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US faces potential minefield over Muslims and military

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Washington: The US military faced fraught questions about the recruitment, safety and role of Muslims in the armed services after a shooting massacre blamed on a devout Muslim officer.

FBI recovers inflammatory al-Qaeda videos

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Washington: Giving a new dimension to the LeT plot to attack Indian facilities, FBI sleuths have recovered two inflammatory al-Qaeda videos containing speeches by Osama bin Laden and other terrorists from the house of Pakistan-born Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was arrested last month.

4 Indians among 20 charged along with Rajaratnam

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

New York: The FBI has charged a further 14 people, including two Indians and Wall Street professionals, in a widening $53 million insider trading scam, the largest ever such case in the United States.

Post 9/11 attack: Former NY police chief admits corruption

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

New York: Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty to a slew of charges in his high-profile corruption trial, a federal prosecutor said.

12 killed in the worst ever shootout at US Army base

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

An Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect had not been killed as previously believed.

India betters score; makes it to top 50 tally on global competitiveness

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

New Delhi: India ranks 49 among 133 countries in 2009-10 in the global competitiveness index (GCI) prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF), an improvement of one position from last year. India’s position is a result of mixed performance across 12 categories covered by the GCI.

Pro-LTTE group to hold elections among diaspora

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Colombo: Elections for the "transnational government" of Tamil Eelam will be held in April, 2010 among the diaspora of the community, a pro-LTTE group said today.

Al Gore to become world's first 'carbon billionaire'

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Washington: Former US vice president Al Gore, who has campaigned relentlessly on green issues, is on track to become the world's first "carbon billionaire" amid claims of profiting from the climate change agenda.

Zimbabwe plane crashes after run-in with pigs

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Harare: Two people were slightly injured after a passenger aircraft of Zimbabwe's state-owned airline crashed on take-off after colliding with a herd of wild pigs, officials said Thursday.

Take on Bangalore and Beijing, Obama tells students

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Washington: President Barack Obama has hit the road to push a new $4.35 billion grant programme to encourage American schools to develop internationally competitive standards to let its students take on "folks in Beijing and Bangalore."

Bush remains President Obama's biggest problem

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Madison: A year after his historic election, President Barack Obama sought to remind Americans on Wednesday the biggest problems he is grappling with -- from the economy to the war in Afghanistan -- are the legacy of his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Pakistan fashion week begins under Taliban shadow

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Karachi: Pakistan's fashion week was to kick off with an opulent opening ceremony today, against a backof militant violence and security fears that delayed the event and kept away foreign glitterati.

Another Indian student attacked in Australia

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Melbourne: In yet another attack on Indians here, an engineering student from the community was racially abused by a group of Australians, including a woman, who also punched him in his left eye.

National Defence College, 2 schools under Lashkar radar

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Washington/New Delhi: Two leading boarding schools located in two prominent hill stations in the country are among targets of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e- Taiba (LeT), a Home Ministry official said today.

Obama’s half brother: Our father was abusive

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Guangzhou (China): President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel -- the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.

14 killed in Karachi train collision

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Karachi: Fourteen people, including women and children, were killed in a deadly train collision near the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi Tuesday, officials said.

Largest, costliest cruiser nearly ready for launch

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Helsinki: A thin layer of ice covers the teak wood deck of the cruise ship the Oasis of the Seas at the moment. But the cold weather is just one of the challenges a visitor will need to overcome if they want to visit the vessel: tins of paint are everywhere and sheets of tarpaulin make walking around the ship difficult.

India buys half of IMF gold put up for sale

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

The International Monetary Fund has sold 200 tonnes of gold to the Reserve Bank of India for $6.7 billion, quietly executing half of a long-planned bullion sale that has threatened to slow gold's ascent.

World Bank launches catastrophe bonds for emerging countries

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Chennai: The bonds will help economies get cheaper insurance against natural disasters.

China concerned on India's employment visa policy

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:39:13 GMT

Beijing: With some 25,000 of its citizens hit by India’s new employment visa regime, China voiced serious concern over the policy, asking New Delhi to be “considerate of the circumstances” of Chinese businesses and workers in the country’s power, telecom and petroleum sectors.