Hugo Chávez's reverse-halo effect2011-05-03 The Guardian Some leaders can become so demonised that it's impossible to assess their achievements and failures in a balanced way Development professionals find it hard to be objective about Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters...
Sony: Another 25M users' info hacked2011-05-03 The Times of India TOKYO/NEW YORK: Sony's Internet security crisis deepened with the company revealing hackers had stolen data of another 25 million users of its PC games system in a second massive breach for the consumer electronics giant. Sony's latest revelation comes just a day after Sony No. 2 Kazuo Hirai announced measures had been put in place to avert another...
Pakistan defends Bin Laden role2011-05-03 Joy Online Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has denied that the killing of Osama Bin Laden in his country is a sign of its failure to tackle terrorism. In a forthright editorial in the Washington Post, Mr Zardari said his country was "perhaps the world's greatest victim of terrorism". Bin Laden was shot dead by US forces in the Pakistani city of...
Osama a martyr, says Geelani2011-05-03 Indian Express Hardline Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday called al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden a martyr who died fighting US oppression in the...
Syria protesters given surrender ultimatum2011-05-02 Breitbart A photo released by the SyrianArab news Agency (SANA) shows the funeral pr... A photo released by the Syrian Arab news Agency (SANA) shows the funeral pr... The Syrian authorities have set a deadline of 15 days for people who had co... The authorities in Syria on Monday set a deadline of 15 days for people who had committed "unlawful acts" to give...
Osama Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Forces2011-05-02 MSNBC Washington, D.C. -- Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was slain in his luxury hideout in Pakistan early last week in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade."Justice has been done," President Barack Obama declared as crowds formed...
Berlusconi renews attacks on magistrates at trial2011-05-02 The Independent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made a fresh attack on prosecutors today as he arrived in court for the latest in a series of tax fraud and sex trials that have overshadowed Italy's political life for months. Berlusconi's legal battles have dominated the political agenda, prompting government accusations that he is being unfairly targeted by...
Tweet Unknowingly Reported Bin Laden Attack2011-05-03 WPXI (CNN) -- As U.S. forces in Pakistan swooped in on Osama bin Laden on Sunday, at least one Twitter user was unknowingly reporting details of the raid. Some of the first public accounts of the military operation that killed the terrorist leader came in the form of tweets from Sohaib Athar, a 33-year-old IT consultant in Abbottabad, the city where bin...
Police patrolling devastated Ala city under curfew2011-05-03 Philadelphia Daily News JAY REEVES The Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The looters come out at night. So does the curfew patrol. With a long, broad band of this city of 94,000 laid waste by a tornado that killed at least 45 people and destroyed hundreds of homes, businesses and churches, Tuscaloosa police have been working 12-hour shifts without any days off just to...
Mavs rally to stun Lakers in Game 12011-05-03 Philadelphia Daily News GREG BEACHAM The Associated Press LOS ANGELES - When Kobe Bryant drained a 3-pointer to put the Los Angeles Lakers up by 16 points in the second half, nobody would have been surprised if the Dallas Mavericks packed it in. After all, these perennial underachievers aren't exactly known for their playoff tenacity. Their stirring comeback against the...
Voice recorder of 2009 Air France flight found2011-05-03 Breitbart This photo provided Sunday May 1, 2011 by France's air accident investigation... This photo provided Sunday May 1, 2011 by France's air accident investigation... PARIS (AP) - French investigators have found and recovered the cockpit voice recorder from an Air Franceflight that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean almost two years ago, killing all 228...
BJP demands cancellation of PSC civil services list2011-05-03 GroundReport Jammu, May 03 (Scoop News) – Expressing serious concern over reports regarding nepotism in the final selection list of Combined Civil Services (CCS) examination of year 2009, the BJP State Chief Spokesperson & National Executive Member Dr. Jitendra Singh has called on the State Public Service Commission and the government to come...
Insult to Dogras of Jammu2011-05-03 GroundReport Jammu, May 03 (Scoop News) – Chairman, J&K; National Panthers Party, Prof. Bhim Singh, has strongly condemned NC-Congress government authoritarian decision to revoke ‘Dogra Certificate’ of the children of centuries’ old sons of the soil, Dogra Desh which is not only illegal, discriminatory and mala fide but amounts to...
Nato air strike kills Gadafy son and grandchildren Irish Times2011-05-01 A son and three grandchildren of Muammar Gadafy have been killed in a Natoair strike on a house in Triploi which the Libyan leader survived. "What we have now is the law of the jungle," government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim told a news conference following the air strike last night. "We think now it is clear to everyone that what is happening in...
Buffett says mistakes made in handling Sokol scandal Chicago Sun-Times2011-05-01 OMAHA, Nebraska — Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting Saturday was dominated by somber topics, as Warren Buffett explained to about 40,000 shareholders how the company had been battered by a trusted former employee’s misdeeds and a string of natural disasters. Buffett assured the crowd at an Omaha convention center that Berkshire was strong enough...
Q&A: John Paul II's beatification BBC News2011-04-30 The Vatican is preparing to host its biggest event in years - the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II. The globe-trotting Pope credited with contributing to the fall of communism in Eastern Europe is to be blessed in St Peter's Square on Sunday 1 May. Here the BBC's Rome correspondent, David Willey, answers questions about one of the most...
Defiant Kadhafi calls for talks on Libya conflict Yahoo Daily News2011-04-30 TRIPOLI (AFP) – A defiant Moamer Kadhafi vowed Saturday not to quit power in Libya but called for talks to end the conflict, even as his forces pressed their offensive against the key rebel-held port city of Misrata. In an early-morning speech on Libyan television, the Libyan leader said NATO "must abandon all hope of the departure of...
