Saturday, August 28, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Chinese lawmakers oppose proposal to abolish death penalty

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 01:11 AM PDT

The lawmakers believe that doing away with the capital punishment, especially when the crimes were on the rise, may have a negative effect.

Bofors case: Court to hold fresh proceedings in Quattrocchi's case

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:47 PM PDT

A Delhi court on Saturday decided to hold the proceedings afresh on CBI's plea to withdraw more than two-decade-old Bofors pay-off case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi.

Jimmy Carter arrives in Boston with freed American from North Korea

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:53 PM PDT

The former US President arrived on Saturday with Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who spent seven months in a North Korean prison for illegally crossing into the Communist nation but was released on the leader's request.

Daughter of US ambassador falls 25 stories to her death

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:33 PM PDT

The 17-year-old daughter of the US ambassador to Thailand was killed on Friday after falling out of a window from a 25th story apartment in New York.

Hurricane Danielle in Atlantic becomes Category 4 storm

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:21 PM PDT

Hurricane Danielle is getting better organized far out over the Atlantic as the Category 4 storm heads in Bermuda's direction and threatens to bring dangerous rip currents to the US East Coast.

USAID chief says he had to leave Pak after being threatened

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:35 PM PDT

Indian-American US aid chief Rajiv Shah has said that he had to leave a relief camp in flood-hit Pakistan in a hurry, after being threatened by extremist elements present there.

Capt Sumit Kohli's family meets Antony, demands probe into his death

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:30 PM PDT

Veena Kohli, mother of Captain Sumit Kohli, believes her son was murdered at the Army residential complex in Jammu and Kashmir by his fellow officers. Army maintains that the Captain committed suicide.

Washington approves United, Continental airline merger

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:49 PM PDT

The United States on Friday cleared the way for a merger between US carriers United and Continental that will create the world's biggest airline, the Department of Justice said.

New York governor slammed for 'westernized' Muslims comment

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT

Muslim leaders in the United States are criticizing Gov. David Paterson for his description of the developers of an Islamic center and mosque planned near ground zero as peaceful, "almost westernized" Muslims.

China asks airline to change name after plane crash

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:18 PM PDT

China's Henan province has asked the commercial carrier whose plane crashed during landing, killing 42 people Tuesday, not to use the word "Henan" in its name in a bid to protect the province's image.

US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan: Officials

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:14 PM PDT

A US drone strike Saturday killed four militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said.

Eight killed in Iraq violence, Qaida militants arrested

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:06 PM PDT

At least eight people were killed in violence across Iraq on Friday, including three anti-Al-Qaida militiamen, a week before the US military is due to end its combat mission in the country.

Two car bombs explode in northern Mexico; no casualties

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:58 PM PDT

Two car bombs exploded in northern Mexico early on Friday, the latest attack in an area where several days earlier marines found the bodies of 72 people gunned down in the country's escalating drug war.

Soldiers back from Iraq made 'America safer': Obama

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:13 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama in a YouTube message on Friday thanked US troops back from Iraq for their "dedication" and "courage" that "has made America safer."

Kenya gets new American-style constitution

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:51 AM PDT

Kenya's president signed a new constitution into law on Friday that institutes a US-style system of checks and balances and has been hailed as the most significant political event since Kenya's independence nearly a half century ago.
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