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Won't be able to provide fool-proof security to IPL: Home Minister
The government today said it will not be able to provide fool-proof security to Indian Premier League matches due to the coming Lok Sabha polls. "Due to general elections, it will be difficult to provide adequate security to IPL matches," Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told rep
Co-pilot who hijacked Ethiopian plane threatened to crash it, passenger says
A passenger onboard an Ethiopian Airlines jet that was hijacked by a co-pilot – who guided the plane to Geneva instead of Rome – said the co-pilot threatened to crash the plane if the pilot kept trying to get back into the cockpit. The Italian news agency ANSA quoted passenger Fr
Nepal plane crash kills all 18 people on board
Rescuers in Nepal on Monday found the wreckage of a passenger plane that slammed into a snow-covered mountain and burst into flames, killing all 18 people on board, including a small child, authorities said. Moving slowly on foot through thick snow, rescuers traveled for 8 miles
1 dead, 6 Japanese divers missing off Indonesia's resort island of Bali
Rescue operations are underway in Bali after a group of Japanese divers went missing during a boat trip amidst severe weather conditions.
77 dead, 1 survivor in Algeria plane crash, official says
Seventy-seven people were killed and one person survived after an Algerian military transport plane slammed into a mountain Tuesday in the country's rugged eastern region. The U.S.-built C-130 Hercules crashed about noon near the town of Ain Kercha, 30 miles southeast of Constant
Barrel bombs: From the skies above Syria, the government puts a crude weapon to deadly use
They are known as barrel bombs — makeshift, shrapnel-packed explosive devices that Syrian forces have been dropping on rebel-held neighborhoods from helicopters. Residents have another name for them: "barrels of death." It's a crude term for a crude weapon. For nearly two months,
Al Qaeda fighters in Syria kill rival rebel leader
Al Qaeda fighters killed the leader of a rival Islamic brigade in a twin car bombing near Syria's northern city of Aleppo, an attack likely to further exacerbate rebel infighting even as government forces continued their intense shelling of opposition-held areas of the city on Su
Pentagon fumes as Afghanistan frees Taliban fighters with 'blood on their hands'
Afghani officials freed 37 insurgents and Taliban fighters with “blood on their hands” in what the Pentagon called a “major step backward” for the rule of law in the war torn nation. The hardened fighters were among 88 prisoners who were being held by the U.S. and being transferr
32 believed dead in Quebec retirement home fire
Crews pulled just two more bodies from the ice-covered rubble of a Quebec retirement home on the third day of the excruciating search, bringing to 10 the number of confirmed dead from a massive fire. The effort to recover another 22 people presumed killed will resume Sunday morni
Ukrainian president faces ultimatum to call new elections or face street rage
Thick black smoke from burning tires is engulfing the downtown Ukrainian capital as an ultimatum issued by the opposition to the president to call early election or face street rage was set to expire with no sign of a compromise. The three main opposition leaders urged protesters
Attorney says Pakistan's Musharraf must go to US for medical treatment
A lawyer for Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf who is on trial for high treason said his client needs to go to the U.S. for further medical treatment following a heart scare. The attorney, Anwar Mansoor Khan, said a doctor in the United States who has treated Musharraf
Nearly 700 dead in Syria rebel-on-rebel clashes, activists say
Rebel-on-rebel clashes have killed nearly 700 people over the past nine days in northern Syria in the worst bout of infighting among the opponents of President Bashar Assad since the country's civil war began, activists said Sunday. The fighting between the al-Qaida-linked Islami
US, Canadian boat owners left in limbo after armed raid on marinas by Mexico tax officials
When heavily armed marines and government tax agents stormed eight marinas on Mexico's Pacific and Caribbean coasts, boaters thought they were witnessing a major drug takedown. The mostly American and Canadian retirees found out that the target was actually them — couples spendin
New gold rush flattens Johannesburg's famous mining dumps
A new gold rush is hitting Johannesburg, literally flattening the South African city whose Zulu name “Egoli” means City of Gold. Hundreds of massive dumps of “tailings,” the waste product left from more than a century of gold mining, dot the area in and around South Africa's larg
American climber killed on Mexican volcano
A Mexican official says an American climber has died on Mexico's tallest mountain after slipping on an icy slope and falling about 300 feet. Charles King, 25, was scaling the Pico de Orizaba, an 18,941-foot peak that straddles the states of Puebla and Veracruz, when he and three
6 month old Taiwan panda introduced to adoring public
A six-month old giant panda was unveiled to her adoring public in Taiwan on Monday, as long lines of children of all ages queued up at the Taipei zoo to see the cub cavorting around her cage with an understandably protective mother. Yuan Zai's debut had long been anticipated on t
Britain's version of Tea Party rocks political system across the pond
The often stale British political system is being rocked by its very own Tea Party. The UK Independence Party (UKIP), formed in 1993 opposing Britain’s entry into the European Union, failed to make an electoral dent for a long time. However UKIP has built up steam in recent years
Russian officials identify suicide bomb suspect as Putin vows to annihilate terrorists
Russian officials believe that they know the identity of the man who blew himself up Sunday at a train station in the southern city of Volgograd, killing at least 18 people. The Moscow Times reported Wednesday that officials had identified the suspect as Pavel Pechyonkin, a Russi
At least 17 dead after explosion at Russia railway station, officials say
A suicide bomber struck a busy railway station in southern Russia on Sunday, killing at least 16 others and wounding scores more, officials said, in a stark reminder of the threat Russia is facing as it prepares to host February's Olympics in Sochi. No one immediately claimed res
Icebreakers racing to rescue ship trapped in ice near Antarctica
Three icebreaking ships are racing toward Antarctica to rescue a Russian vessel that became stranded in remote sea ice on Christmas morning. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it received a distress call Wednesday morning from the MK Akademik Shokalskiy, which has 48 p