Category Archives: World News
Gunmen firing in Lahore
At least 26 people were killed and up to 90 injured as gunmen opened firing and throwing hand grenades at Lahore police training center on Monday morning.
The official, the inspector general of police for Punjab Province, Khalid Farook, said efforts were being made to capture the attackers alive. Television footage from a neighboring building showed [...]
North Korea may launch mid-range missile
North Korea is preparing to launch a close- to mid-range missile separately from the long-range rocket that Pyongyang has said it will launch next month, the Sankei Japanese daily newspaper reported on Sunday.
The report comes as Pyongyang is poised to launch a communications satellite between April 4-8 that regional powers believe will actually be a [...]
Indonesia dam kills dozens
At least 50 people have drowned after a lake burst through a dam, sending a wall of water into a neighbourhood outside Jakarta, the Indonesian capital.
The collapse of the dam on Friday morning left more than a dozen people missing and hundreds of homes submerged.
Officials say they expect the death toll to rise.
It is not [...]
84 countries mark Earth Hour 2009
The lights are going down from the Great Pyramids to the Acropolis, the Eiffel Tower to Sears Tower, as more than 2,800 municipalities in 84 countries plan Saturday to mark the second worldwide Earth Hour.
McDonald’s will even soften the yellow glow from some Golden Arches as part of the time zone-by-time zone plan to dim [...]
Another terror attack in India ‘inevitable’, warns US think tank
A major 26/11 type terror attack is ‘inevitable’ in India as it braces for general elections in April-May even though the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament has been moved to South Africa for security fears, warns a leading US strategic think tank.
Stratfor, which calls itself ‘the world leader in global intelligence’, said: ‘Despite the [...]
AIG employees to return bonus
Fifteen of the top 20 bonus recipients at American International Group Inc. have agreed to return their money following a firestorm of criticism and some arm-twisting from New York’s Attorney-General.
In total, AIG employees have agreed to return about $50 million of the $165 million in bonuses awarded earlier this month by the troubled insurer, New [...]
Pilot screamed in horror seeing jet crash into a house
A pilot who parachuted from his disabled Marine Corps jet last year said he was horrified to see it smash into a California home, newly released documents say.
Marine Corps Lt. Dan Neubauer’s statements, describing the December crash that killed four family members in a San Diego home, were released Tuesday by military officials.
The four-page document [...]
Jade Goody says Good Bye!!
Jade Goody, an obscure dental technician who parlayed an appearance on the British reality television show “Big Brother” into a career as a full-time celebrity, even as she became terminally ill, died of cervical cancer early Sunday at her home in Essex. She was 27.
Ms. Goody’s mother, Jackiey, announced the death.
Ms. Goody is survived by [...]
Christine McCallum made love to teen 300 times
The teacher’s relationship with the teen seemed almost motherly at first — homework help and invitations to eat with her and her husband.
But prosecutors say Christine McCallum’s lurid obsession with the boy spawned a 21-month escapade of up to 300 sexual encounters.
The 29-year-old Abington elementary school teacher pleaded innocent Friday to seven counts of statutory [...]
China might face Social unrest and Chaos due to slump in economy
The year ahead will challenge Chinese security officials increasingly nervous about social stability, the nation’s top police officer said, amid concerns about gang violence, separatism and dissident plans to mark the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests.
Leaders are particularly anxious about how the cooling economy, and the accompanying loss of jobs, will affect social [...]
20% of Hong Kong wants to leave the country due to pollution
A study found that 20% of Hong Kong’s population wants to leave the country due to air pollution bringing a big question mark over the Hong Kong’s financial future. Even higher percentage acknowledged the fact their health was affected by the Pollution.
The findings equate to 1.4 million residents thinking about moving away, including 500,000 who [...]
India releases material evidence to Pakistan on 11/26 Mumbai Attacks
India has handed over the material evidence in the Mumbai terrorist attack case to Pakistan foregin secretary in islamabad and Pakistan High commissioner.
The materials include the interrogation tapes of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Mohammed Ajmal Amir, details of the weapons and ammunition used and data from the satellite phones recovered from the attackers.The satellite phones are the [...]
Suicide bomber strikes in Pakistan killing 7 and wounding 25.
After US took care of Iraq and Afghanistan the terrorist focus has been on Pakistan and its weak Govt. A Suicide bomber attacked in North Western region of Pakistan killing 7 and injuring more than 25 as Police tries to bring the situation under control in the area.
The bomber attacked police investigating a minor blast [...]
Indonesia rocked by 7.6 magnitude quake
A series of earthquakes hit Indonesia and triggered widespread panic in the country affected worst in 2004 Tsunami.
Indonesian authorities cancelled a tsunami alert issued after the first of several strong quakes early Sunday morning, but by then thousands of people had fled their homes and were thronging roads leading from the coast.
A 7.6-magnitude quake hit [...]
Will China come to the Rescue of Lashkar e Taiba again?
For many who doesn’t the History of Lashkar e Taiba, this news can be surprising. But this once again proves no terrorist organization can prosper without the backup of Nations.
Last three times the UN Security council attempted to ban Lashkar e taiba’s political wing Jamaat-ud-Dawah, it was blocked by India and Pakistan’s common neighbor China. [...]
Pakistan bows to pressure from US and India
Pakistan took a big U turn this monday by arresting Lashkar e Taiba /toiba (LeT) Operatives in Pakistan Controlled Kashmir Area (POK). It should be recalled till last week Pakistan had maintained that there is no concrete evidence linking the Mumbai attacks to terrorists/Groups in its soil.
But with the evidence obtained through Satellite phones and also the [...]
