed on Monday.


Round 3: Obama-Romney face foreign policy crunch test

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 09:55 PM PDT

After days of cramming, two intense earlier debates, and a bitter months-long campaign, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will come out swinging on Monday in their third and final showdown.


Fidel Castro alive and well, says Venezuelan president's aide

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 09:42 PM PDT

Fidel Castro is alive and well, according to Elias Jaua, a former Venezuelan vice president who said he met with the Cuban revolutionary leader over the weekend.


Peace envoy Brahimi urges truce as bomb rocks Damascus

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:54 PM PDT

Syria peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi appealed to both sides to call a truce to the conflict during a Muslim holiday this week after talks with President Bashar al-Assad, as a deadly blast rocked Damascus...


US Presidential election: Final debate with two weeks left in campaign

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:48 PM PDT

Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney confront each other on foreign policy Monday night in a third and final presidential debate, a must-win televised face-off heading into the final two week...


Clashes break out in Beirut after slain official's funeral

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:24 PM PDT

Gunmen exchanged fire in southern districts of Beirut overnight after the state funeral of an assassinated Lebanese intelligence chief ended in violence when angry mourners broke away and tried to sto...


British Prime Minister Cameron on ropes after 'catastrophic' week

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 07:45 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure to reassert his authority over a Conservative Party reeling after a week which saw the resignation of a senior minister and claims of incompetenc...


Barack Obama, Mitt Romney tied in latest poll

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 07:28 PM PDT

A new poll puts US President Barack Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney dead even in their race for the White House on the eve of their final televised debate.


German Chancellor Angela Merkel to open Berlin Holocaust memorial for Roma

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 07:15 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will inaugurate a memorial to murdered Roma and Sinti victims of the Nazis on Wednesday, as Europe's largest minority grapples with ongoing discrimination.


Greek Prime Minister Samaras throws deputy out of party

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 07:03 PM PDT

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has said that a deputy from his center-right party who had expressed opposition to new austerity measures is no longer part of the parliamentary group and asked th...


Gunman opens fire near major mall in Milwaukee, three dead

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 06:57 PM PDT

A gunman burst into a day spa where his estranged wife worked in the midwestern US state of Wisconsin and opened fire Sunday, killing three people and injuring four others, police said.


Jordan foils Al Qaeda-linked 'terror plot': Reports

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 11:05 AM PDT

Jordan has foiled a "terrorist plot" and arrested 11 Al Qaeda suspects who planned to carry out suicide attacks against shopping malls and diplomats, Petra news agency reported on Sunday.


Gunman opens fire near major mall in Milwaukee, several injured

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 10:47 AM PDT

Deputies searched Sunday for a shooter after multiple people were wounded when someone opened fire at a spa near a suburban Milwaukee shopping mall.


Parents sue hospital for 'declaring son dead'

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:22 AM PDT

The parents of an eight-year-old boy have sued a US hospital, alleging doctors pronounced their son dead though he was still alive, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday.

Pakistan sets world records in plugs, breads, chessboards

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 06:12 AM PDT

Pakistan may not have brought home any medals from this summer's Olympics, but it can now lay claim to world records in chapati-making, plug-wiring and chessboard-arranging.


Polish puppy no bigger than a mobile may be world's smallest

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 06:07 AM PDT

A Polish puppy no bigger than its owner's mobile phone may be the smallest living dog on the planet. The teeny terrier Meysi weighed just about 44.7 grams at birth and is now three months old and tips...


Fighting in Moammar Gaddafi's stronghold kills 22 militiamen

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:39 AM PDT

Libya's state news agency says 22 pro-government militiamen were killed in an assault on late dictator Moammar Gaddafi's last stronghold.

Muslim pilgrims flood Mecca for Haj

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:01 AM PDT

Muslim pilgrims have been descending in droves on Mecca for the Haj, the world's largest annual gathering which Saudi Arabia insists will not be affected by instability shaking the region.


Russian troops kill 49 militants in massive sweep

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 04:08 AM PDT

Russian troops on Sunday killed 49 militants in a massive security sweep that followed angry comments from President Vladimir Putin about raging violence in the troubled North Caucasus.


Blast near police station in Damascus, 10 killed

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 02:47 AM PDT

An explosion hit the Old City of Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens of other civilians, Syrian activists said. It came as President Bashar Assad discussed the civil war...


Have scientists discovered a diamond bigger than Earth?

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 02:19 AM PDT

Forget the diamond as big as the Ritz. This one's bigger than planet Earth. Orbiting a star that is visible to the naked eye, astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of our own made lar...


Winston Churchill's Land Rover fetches more than Rs one crore

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:04 AM PDT

A Land Rover built for former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday was sold for a whopping 129,000 pounds (around Rs 1.10 crore) at an auction in UK.


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