13 killed, 35 injured in Pakistan gas station explosion Posted: 07 Mar 2011 11:01 PM PST A massive blast at a gas station in Pakistan's central Punjab province on Tuesday killed 13 people and injured 35 others, officials said.   |
World will act if Gaddafi violence continues: NATO Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:52 PM PST The world will not allow the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to continue attacking anti-government forces without trying to stop him, NATO's secretary general has said.   |
Warrant issued against Hindu guru convicted of molestation Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:15 PM PST A US court has issued an arrest warrant against an elderly Hindu religious leader, convicted of molesting two young girls, after he failed to appear before it on the day of his sentencing.   |
Senators demand investigations into 'sham universities' in US Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:12 PM PST Four influential US Senators have appealed to authorities, demanding a crackdown on "sham universities" helping foreign nationals "illegally" enter into America.   |
China set to be top uranium user before 2030: Report Posted: 07 Mar 2011 05:35 PM PST China will surpass the United States as the world's largest consumer of uranium before 2030 as the nation's imports rise sharply to feed a growing nuclear industry, a senior energy official was quoted as saying by state media.   |
Barack Obama to name Gary Locke as new US ambassador to China Posted: 07 Mar 2011 04:24 PM PST President Barack Obama will nominate commerce secretary Gary Locke as next US ambassador to China, two administration officials said on Monday.   |
NATO launches 24-hour air surveillance of Libya Posted: 07 Mar 2011 03:32 PM PST |
US to resume Guantanamo trials after two-year freeze Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PST President Barack Obama on Monday lifted a two-year freeze on new military trials at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and suggested Congress was hurting national security by blocking his attempts to move some trials into US civilian courts.   |
Tunisia unveils new government, scraps security agency Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PST Tunisia announced on Monday a new interim government free of any members of the regime of toppled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and scrapped a security agency that had targeted political dissidents.   |
Berlusconi undergoes face surgery to repair damage from 2009 attack Posted: 07 Mar 2011 11:47 AM PST Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi underwent jaw and dental surgery for four hours on Monday to repair damage suffered when a man hurled a statuette at him in 2009.   |
More arrests likely in Malegaon blast case: Maharashtra ATS Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:36 AM PST Maharashtra ATS has got "new material and good information" after interrogating Praveen Mutalik and some more arrests are likely in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the chief of the squad said on Monday.   |
US stocks open mixed, tempered by oil price rise Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:16 AM PST US stocks opened mixed Monday with energy stocks enjoying solid gains as Libya veered toward civil war and unrest continued in the Arab world, driving crude oil above $106 a barrel in New York.   |
Zardari and Gilani attempt to quell Pak-US tensions over Davis Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:14 AM PST Pakistan's top leadership today sought to quell tensions with the US over the arrest of a suspected CIA contractor on murder charges, saying the two countries should focus on long-term strategic ties.   |
France's ex-president Chirac goes on trial for corruption Posted: 07 Mar 2011 04:58 AM PST Jacques Chirac on Monday became the first former French president to go on trial as a court heard charges he embezzled public funds while he was mayor of Paris in the 1990s.   |
NHRC notice to Rajasthan govt, seeks report on death of pregnant women Posted: 07 Mar 2011 03:48 AM PST The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the government of Rajasthan, asking it to submit a detailed report within four weeks on the death of a number of pregnant women at hospitals in Jodhpur.   |
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