Saturday, January 12, 2013

Top US leaders to attend first Indian-American inaugural ball

Top US leaders to attend first Indian-American inaugural ball


Top US leaders to attend first Indian-American inaugural ball

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:06 PM PST

The who's who of America, including several governors, lawmakers and government officials, are expected to participate in the 'Indiaspora 2013 Inaugural Ball' being organised by Indian-American commun...


'Twitter likely to come up with $15 bn IPO next year'

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 10:41 PM PST

Popular microblogging site Twitter is likely to hit the US stock market early next year with a whopping USD 15 billion initial public offering, says a research report.


Aaron Swartz, programmer and Internet activist, dies at 26

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 10:24 PM PST

Aaron Swartz, a wizardly programmer who as a teenager helped develop code that delivered ever-changing Web content to users and who later became a steadfast crusader to make that information freely av...


Russia rejects Assad exit as precondition for Syria deal

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 10:15 PM PST

Russia voiced support on Saturday for international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi but insisted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's exit cannot be a precondition for a deal to end the country's conflict. ...


Beijing air pollution is off the charts

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 10:02 PM PST

One Friday more than two years ago, an air-quality monitoring device atop the U.S. Embassy in Beijing recorded data so horrifying that someone in the embassy called the level of pollution "Crazy Bad" ...


Dane's life as a spy inside al-qaida

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 09:33 PM PST

After converting to Islam, a former member of a Danish motorcycle gang travels to Yemen to study the Quran and soon comes in contact with radical preachers waging holy war against the West.


A Tower of Babel rises around Italy cruise ship wreck

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 08:43 PM PST

Salvage workers from around the world have descended on this tiny Mediterranean island in their hundreds to refloat the Costa Concordia in the biggest removal of its kind ever attempted.


Brooklyn native Mallory Hagan wins Miss America crown

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 08:14 PM PST

Mallory Hagan won the Las Vegas beauty pageant Saturday night after tap dancing to James Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing" and answering a question about whether armed guards belong in grade schools ...


Thousands rally in Paris over Kurd activists killings

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:31 PM PST

Thousands of Kurds from across Europe descended upon Paris on Saturday, demanding justice for three activists shot dead in the French capital.


New York declares flu emergency

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:14 PM PST

New York's governor declared a health emergency Saturday over a flu epidemic that has sickened more than 19,000 people, allowing pharmacists to immunize infants and children.


Italian consul in Benghazi escapes gun attack

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:00 PM PST

An Italian consul came under fire in his car in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Saturday but was unhurt, Italy said, four months after the U.S. ambassador was killed in an attack on the U.S. mi...


Israel forces Palestinians from settlement site

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:48 PM PST

Israeli police early Sunday evicted Palestinian protesters from a hilltop camp they set up in a West Bank area slated for Jewish settlement, police and witnesses said.


Family quarrels add intrigue to US lottery winner Urooj Khan's death

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:27 PM PST

In the week since news surfaced that a Chicago man was poisoned to death with cyanide just before he was to collect a lottery payout, surprising details about his convoluted family saga have trickled ...


Hugo Chavez not in coma, responding well to treatment: brother

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:22 PM PST

Ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is not in a coma and responding well to cancer treatment in Cuba, making progress on a daily basis, his brother said Saturday.


Internet activist Aaron Swartz, 26, found dead

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 05:56 PM PST

A co-founder of Reddit and activist who fought to make online content free to the public has been found dead, authorities confirmed Saturday, prompting an outpouring of grief from prominent voices on ...


Key witness in Berlusconi sex trial, set to testify on Monday

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:20 AM PST

The nightclub dancer who is the main witness in the sex trial of Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will testify at a hearing in Milan on Monday, her lawyer said on Saturday.


World's oldest woman dies in Japan aged 115: officials

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 10:49 AM PST

The world's oldest woman, Japan's Koto Okubo, died at age 115 in a nursing home on Saturday, according to officials.


Air pollution in Beijing reaches hazardous levels, people urged to stay indoors

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:10 AM PST

Air pollution readings in China's notoriously polluted capital were at dangerously high levels for the second straight day Saturday, with hazy skies blocking visibility and authorities urging people t...


UK faces drop in Indian students due to stringent visa policy

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:35 AM PST

Britain's stringent norms on student visas have resulted in a decline in the number of Indian students in higher education by nearly a quarter last year.


Lance Armstrong 'plans to admit doping' in Oprah Winfrey interview

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 04:26 AM PST

Lance Armstrong plans to admit to doping for the first time in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that will be taped on Monday at the disgraced cyclist's home in Austin, Texas, USA Today reported.


Barack Obama won't support the building of a 'Death Star'

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:36 AM PST

A "Death Star" won't be a part of the U.S. military's arsenal any time soon.


Israel gives Palestinians hour to quit protest outpost

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 01:57 AM PST

The Israeli occupation administration gave Palestinian activists one hour Saturday to quit a protest camp in part of the West Bank where Israel has vowed to build new settler homes, an organiser told ...


Angry Pakistani Shiites refuse to bury dead

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 01:29 AM PST

Shiite families refusing to bury their dead after twin bombings in Pakistan's troubled southwestern city of Quetta vowed to continue their sit-in protest Saturday until the army takes over security.


Venezuela's vice president in Havana to see Hugo Chavez, family

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:24 PM PST

Venezuela's vice president flew to Cuba on Friday to visit the ailing Hugo Chavez and his family, while the leaders of Argentina and Peru also traveled to Havana saying they hoped to ask about the Ven...


Won't be pressurised by wild calls for revenge: Salman Khurshid on Indo-Pak tension

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 10:26 PM PST

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid spoke exclusively to NDTV on the "mutilation" of the bodies of the two jawans who were killed by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control on Tuesday. One of ...

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