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| 20 killed, 170 injured in Lahore suicide blasts Times of India ISLAMABAD: In the latest wave of terrorist attacks, at least 20 people were killed and 170 injured when three suicide bombs ripped through a Shia procession in Pakistan's cultural city of Lahore. The explosions took place at three separate sites amid a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Evacuations Ordered as Hurricane Earl Nears New York Times By LIZ ROBBINS and ANAHAD O'CONNOR Tourists and residents of Ocracoke Island, one of the barrier islands of the Outer Banks in North Carolina, were piling onto ferries and boarding up their properties on Wednesday morning, as officials ordered the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Emergency Aid Shifts to Pakistan's Flooded South Voice of America Pakistani men wade through floodwaters in Sujawal in southern Sindh province, Pakistan, 30 Aug 2010. Floodwaters have begun to recede in the northwest and central parts of Pakistan. There is an urgent need to accelerate efforts to help thousands of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Staying sane when trapped by disaster Hindustan Times The lessons that could help keep 33 trapped Chilean miners safe and sane during their months underground were learned at desperate times in isolated places: ice-bound sailing ships, prisoner-of-war camps, malfunctioning capsules whizzing through space. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| California doctor dies in ex-boyfriend's chimney Sify A California doctor has been found dead in a chimney where she apparently got stuck while trying to enter the house of her ex-boyfriend, according to media reports Wednesday. The decomposing corpse of Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, was found Saturday night in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Reports: Gunman at Discovery Channel CNN A police emergency response team was responding to reports of a man with a gun and possible explosives at the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland, a police spokeswoman said. Montgomery County police received the call at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| PM's high-risk Greens embrace The Australian JULIA Gillard has agreed to a historic pact with the Australian Greens in a bid to end the nation's parliamentary deadlock, promising action on climate change in return for guaranteed support to govern. The deal includes the establishment of a climate ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Netherlands frees Yemeni suspects BBC News Two Yemenis arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of planning a terror attack have been released, prosecutors in the Netherlands have said. An investigation failed to find any evidence against the two men, the Dutch national prosecutor's office said. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Castro admits to marginalising gays Sydney Morning Herald Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has acknowledged discrimination against homosexuals during his rule in the 1960s and 70s, decrying the "great injustice" suffered by gays in the country. "If there is someone responsible, it is me... but for sure ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| President turns to West Asia Hindustan Times President Obama is attempting a triple play this week that eluded his predecessors over the past two decades: simultaneous progress on the most vexing and violent problems in the Middle East — Israeli-Palestinian peace, Iraq and Iran. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Zimbabwe to become biggest supplier of diamonds to Surat Times of India SURAT: Zimbabwe is likely to become the biggest supplier of rough diamonds to the world's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centres in Surat. The diamond output from its Marange fields is expected to reach 40 million carats per annum in the next ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Palocci, Meirelles to Be Part of Brazil Government Under Rousseff, IG Says Bloomberg By Andre Soliani - Wed Sep 01 18:20:21 GMT 2010 Antonio Palocci, Brazil's former finance minister, may be appointed as Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff should she win the October presidential election, said Guilherme Barros, a columnist at the IG news ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dalai Lama speaks out against caging egg-laying hens Hindustan Times Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday expressed distress over the confinement of egg-laying hens in tiny battery cages and urged for an end to the fowl-abuse. In a statement, the Nobel laureate decried the cruel treatment meted out to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Three charged in terror case held in custody Toronto Star Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh, 30, Misbahuddin Admed, 26, and Dr. Khurram Syed Sher, 28 all appeared in court Wednesday by video conference. The three men were arrested last week by the RCMP in connection with an alleged Ottawa-based terrorist cell. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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