DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- The hostages were given a test. recite verses from the Quran, or be punished, according to a witness. Those who passed were allowed to eat. Those who failed were slain ... The attack marks an escalation in militant violence that has hit the traditionally moderate Muslim-majority nation with increasing frequency in recent months, with the extremists demanding the secular government revert to Islamic rule ... Gen ... Col ... ....
WASHINGTON. Following its historic first-ever flyby of Pluto, Nasa's New Horizons mission will fly deeper into space towards an ancient object considered to be one of the early building blocks of the solar system. The spacecraft's planned rendezvous with the object located deeper in the Kuiper Belt, known as 2014 MU69, is January 1, 2019 ... RELATED. From around the web....
It has become something of a maxim that the Chilcot Inquiry, set up in 2009 to consider the UK’s role in the Iraq war, has taken longer to conclude than the war itself. And at an anticipated 2.6million words, the resulting report – to be published on Wednesday – is longer than War and Peace, the Complete Works of Shakespeare and the Bible combined. The question on everybody’s lips is whether it will be worth the wait – and the weight....
Novak Djokovic is out of Wimbledon before the second week after Sam Querrey defied the odds and an overnight rain delay to cause a huge shock in the third round on Saturday. World number one and defending champion Djokovic has been near enough unbeatable over the last two years but Querrey found a way on Court One... Wimbledon. Angelique Kerber grinds out third-round win Wimbledon ... ... ....
ImogenAnthony took to Instagram on Saturday to post a picture of herself posing on the balcony of her BeverlyHillshome wearing just a G-string ... ....
Bridge building continues... From ForwardTaiwan e*c3 4c ... Do we want to be a country that proactively plans immigration or a closed country? 4.00 This video is from April 18th. She is questioning the Ma administration's Minister of the Interior about Taiwan's refusal to permit naturalized citizens to be dual nationals ... ....
... of the GuildhallOperaCourse, this term's Scenes feature three exciting new works written by composers and librettists on the School's MA in Opera Making & Writing programme....
Debate is heating up in Beijing as municipal officials continue to discuss the possibility of bringing in a congestion tax to try to make motorists think twice about driving into the city's high-traffic areas. Beijing's traffic is notorious ...Ma Zhong, professor of Environmental Studies at Renmin University, says while well-intentioned, the license-plate restrictions have had the opposite effect ... ....
. An ONVChair in memory of the late poet and Jnanpith award winner O.N.V ... The budget estimates income of Rs. 382.62 crore and an expenditure of Rs. 389.08 crore. While Rs. 2 lakh has been set aside for the ONV Chair, Rs. 3 lakh has been set aside for the diploma programme in West Asian Studies and Rs ... An amount of Rs ... New courses ... An MA programme in Theatre Arts would be instituted under the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts; Rs ... ....
Ma takes the ladle away from Nabila, who looks exasperated. Both of them have their hair up, faces glowing with perspiration, Ma’s kurta barely stained, Nabila’s apron decorated with what look like half the colours of the rainbow. Ma proceeds to sauté the onions vigorously until “the oil separates from the masala” ... Dadima watched indulgently but Ma tripped over us and ordered us out of her kitchen....
It was the climax of Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds' energetic set on Friday (June 1) at EssenceFestival 2016 ...1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, and on and on. Fans swayed and sang along throughout ... ... In addition to his other charms, Edmonds demonstrated his graciousness to the Essence crowd, when he credited FrankieBeverly and Maze for being the sonic foundation of the festival ... I'm talking about people like Frankie Beverly and Maze ... ....
The NationalDevelopmentCouncil said it has instructed government agencies at all levels to remove at least half of the apps developed during former president Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) terms due to their low user numbers and poor reviews. FollowingMa’s ......
Chait Gallery, located in BeverlyHills, California, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison and a $10,000 fine for conspiring to smuggle wildlife products made from rhinoceros horn, elephant ivory, and coral with a market value of at least $1 million ... In addition to the term of prison, CHAIT, 38, of Beverly Hills, California, was sentenced to three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine....