With top brass under scrutiny, Pentagon chief orders ethics review
Defence secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the US military's top brass to look for any gaps in ethics training as he lamented lapses in judgment by officers that could "erode public confidence in our...
View ArticleTottenham's Dembele out of Arsenal derby
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Mousa Dembele has been ruled out of Saturday's north London derby against Arsenal with a hip injury.
View ArticlePakistan to consider releasing former Taliban No 2: Officials
Pakistan will consider freeing the former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, if current releases of lower level insurgents help advance peace efforts, officials from both...
View ArticlePhoney truce may have lured Hamas man into open
Israel's leaders were literally looking in the opposite direction, and making sure everyone knew it, just before catching Hamas's top commander in the Gaza Strip off-guard in an air strike that killed...
View ArticleSuu Kyi for export of Burmese orchids, bamboo products
Suu Kyi evinced keen interest in tissue culture laboratories which micropropagate varieties of bamboos and Indian varieties of orchids.
View ArticleThere will be no more great British actors, says Ian McKellen
The current crop of actors, who go straight into television and film roles or appear in the occasional stage production, do not have the same experience, he said.
View ArticleComplainant who moved against Yeddyurappa says he's being threatened
A Shimoga-based advocate, who has filed a complaint against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and others, today filed a memo before the Lokayukta court alleging some unidentified persons have been...
View ArticleBJP blames UPA for dismal bids at 2G auction, defends CAG
The whole business investment atmosphere is vitiated because of policy paralysis and lack of governance and this has been reflected in the response, said BJP spokesperson
View ArticleGujarat expects feverish electioneering after Diwali
Gujarat is expected to witness feverish electioneering in the coming days, after a lull in political campaigning because of Diwali and the Gujarati new year.
View ArticleSri Lankan Army to recruit Tamil women
Some 100 Tamil women in the age group of 18-22 from Kilinochchi, the LTTE's administrative capital when they ran their parallel administration, will be recruited to the Army, Brigadier Ruwan...
View ArticleThree persons shot at outside Srinagar liquor shop
Two pistol-borne militants fired on the people waiting in the queue at a local hotel injuring three men.
View ArticleAttorney general wants 'loopholes' in Lokpal Bill to be plugged
In his deposition before the Rajya Sabha select committee on the bill, GE Vahanvati said the procedure suggested for an investigating agency to submit its inquiry report to the anti-corruption watchdog...
View ArticleTwo BP workers face criminal charges from 2010 spill: Source
London-based BP is expected to pay a record US criminal penalty and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleIreland to clarify abortion rules after Savita's death
Thousands held a candle-lit vigil outside parliament on Wednesday after news broke of Savita's death following a miscarriage 17 weeks into her pregnancy.
View ArticleCountdown for Dikshit govt has started: Kejriwal
Addressing a function here, he said Dikshit should stop troubling day after day by giving new blows to common people.
View ArticleBP pleads guilty to oil spill felony; to pay extra $4.5 billion
British oil company BP Plc pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal charges relating to its 2010 oil spill and agreed to pay an extra $4.5 billion on top of the tens of billions it is already paying out.
View ArticleGaza conflict may evoke Arab anger but unlikely to spark war
Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Mursi faces popular pressure to act tough but jettisoning the peace treaty would incur grave risks for a country still in turmoil after last year's revolt against...
View ArticlePGIMER cancels MD/MS entrance exam
In the wake of the CBI filing an FIR in the case, PGI authorities decided to scrap the entrance examination for January 2013 session, which was held on November 10.
View ArticleEgypt's PM, security officials to visit Gaza on Friday
PM Hisham Kandil along with security officials will visit the Gaza Strip on Friday for a day to meet with officials there and show solidarity with the Palestinian people.
View ArticleSecurity beefed up in old city area of Hyderabad
Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma, who held peace committee meeting at Purani Haveli, said the committee played an important role in restoring normalcy.
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