Julian Assange complaint dismissed
September 11th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Sept 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A case that had been filed by Julian Assange on Monday against a broadcasting watchdog in Britain that showed him dancing in a night club has ... Read more...
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Assange lawyer stopped at Heathrow
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 2 (IANS) A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was stopped at Heathrow and told she was on a secret watch-list and required special clearance before she could ... Read more...
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286 kg marijuana found in vehicle in Hungary
August 26th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Budapest, Aug 25 (IANS) Hungarian authorities discovered 286 kg of marijuana, valued at about 580 million forints ($2.6 million) in a supposedly "empty" vehicle at a checkpoint on the Serbian ... Read more...
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End witch-hunt against WikiLeaks: Assange urges US
August 19th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Sunday urged the US to end its "witch-hunt" against the whistle-blowing website, BBC reported.In his first public statement since entering the Ecuador ... Read more...
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US refuses to recognize diplomatic asylum of Assange
August 18th, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) The US government Friday refused to recognize the diplomatic asylum that Ecuador granted to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as the Organization of American States (OAS) considers ... Read more...
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Bad boy Vidyut Jamvwal turns hero in his next (With Images)
August 17th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Vidyut Jamvwal's good looks, sculpted body and impressive performance as a villain in his first Hindi movie "Force" earned him brownie points. Set to play ... Read more...
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‘Telecom towers kill 7mn birds in America every year’
April 29th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 29 (IANS) Telecom towers are killing nearly seven million birds every year as they migrate from the US and Canada to Central and South America, says a new ... Read more...
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UP cabinet secretary seeks early exit, puts in papers
March 7th, 2012 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) With the change of guard in Uttar Pradesh just a matter of time, state Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh, considered close to Chief Minister Mayawati, ... Read more...
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‘The Simpsons’ aired their 500th Episode
February 20th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The highly successful animated series The Simpsons reached a milestone on Sunday when the 500th episode was aired on FOX. The show has thus become the ... Read more...
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Pakistan gets new fighter planes from US
February 7th, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 7 (IANS) With an eye to India, Pakistan Monday received the last of 18 F-16 fighter jets from the US.Dawn said the primary consideration for purchasing the ... Read more...
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Assange fights extradition in British Supreme Court
February 1st, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 1 (IANS) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has started his latest legal action at the Supreme Court in London to try to block his extradition to Sweden, BBC reported.The ... Read more...
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Assange extradition case goes to British supreme court
December 16th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 16 (IANS) The British supreme court Friday said it would consider an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against his extradition to Sweden.Seven judges would hear the case ... Read more...
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New Zealand pilot miraculously escapes death after crash
November 24th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 23 (IANS) A pilot in New Zealand literally cheated death when his helicopter suddenly crashed while he was putting up a seven-storey Christmas tree, with the incident ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks suspends publishing
October 25th, 2011 - 4:34 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks is suspending publishing operations in order to concentrate the group's resources on fighting a "blockade" by credit card companies, its founder Julian ... Read more...
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Not many takers for WikiLeaks founder’s autobiography
October 1st, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 30 (IANS) The Unauthorised Autobiography of Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange could not drum up interest of readers, as the first three days of its arrival in the market ... Read more...
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Typhoon Roke hits Japan
September 21st, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tokyo, Sept 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Typhoon Roke has hit Japan leaving at least four people dead. Japanese authorities had earlier issued a warning urging more than 1 million people to evacuate from ... Read more...
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Explore the sea with underwater technology
September 7th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) New technology sensors planted five km deep can now enable humans to explore the sea, say researchers.Researchers have completed tests on an undersea network of ... Read more...
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US concerned over new Wikileaks dump
August 31st, 2011 - 8:18 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US State Department said Tuesday it is concerned over a new release of US diplomatic cables by whistleblowing website Wikileaks.Last week, Wikileaks published more ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks releases cables naming top secret sources
August 30th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 30 (IANS) Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has "accidentally" released thousands of US diplomatic cables containing names of top secret sources, whose lives may now be in danger, a media ... Read more...
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Divers wait for good weather to plug Mumbai oil spill
August 11th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) A team of divers from the Oil and Natural Gas Commission Thursday started operations to ascertain the source of oil spill from the sunken cargo vessel ... Read more...
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Norway unprepared for terror attack: WikiLeaks
July 23rd, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 23 (IANS) Norway is ill-quipped to stop terror attacks, a British daily said Saturday, quoting secret US cables leaked by WikiLeaks. One memo warns that "Pakistani-Norwegians" are ripe ... Read more...
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Julian Assange appears in court
July 13th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in court on Tuesday in his bid to prevent extradition to Sweden where he faces sexual offence charges. The former hacker appealed ... Read more...
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Goa looks to Kolhapur scheme to improve sex ratio
June 1st, 2011 - 10:31 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 1 (IANS) Worried over increasing number of female foeticides and low sex ratio, Goa is now looking to follow the Kolhapur initiative in which a software was ... Read more...
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Hackers post fake story about rapper Tupac Shakur on PBS
May 31st, 2011 - 1:18 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Arlington, May 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) PBS’s “NewsHour” website was hacked and a phony story posted there. The story was to the effect that the late rapper Tupac Shakur was alive and living ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh workshop gutted
April 29th, 2011 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 29 (IANS) Equipment and machinery worth several lakhs were gutted after a major fire broke out in a workshop of the state-owned Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) ... Read more...
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Indian response to WikiLeaks expose one of the worst: Assange
April 26th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that the response of the Indian government to the leaked US diplomatic cables was one of the worst ... Read more...
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Some have apologised for writing Wiki cables: Chidambaram
April 25th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Some of those who wrote the US diplomatic cables accessed by WikiLeaks had apologised privately for the embarrassment they had caused, union Home Minister P. ... Read more...
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US wants Trinamool to win: Karat
April 21st, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat said Thursday that leaked US diplomatic cables showed that the US wanted the Trinamool Congress to rule West Bengal.The cables, ... Read more...
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Bradley Manning treatment called ‘illegal and unconstitutional’
April 11th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 11 (ANI): Over 250 of America's leading legal scholars have described the treatment of American soldier Bradley Manning, who has been accused of leaking classified cables to WikiLeaks, as illegal, ... Read more...
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Blue Bird school buses being recalled because of fire risk
April 9th, 2011 - 1:42 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, April 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Blue Bird Body Co. has recalled more than 3,900 school buses following concerns that the cars could catch fire.The company explained that a starter cable and ... Read more...
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Hindutva sheet anchor of our ideological thinking, says RSS
March 28th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Monday said Hindutva was the "sheet anchor" of its ideological movement and dismissed the controversy related to Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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‘It is rubbish that the petroleum portfolio was taken from me’: Aiyar
March 28th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Mar 28 (ANI): Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday rubbished an expose by whistle blowing website WikiLeaks that he was replaced by Murli Deora as Petroleum Minister in ... Read more...
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Advaniji has not forgiven me for becoming PM: Manmohan
March 23rd, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday took potshots at octogenerian L.K. Advani, saying the former deputy prime minister has not forgiven him for becoming the ... Read more...
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No bribery during 2008 trust vote, says PM
March 23rd, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated Wednesday that no bribes were paid to anyone to win the 2008 trust vote in parliament.Responding to opposition allegations, ... Read more...
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Any embassy official can create strife in India: PM
March 23rd, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Reflecting on the troubled situation in the Middle East, from where India sources the bulk of its oil needs, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said ... Read more...
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