Posted on June 4th, 2013 : Administrator

Bollywood actress Jiah Khan, who was found dead at her home in the Indian city of Mumbai, committed suicide, a police post-mortem has found.

Her mother found Khan’s body hanging in her apartment, police told the BBC. (more…)

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Posted on May 29th, 2013 : Administrator

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The labels “Buddhist majority attacks minority”, “extremists Buddhists target innocent Muslims”, “Buddhist chauvinists”, “fanatical Buddhists attack Muslims” were recently spread across virtually all mainstream media attempting to embarrass and humiliate the Buddhists of Sri Lanka. Why are these same media and human rights organizations mum now on the attacks on Muslims in Britain following an isolated incident of a British army personnel stabbed to death? (more…)

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Posted on May 28th, 2013 : Administrator

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The cold blooded killing of an Englishman in British army uniform in broad day light in Woolwich, London by two black men a few days ago was a heinous crime that shocked the public in both England and overseas, but it has nevertheless opened a Pandora’s box related to accountability for crimes committed by people in British army uniform on black and Muslim people in Africa and Middle East over a considerable length of time, and the role of the criminal justice system in Britain, British colonies and the international criminal court in failing to bring to book perpetrators of such crimes in British Army uniform. (more…)

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Posted on May 21st, 2013 : Administrator

(Reuters) – At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed.

President Barack Obama declared a major disaster area in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local efforts in Moore after the deadliest U.S. tornado since one killed 161 people in Joplin, Missouri, two years ago. (more…)

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Posted on May 16th, 2013 : Administrator

A file photo of traders working at the crude oil options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange in New York.

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The price of oil fell to near $93 on Wednesday after the publication of disappointing economic growth figures in Europe, with the 17-country eurozone languishing in its longest recession to date. (more…)

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Posted on April 23rd, 2013 : Administrator

Lora Saalman, a Beijing-based associate in the Nuclear Policy Programme at the Carnegie Endowment. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf

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China, concerned over India’s policy on Indian Ocean, wants to establish posts in countries like Sri Lanka and Seychelles, said Dr. Lora Saalman, an American expert on arms control. (more…)

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Posted on April 10th, 2013 : Administrator

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A week into the Emergency when the relationship between the Congress government at the Centre and the DMK government in Tamil Nadu was becoming increasingly hostile, Labour and Housing Minister K. Rajaram asked a U.S. diplomatic representative in Chennai whether the U.S. would give assistance to the State if it decided to secede from India. (more…)

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Posted on April 9th, 2013 : Administrator

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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday urged the Centre and Supreme Court to reconsider their stand against authorising Tamil as official language in Madras High Court and said administration of justice needs to be taken closer to the people. A recent communication from the Centre had indicated that the long standing request of the state was considered by Supreme Court, but after due deliberations, it reiterated its earlier resolutions “not” to approve the proposal, she said. (more…)

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Posted on April 9th, 2013 : Administrator

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LONDON: Margaret Thatcher, the ” Iron Lady” who transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power, died on Monday following a stroke. She was 87. (more…)

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Posted on April 8th, 2013 : Administrator

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Former Union Minister and DMK’s south zone organising secretary M K Alagiri’s supporters perhaps did not realise that not attending a birthday party would cost them so dear. But then they should have, considering the party was none other than Alagiri’s bete noire and younger brother M K Stalin’s. (more…)

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Posted on April 4th, 2013 : Administrator

North Korea has moved what appears to be a mid-range Musudan missile to its east coast, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said on Thursday, quoting multiple government sources privy to intelligence from U.S. and South Korean authorities.

It was not clear if the missile was mounted with a warhead or whether the North was planning to fire it or was just putting it on display as a show of force, one South Korean government source was quoted as saying. (more…)

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Posted on March 28th, 2013 : Administrator

(CNN) — Internet users around the globe are facing slowed-down service, thanks to what’s being called the biggest cyberattack in history.

The prolonged denial-of-service assault is targeting The Spamhaus Project, a European spam-fighting group that has gone after CyberBunker, a data-storage company that offers to host any content “except child porn and anything related to terrorism.” (more…)

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