New York gunman kills one; shot dead (Third Lead)
August 24th, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 24 (IANS) A disgruntled former employee of a firm inside the Empire State Building in New York Friday shot a former male co-worker in the head in ... Read more...
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Environmental factors behind bulging waistlines
June 15th, 2012 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 15 (IANS) Bulging waistlines may have more to do with collective behaviour than genetics or individual choices, according to a new study.
The research team, led by City ... Read more...
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Facebook to embark on a hiring spree next year
December 5th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Dec 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Unemployed Americans are excited following reports that social networking site Facebook will embark on a hiring spree next year. The company announced on Friday that they ... Read more...
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‘Lone wolf’ terror plotter arrested in New York
November 21st, 2011 - 10:46 am ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 21 (IANS) A "lone wolf Al Qaeda sympathiser" who plotted to bomb police cars and postal facilities in Manhattan as also US soldiers was arrested as he ... Read more...
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Evicted occupiers return to NYK park; 100 arrested
November 16th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 16 (IANS) A New York Park where the Occupy Wall Street movement was born two months ago reopened hours after a judge upheld the protesters' eviction and ... Read more...
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New York won’t tolerate Wall Street violence: Mayor
November 6th, 2011 - 2:25 am ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said the city authorities would not allow the violence that swept Oakland to be repeated in New York.In ... Read more...
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Occupying Wall Street will topple capitalism: Iranian leader
October 13th, 2011 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Oct 13 (IANS/AKI) Demonstrations against Wall Street will "topple Western capitalism", Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday."The anti Wall Street protests are very important and their significance ... Read more...
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Around 700 people arrested for taking part in the Wall Street protests
October 3rd, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Oct 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) About 700 protesters were arrested over the weekend following mass protests in the United States in solidarity with the protests in Wall Street. Protesters say they ... Read more...
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US President Barack Obama read the psalm 46 at 9/11 anniversary
September 13th, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Sept 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Pesident Barack Obama defiled the directive by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the 9/11 memorial when he read scriptures from the Bible. Ahead of the ... Read more...
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US remembers the day that changed their lives
September 12th, 2011 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 11 (IANS) A moment of silence fell across America Sunday as the nation remembered the horror of the 9/11 terror attacks that killed 2,977 people, including ... Read more...
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Hurricane Irene hits US coastal areas
August 27th, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 27 (IANS/EFE) Hurricane Irene began to slam the Atlantic coast of the US with heavy rain and ocean swells, with winds of 155 km per hour and ... Read more...
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Bill Clinton calls old Times Square filled with hookers as ‘romantic’
April 15th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 15 (ANI): Former US President Bill Clinton has described the early New York's Times Square, when it was a crime-ridden danger zone filled with prostitutes and crooks, as "romantic and ... Read more...
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New York City Council bans smoking in parks, beaches, Times Square
February 3rd, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 3(ANI): The New York City Council has approved to extend the city's smoking ban to municipal parks and beaches.The ban was approved by a vote of 36-12, and will ... Read more...
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Snow Storm Alert Leads To Changes In Long Island Railway Service Schedule
January 12th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Following the snow storm threat railway officials in New York were forced to make changes in the services. The Long Island Rail Road on Tuesday itself ... Read more...
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Schools And Flights Dismissed Owing To Snow Storm Threat
January 12th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Refusing to take any chances, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has issued out an emergency after the National Weather Service predicted of a massive snow storm ... Read more...
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New Yorkers losing patience with Mayor Bloomberg over snow chaos
December 30th, 2010 - 10:15 am ICT by ANI
New York, Dec. 30 (ANI): Public pressure is mounting on New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg over the poor management of snow clearing up operations in the Apple City.
According to The Telegraph, ... Read more...
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NY Mayor Bloomberg rules out 2012 Presidential bid
December 13th, 2010 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 13 (ANI): New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has denied that he would run for President in 2012 elections.The New York Post quoted Bloomberg as saying that his advisers should ... Read more...
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New York mayor called Obama the most arrogant man he ever met
November 6th, 2010 - 10:22 am ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 6 (IANS) New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg had once said that a conversation with Barack Obama was "like verbal ping pong" and that the US president was the ... Read more...
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Meet minimalist celebs - Robert Pattinson, Steve Jobs, Michael Bloomberg
October 24th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 24 (ANI): Actor Vincent Kartheiser, Robert Pattinson, singer Jane Siberry, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are among the minimalist celebrities, who are rich but like ... Read more...
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‘Backbone’ of twin towers returns to 9/11 site
September 8th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 8 (IANS) A 70-feet-tall steel column, that literally formed the backbone of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, made a return to the ... Read more...
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NY mayor Bloomberg to defend building of Ground Zero mosque
August 28th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug.28 (ANI): New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will make his first appearance on "The Daily Show" in eight years on Saturday night, and is expected to focus on the controversy ... Read more...
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New York mayor plays golf with holidaying Obama
August 28th, 2010 - 7:38 am ICT by IANS
New York, August 28 (IANS) New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg paid a visit to Martha's Vineyard, where Barack Obama is on a holiday, and played golf with the US president.
The mayor ... Read more...
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NY Mayor backs building of 9/11 mosque
August 25th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 25 (ANI): New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has backed plans to building a Muslim community center and mosque near Ground Zero, saying, opposing the project would "compromise our commitment ... Read more...
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Obama backs controversial mosque at 9/11 Ground Zero
August 14th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) President Barack Obama has come out in strong support of a controversial proposal to build an Islamic centre and mosque near New York's Ground ... Read more...
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World’s richest man against pledging his fortune to charity
August 7th, 2010 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 6 (DPA) Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world according to Forbes magazine, is against pledging half his fortune to charity as some of his ... Read more...
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Billionaires sign up to donate fortune (Lead)
August 5th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) Billionaires in the US are queuing up to give away half of their mind-boggling fortune to charity.
Investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates started the campaign to ... Read more...
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NYC Landmarks Board gives go-ahead for mosque near Ground Zero
August 3rd, 2010 - 10:26 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday decided that a building, which mosque project organizers want to demolish, does not qualify for landmark status, ... Read more...
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British PM gorges on roadside hot dog
July 22nd, 2010 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 22 (IANS) David Cameron was treated to a roadside hot dog by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg after the British prime minister arrived in the city for his ... Read more...
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New York Mayor defends proposed Ground Zero mosque
May 30th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 30(ANI): New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has defended the construction of a proposed mosque near Ground Zero, saying that it must be allowed to proceed because the government "should ... Read more...
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New York mayor drops plans to remove 892 cops after Times Square plot
May 6th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 6 (ANI): New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has dropped plans to remove nearly 900 cops days after the failed Times Square car bombing.Bloomberg's executive budget for 2011, which he ... Read more...
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America will not be terrorised, asserts Obama
May 5th, 2010 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 4 (IANS) Declaring that America will not be terrorised, US President Barack Obama Tuesday pledged federal agencies would work aggressively to determine whether a Pakistani-American suspect in ... Read more...
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NY mayor says had Times Square bomb exploded, it could have been ` very deadly’
May 2nd, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 2 (ANI): New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's police chief Ray Kelly have said that had the bomb seized and neutralised yesterday exploded, it could have had ... Read more...
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New York launches a statewide anti-smoking education campaign
March 11th, 2010 - 3:44 am ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley on Wednesday launched Reverse the Damage, a new education campaign that focus on the benefits of ... Read more...
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White House reviewing venue of trial for 9/11 suspects
February 13th, 2010 - 3:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 13 (DPA) President Barack Obama is still mulling a new location to try the five Al Qaeda suspects accused of plotting the Sep 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and has ... Read more...
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New York mayor opposes 9/11 trial in his city
January 29th, 2010 - 2:56 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 29 (DPA) New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has publicly withdrawn support for holding the trial of 9/11 terrorist suspects in Lower Manhattan, giving in to pressure mostly from ... Read more...
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