International News
  • Terror raid near Olympic Stadium in London; 6 arrested

    London: Five men and a woman were arrested in a series of dramatic early morning terror raids across London today just three weeks before the Olympics, reports the Daily Mail.

    London: Five men and a woman were arrested in a series of dramatic early morning terror raids across London today just three weeks before the Olympics, reports the Daily Mail.

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  • First NATO supply trucks cross Pakistan border

    Chaman, Pakistan : Trucks carrying NATO supplies rolled into Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months Thursday, ending a painful chapter in U.S.-Pakistan relations that saw the border closed until Washington apologized for an airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

    Chaman, Pakistan : Trucks carrying NATO supplies rolled into Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months Thursday, ending a painful chapter in U.S.-Pakistan relations that saw the border closed until Washington apologized for an airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

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  • Indians leave a footprint on 'God Particle'

    Geneva: As all eyes today focus on the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, famously known as CERN, Indian scientific and technological contributions are among the many that keeps the world’s biggest particle physics laboratory buzzing.

    Geneva: As all eyes today focus on the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, famously known as CERN, Indian scientific and technological contributions are among the many that keeps the world’s biggest particle physics laboratory buzzing.

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  • Pop singer's 'topless' pic leaves Indians angry

    Melbourne: Topless pictures of an Indian- origin singer, who is Gold Coast city's pick to promote tourism in India, has left a section of the Indian community uneasy with some speaking against such moves to sell tourism to a largely conservative India.

    Melbourne: Topless pictures of an Indian- origin singer, who is Gold Coast city's pick to promote tourism in India, has left a section of the Indian community uneasy with some speaking against such moves to sell tourism to a largely conservative India.

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  • Queen in historic handshake with her cousin's killer

    London: In a historic first in the Northern Ireland peace process, Queen Elizabeth today met and shook hands with Martin McGuinness, who was senior leader of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) that killed her cousin, Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, in 1979.

    London: In a historic first in the Northern Ireland peace process, Queen Elizabeth today met and shook hands with Martin McGuinness, who was senior leader of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) that killed her cousin, Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, in 1979.

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  • US approves first new weight loss pill in decade

    Washington: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss in more than a decade.

    Washington: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss in more than a decade.

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  • Malaysia: Muslim woman TV anchor suspended for charity haircut

    Kuala Lumpur: A Muslim TV anchor's decision to support cancer awareness by chopping off her hair has cost the woman her job at a Malaysian channel, which wants her to grow back her mane to an "acceptable" length before being allowed to resume her work.

    Kuala Lumpur: A Muslim TV anchor's decision to support cancer awareness by chopping off her hair has cost the woman her job at a Malaysian channel, which wants her to grow back her mane to an "acceptable" length before being allowed to resume her work.

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  • Taliban says no to polio vaccination campaign in Pak

    Islamabad: In another setback to Pakistan’s efforts to eradicate polio, the Taliban has banned a vaccination campaign in the restive South Waziristan region till the US halts its drone strikes in the tribal belt, a bizarre diktat that will affect 80,000 children.

    Islamabad: In another setback to Pakistan’s efforts to eradicate polio, the Taliban has banned a vaccination campaign in the restive South Waziristan region till the US halts its drone strikes in the tribal belt, a bizarre diktat that will affect 80,000 children.

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  • Facebook draws user angry with email switch

    Menlo Park, California Jun 26: Facebook has changed your email address. That's how it appears after a quiet change in the way the company displays users' contact information.

    Menlo Park, California Jun 26: Facebook has changed your email address. That's how it appears after a quiet change in the way the company displays users' contact information.

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  • Final steel beam lifted at 4 World Trade Center

    New York: Construction workers removed their helmets and looked on teary-eyed as the final steel beam of 4 World Trade Center was lifted into place Monday, the first such milestone since the 16-acre (6.5-hectare) site was decimated on Sept. 11.

    New York: Construction workers removed their helmets and looked on teary-eyed as the final steel beam of 4 World Trade Center was lifted into place Monday, the first such milestone since the 16-acre (6.5-hectare) site was decimated on Sept. 11.

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