osamabinladen The leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, here in video recorded in 2001, waged a terror war against the United States. With the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, Bin Laden was elevated to the realm of evil in the American imagination once reserved for... [Read More]

ground-zero New Yorkers took to the streets Sunday night, rising up in a passionate chorus of patriotic pride over news that America’s most wanted man was dead. People crowded into Times Square and in the streets around Ground Zero, fists pumping and flags waving. Spontaneous choruses of the “The... [Read More]

Osama-bin-Laden Osama Bin Laden was killed not by a drone strike, but up close during a firefight with U.S. troops Sunday. He was not living in a cave when he died, but in a million-dollar mansion with twelve-foot walls less than 100 miles from the Pakistani capital.     The U.S. had been monitoring... [Read More]

mosque-in-islamabad Islamabad: High alert has been sounded on Monday across the Pakistani capital and security was beefed up in the diplomatic area, especially around the US embassy, following the killing of world’s most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden. Security has also been strengthened around... [Read More]

Bin laden dead Bin Laden was killed in a ground operation outside Islamabad based on US intelligence, the first lead for which emerged last August.   Mr Obama said after “a firefight”, US forces took possession of the body. Bin Laden is believed to be the mastermind of the attacks on... [Read More]

Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden, leader of al Qaeda and alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks, was killed in Pakistan in a joint operation involving the United States and Pakistani intelligence forces, according to President Barack Obama.   Looking tired and bleary-eyed, Mr. Obama made a... [Read More]

Rochelle Riley That’s what they say in TV about failing shows that resort to absurd ideas to get viewers.   Such is the case with President Barack Obama releasing his birth certificate to, in effect, prove that the Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, CIA and State Department... [Read More]

China census When China carried out its first census in 1953 it had a population of 594 million, less than half the current figure. This census, the first in 10 years, comes after a decade of rapid economic growth that has led to significant social change. The census figures announced by the Chinese... [Read More]

Europe-warm Warm water from a little-studied but exotically behaved African ocean current could compensate for any weakening of the Gulf Stream, scientists suggest.   A simulation from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the Agulhas current bringing warm water south along... [Read More]

Afghan-pilot-shoots-kills-US-troops NATO forces inspects an Afghan army bus, in Kabul (AFP Photo / Getty Images)   A man shot and killed eight NATO coalition forces and one civilian contractor at an Afghan air force base in Kabul on April 27. An Afghan military pilot opened fire on international... [Read More]

US WASHINGTON: The United States held hundreds of inmates who were either totally innocent or low-risk for years and released dozens of high-risk Guantanamo inmates, according to leaked classified files. The new leaks reveal that inmates were held without trial on the basis of often seriously flawed... [Read More]

operation Launching a massive search operation, Japan sent 25,000 troops to the tsunami affected northeastern coast to locate thousands still missing after last month’s earthquake, with government now estimating that radioactive substances 20,000 times the allowable annual limit had swept into... [Read More]

afghanistan ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities have no evidence linking the Lashkar-e-Taiba to the 2009 suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul or suggesting that the banned group has “global aspirations”, the country’s chief military spokesman has said.   “There... [Read More]

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lenin-statue DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN: Workers began pulling down the largest statue of Vladimir Lenin in ex-Soviet Central Asia from its place of honour on Friday, earning outrage from die-hard communists celebrating the Russian revolutionary’s 141st birthday.   A significant but waning number... [Read More]

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obama MISRATA: President Obama on Friday authorized the use of armed drones to help rebels bogged down in their bid to oust Muammar Gaddafi even as the top American commander warned that the conflict was “moving towards stalemate” with Libyan troops pressing on with their punishing siege... [Read More]

Obama-calls-on-courts-to-censor-TV- Children watch TV (AFP Photo / Markus Leodolter)   The Obama administration is asking the US Supreme Court to reinstate a policy that allowed federal regulators to censor and fine TV broadcasters for showing nudity or airing cure words when children may be watching... [Read More]

Anna-Chapman---s-next-mission--State-Duma-infiltration Anna Chapman (RIA Novosti / STF)   Anna Chapman, the famous Russian spy, who was the eye-catching center of last summer’s spy scandal in the US, is now aiming to infiltrate the State Duma as one of the candidates from the dominant United... [Read More]

Hands on a earth Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. While this first Earth Day was focused on the... [Read More]

Cherkizovo-starts-construction-of-Lipetsk-mega-poultry-plant- New plant will boost capacity.Russian meat and poultry producer, Cherkizovo Group, has started construction of a $685 million state of the art poultry plant at Elets,in the Lipetsk region. The plant will become the corner stone of an agro... [Read More]

pakistan-bomb-blast KARACHI: At least 19 people were killed and around 45 injured in an explosion at an illegal gambling den in Pakistan’s commercial capital, which was also attacked by some armed men, in one of the city’s old areas, Ghas Mandi.   The health minister of the Sindh province,... [Read More]

robert-gates US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said America does not want to play any role in the regime change in Libya as it believes that this works best when “done from within”.   “Regime change imposed from the outside, as we have seen in Iraq and in the Balkans, is incredibly... [Read More]