Indian-American orphan woman caught in legal tangle
May 25th, 2012 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 25 (IANS) United States has acknowledged that an adopted Indian American woman who faces deportation thirty years after she came here has been caught in a legal tangle, ... Read more...
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Bus passengers lynch robber in Mexico
May 25th, 2012 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), May 25 (IANS/EFE) A group of bus passengers overpowered two would-be robbers, beating one to death and leaving the other badly injured, Mexican police said.The incident took place ... Read more...
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Russia not to allocate $10 mn for Afghan army
May 25th, 2012 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has rejected a NATO request to allocate $10 million for the support of the Afghan Army, the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan said ... Read more...
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Rajat Gupta’s trial: Prosecutors play FBI wiretaps
May 25th, 2012 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 25 (IANS) Prosecutors played a series of FBI wiretapped phone conversations in a bid to show that Goldman Sachs' former Indian-American director Rajat Gupta shared confidential information ... Read more...
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Seven injured as US n-submarine catches fire
May 25th, 2012 - 8:14 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 25 (IANS) At least seven people were wounded after a fire broke out overnight on a US Navy's nuclear-powered submarine, the Navy said Thursday.The submarine is docked at ... Read more...
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Strong quake hits Norwegian Sea: USGS
May 25th, 2012 - 7:27 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 25 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Norwegian Sea Thursday, the US. Geological Survey (USGS) reported.The temblor, which occurred at 10.47 p.m. ... Read more...
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US, Iraq discuss F-16 sales
May 25th, 2012 - 7:07 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 25 (IANS) The US and Iraqi defence officials have held discussions in the past three days over sale of 18 F-16 fighter jets, according to US Defence ... Read more...
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Solar-powered plane attempts intercontinental flight
May 25th, 2012 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Geneva, May 24 (IANS) Solar Impulse, the world's biggest solar-powered aircraft, took off from Switzerland Thursday for its first intercontinental flight to Morocco.The aircraft started its voyage at Payerne in ... Read more...
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Two-fly limit for Beijing public loos
May 24th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 24 (IANS) Public toilets in Beijing must contain no more than two flies per stall, according to a bizarre new directive issued to washroom attendants, it was reported ... Read more...
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Iranian navy saves US vessel from pirates
May 24th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, May 24 (IANS) Iranian naval forces have rescued an American commercial vessel that was attacked by several pirate boats near the Gulf of Aden, Press TV reported Thursday.The Public ... Read more...
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Egyptian teen invents spacecraft propulsion system
May 24th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 24 (IANS) A 19-year-old Egyptian university student has invented a futuristic propulsion system for spacecraft.The invention "leapfrogs" NASA research, and uses a hi-tech quantum effect to drive satellites ... Read more...
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Five aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
May 24th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 24 (IANS) Two Western female doctors and their three Afghan colleagues have been kidnapped in northeast Afghanistan, it was reported here Thursday.They were abducted while travelling on horseback ... Read more...
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Iran talks resume in Baghdad
May 24th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran and the group of international negotiators - the five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany - Thursday started a new round of ... Read more...
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Russian bikers held in Iraq for spying
May 24th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 24 (IANS) Four Russian bikers travelling through Iraq have been arrested on charges of spying in the country, and face up to 10 years in jail if found ... Read more...
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Terrorist jailed for 23 years in Russia
May 24th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 24 (IANS) A court in Russia Thursday sentenced a terrorist to 23 years in a high-security prison after he was convicted of plotting a terror attack and a ... Read more...
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Calcium pills raise heart attack risk
May 24th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 24 (IANS) Taking calcium supplements can push up the risk of a heart attack, and could do more harm than good, warn researchers.People take calcium supplements as they ... Read more...
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Indian frigate sails for sea trials in Russia
May 24th, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Talwar-class frigate being built for the Indian Navy at the Yantar Shipyard in Russia's Kaliningrad exclave departed Thursday for sea trials.The Tarkash is the ... Read more...
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Around 500 held in China telecom scam
May 24th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) A total of 482 people have been arrested on suspicion of their involvement in a major transnational telecom scam in China, the government said Thursday.Among the ... Read more...
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Indian-American treats wife as slave; gets away with probation
May 24th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 24 (IANS) An Indian American man whose family forced his wife into slave labour was spared jail but sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to perform ... Read more...
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Italian firm Eni finds oil in Egypt
May 24th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, May 24 (IANS) Italy's largest energy company Eni said Thursday it has made a significant discovery of around 150-250 million barrels of oil in Egypt.The oil reserves have been ... Read more...
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China to put out quake data on social networks
May 24th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) Chinese authorities Thursday suggested they may use social networking websites to enhance awareness on earthquake prevention and disaster reduction.The popularity of microblogging sites should be utilised ... Read more...
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Italian gets funeral 64 years after being killed
May 24th, 2012 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, May 24 (IANS) An Italian got his funeral Thursday more than six decades after he was killed by the mafia.The 34-year-old Placido Rizzotto was killed in 1948 in ... Read more...
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Chinese couple held for burying woman alive
May 24th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) A Chinese couple has been detained after they got drunk and knocked down an elderly woman and later buried her alive.It was certain the woman was ... Read more...
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70 arrested Chinese released in Nigeria (Lead)
May 24th, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) Nigeria has released around 70 Chinese who were arrested for illegally living and working in the country, a Chinese foreign ministry official said Thursday.Ministry spokesman Hong ... Read more...
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Jailed Russian complains of discrimination in US
May 24th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 24 (IANS) A former Russian pilot, who is serving 20 years in prison in the US for attempted drug trafficking, has complained of racial and religious discrimination against ... Read more...
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China launches probe into missing teenagers
May 24th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) China's ministry of public security has launched a probe after media reports said seven or eight teenagers had gone missing over the past few years in ... Read more...
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US asks Chinese academics to leave country
May 24th, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) The US State Department has ordered Chinese academics with visas that offer cultural and educational exchange programmes in America to leave the country in June, saying ... Read more...
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45 Chinese arrested in Nigeria
May 24th, 2012 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) A total of 45 Chinese have been arrested in Nigeria for their involvement in illegal textile trade, a media report said Thursday.The 34 men and 11 ... Read more...
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UNSC ‘tired, unfit for purpose’: Amnesty
May 24th, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN Security Council is suffering from a failure of leadership and looks "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose", human rights organisation ... Read more...
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US court hears Rajat Gupta’s call to Rajaratnam
May 24th, 2012 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 24 (IANS) Prosecutors played the lone recorded phone call of Rajat Gupta to Raj Rajaratnam to show the close relationship of Goldman Sachs' former Indian American director ... Read more...
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Spain to seek dialogue with Britain over Gibraltar
May 24th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, May 24 (IANS/EFE) Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said here Wednesday that he will convey an offer of dialogue with Britain over the future of Gibraltar when he ... Read more...
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Fate of Indian American orphan hangs in balance
May 24th, 2012 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 24 (IANS) The fate of an Indian American woman facing the prospect of deportation 30 years after she came to the US as an adopted infant hangs in ... Read more...
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Indian aircraft carrier’s sea trials postponed
May 24th, 2012 - 8:50 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sea trials of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, which is being overhauled for the Indian navy in Russia, have been postponed until beginning of ... Read more...
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Italian president warns of wave of violence
May 24th, 2012 - 8:28 am ICT by IANS
Rome, May 24 (IANS) Days after a bomb attack which killed a student in an Italian city, President Giorgio Napolitano has warned of a new wave of violence reminiscent of ... Read more...
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Five killed in Iraq violence
May 24th, 2012 - 6:48 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, May 24 (IANS) At least five people have been killed, including three pilgrims, and many injured in separate gunfire and bomb attacks in Iraq, said police.The deadliest attack occurred ... Read more...
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