Tharoor’s taunt on austerity angers Congress
NIT student commits suicide, family cries foul
George Bush considered Obama unfit for white house, mocked Palin and ClintonLONDON - George W. Bush’s former speechwriter Matt Latimer has revealed that the ex-US President considered Barack Obama unfit for the White House and dismissed Sarah Palin as a nonentity. Generate energy in greener ways, World Bank urges India
We aren’t covering-up assault on Indians: Australian police
Texas teen stabs mother during post-argument hug
Rep. Wilson’s outburst ‘based on racism’: Carter
Japan’s prime minister, Cabinet resign
US prepared for direct talks with North Korea
Barclays took $8.2B more than allowed: Lehman Brothers
Clinton may visit Israel in October
3 Indians attacked by racist mob in Australia
Do you think sudden austerity drive from Congress is just a drama?
China opposes Obama aides meeting Dalai Lama
Iraqi shoe thrower freed; says he was tortured with electric shock!
Global warming might lead to tsunami hit Britain soon!
Brit woman cop branded ‘too sexy to work’ wins case against jail chiefs
US Fritzl Phillip Garrido to face sex victim in court
Cross border terrorism is a matter of deep concern: Chidambaram
Gujarat bypolls: BJP wins five, Congress bags two
James Bowthorpe to become fastest man to cycle round the globe
70% Americans think Economy has not improved at all
107-year-old Malay woman wants 23rd hubby!KUALA LUMPUR - A 107-year-old woman is looking for a groom to marry for the 23rd time because she fears her present hubby will leave her after coming out of rehab. Bin Laden declares decades of war on ‘powerless’ Obama
Obama takes financial regulation push to NY on Lehman Bros. anniversary
Jackson tribute rescheduled for June 2010 in London
Iranian youth raped, jailed, beaten and shattered for opposing Ahmadinejad
British govt apologizes for ‘inhumane’ treatment of gay code-breaker Alan Turing
Hillary Clinton exclusive interview on international relations
US Army Nurse reveals ‘humane’ side of Saddam Hussein
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NEW DELHI - The Congress Wednesday said Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor’s remarks that he would travel in “cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows” were not acceptable and the party high command may also decide if any disciplinary action is to be taken against him.
RANCHI - A student of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) committed suicide by hanging himself at his college hostel in Jharkhand, police said Wednesday. But the family of the victim alleges that the boy’s death was due to “ragging and torture” by senior students.
EW DELHI - Over 400 million people in India have no access to electricity and providing this is an obvious priority for planners. But producing electricity from coal — the main source now — adds to global warming, leading the World Bank to urge India to move to greener ways to generate power.
MELBOURNE - The police are denying that a deliberate decision was taken to minimise publicity over the brutal assault on four Indians at the weekend in this Australian city.
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Police say a 15-year-old Texas boy stabbed his mother in the back with a 6-inch kitchen knife while pretending to hug her after an argument. Police arrested the teen Tuesday in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine about three hours after his mother called police.
ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act “based on racism” and rooted in fears of a black president.
TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso and his Cabinet resigned Wednesday to pave the way for parliament to elect Yukio Hatoyama as the country’s next leader.
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested the US is prepared to engage in direct talks with North Korea to encourage the communist country to rejoin negotiations over its nuclear programme. But Clinton said there had been no formal decision on whether to accept a North Korean invitation for the US special envoy Stephen Bosworth to travel to Pyongyang.
SAN FRANCISCO — Lehman Brothers has accused Barclays Capital of taking $8.2 billion more than it should have when it bought key assets of the failed investment bank a year ago.
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has provisionally agreed to go to Israel in late October or early November for a meeting of the U.S.-Israeli strategic dialogue, American and Israeli sources have told Politico.
MELBOURNE - Three Indians were brutally assaulted in a suburb in this Australian city by a group of youths who allegedly made racist remarks. Omkar Singh, a relative of the victims, told IBN news channel Tuesday that the attack took place when his relatives were playing pool in Epping.
NEW DELHI - As Congress leaders try to outdo each other in taking austerity measures, other political parties have dubbed the drive “mere tokenism” and “drama” which they say aims to divert attention from the serious problems plaguing the country.
BEIJING — China criticized a meeting between aides of President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, saying Tuesday it opposed any such engagements with the Tibetan spiritual leader, but stopping short of threatening a response.
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush says he was tortured with beatings, whippings and electric shocks during his first few days in custody.
LONDON - Some of the world’s top geologists have warned that if global temperatures continue to rise, Britain might see deadly tsunamis like those that have hit Asia, head towards it in the future.
LONDON - A Brit prison officer, who had been branded as too sexy to work, has won her case against jails chiefs. Amit Kajla, 22, from Wolverhampton, had been accused by top brass of dressing too provocatively to work among young lags in a young offenders institution.
LONDON - “American Fritzl” Phillip Garrido will come face to face with Jaycee Lee Dugard in court, after being accused of holding her as his sex slave for 18 years. Garrido is accused of kidnapping Jaycee when she was 11 years old and raping and fathering her two children, now aged 11 and 15, during her time in captivity.
NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that cross border terrorism is a matter of deep concern. They find supports among disgruntled elements within India.
GANDHINAGAR - Coming out of its poor show in the recent Lok Sabha and local body elections in Gujarat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won five assembly seats out of seven constituencies.
LONDON - Less than five-and-a-half months after James Bowthorpe ventured out on his 18,000-mile bike ride through 20 countries, the cabinet-maker from south London is set to become the fastest man to cycle round the globe. He is days away from taking three weeks off a record doubters called “unbreakable”.
WASHINGTON — One year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to prevent another financial industry meltdown, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
ISLAMABAD - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has said that US President Barack Obama is “powerless” to stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a transcript of a tape released by the terrorist organization’s media wing.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to use the first anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse to talk about plans to wind down the government role in a financial sector that needed a Washington bailout last year, an administration official said Sunday.
VIENNA — Organizers of a tribute to Michael Jackson that had been set for Vienna this month say the event will be held instead in London next June.
TEHRAN - A teenaged engineering student has revealed that he was locked up, beaten and raped multiple times for daring to protest against President Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election.
LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologized for the “inhumane” treatment of World War II code-breaker Alan Turing.
WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein might be remembered as a brutal international criminal by the rest of the world; but to retired U.S. Army Nurse Robert Ellis, who spent more time with the dictator than any other American, he was a patient with a humane side.
