Bin-Laden-sons-demand-UN-probe-into----summary-execution----of-father Omar bin Laden, a son of Osama bin Laden, in his apartment in Al-Rahad city, near Cairo (AFP Photo / Amro Maragji)   Four adult sons of Osama Bin Laden accuse the US of unlawfully executing their father and call for a UN investigation... [Read More]

56--of-US-internet-connections-capped-by-providers 56% of US internet connections capped by providers   Advocates, noticing that at least 56 percent of US Internet connections are now capped by providers, are asking the Federal Communications Commission to probe the industry. Caps are put in... [Read More]

Osama Bin Laden Wife WASHINGTON: The US has not received any firm commitment from Pakistan on it being given access to the wives of Osama bin Laden, who were detained by authorities after the killing of al-Qaida chief in Abbottabad last week.   WASHINGTON: The US has not received any firm commitment... [Read More]

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Chubu Electric Power NAGOYA/TOKYO: Japan’s third-biggest power operator on Monday agreed to shut a nuclear plant until it can be better defended against the type of massive tsunami which in March triggered the worst atomic crisis in 25 years.   Compounding public concern over an industry... [Read More]

American Justice Eye for an eye for Osama bin Laden   American justice has been served by way of an “eye for an eye” approach with the assassination of Osama bin Laden by US forces. The celebrations were impromptu and palpable. A jubilation stretching from New York, to the US Naval... [Read More]

mississippi-river MEMPHIS, Tenn. Forecasters say the Mississippi River could crest late Monday at Memphis – hours sooner than previously predicted – but the mayor says the city’s ready for it.   Mayor AC Wharton said that despite the tightened timeframe, he’s confident that... [Read More]

LonelyPlanetSamoa wideweb Samoa looks set to try to change its time zone and move the country’s clocks forward by a day to be in line with Australia and New Zealand.   Two years ago, the government switched the side of the road on which Samoans drive and this year it reportedly plans to change... [Read More]

The United States Bin Laden, who had supported the resistance with money, construction equipment and housing, saw the retreat of the Soviets as an affirmation of Muslim power and an opportunity to recreate Islamic political power and topple infidel governments through jihad, or holy war.   He declared... [Read More]

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]