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  • search for aviator earhart s plane wreckage begins

    Search for aviator Earhart's plane wreckage begins

    World | Jul 03, 2012, 04:33 PM IST

    Honolulu, Jul 3: A $2.2 million expedition is hoping to finally solve one of America's most enduring mysteries: What exactly happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart when she went missing over the South Pacific 75

  • assad regrets shooting down turkish jet

    Assad regrets shooting down Turkish jet

    World | Jul 03, 2012, 04:28 PM IST

    Beirut. Jul 3: Syrian President Bashar Assad said he regrets the shooting down of a Turkish jet by his forces, and he will not allow tensions between the two neighbors to deteriorate into an “armed

  • us soldier fights to recover after losing limbs

    US soldier fights to recover after losing limbs

    World | Jul 03, 2012, 04:00 PM IST

    Vassar (Michigan), Jul 3: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills served two deployments to Afghanistan without suffering anything close to a major injury. Then, in a second, everything changed.On patrol during his third tour in

  • ashraf defends zardari s immunity

    Ashraf defends Zardari's immunity

    World | Jul 01, 2012, 01:45 PM IST

    Islamabad, Jul 1: Facing the July 12 deadline to respond to the Supreme Court's order to reopen graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's new Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf has defended the President's immunity, saying

  • chinese astronauts parachute land after mission

    Chinese astronauts parachute land after mission

    World | Jun 29, 2012, 02:53 PM IST

    Beijing, Jun 29: China's first female astronaut and two other crew members emerged smiling from a capsule that returned safely to Earth on Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a

  • south africa cloned skin recipient to leave hospital

    South Africa cloned skin recipient to leave hospital

    World | Jun 27, 2012, 02:33 PM IST

    Johannesburg, Jun 27: Bedtime for 3-year-old Isabella Kruger now includes a bottle and a massage. This ritual has become possible again as the toddler recovers from surgery that transplanted cloned skin onto her body after

  • tv station attacked in syria 3 staffers killed

    TV station attacked in Syria, 3 staffers killed

    World | Jun 27, 2012, 12:46 PM IST

    Damascus (Syria), Jun 27: Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Officials denounced what they called a rebel “massacre

  • ethics probe against nikki haley to begin on thursday

    Ethics probe against Nikki Haley to begin on Thursday

    World | Jun 26, 2012, 09:30 AM IST

    Washington, Jun 26: An ethics probe into whether South Carolina's Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley illegally lobbied for her employers when she was a legislator would be launched by a key legislative panel on Thursday in

  • us playing its part in bringing 26/11 perpetrators to

    US playing its part in bringing 26/11 perpetrators to justice

    World | Jun 26, 2012, 08:17 AM IST

    Washington, Jun 26: The United States yesterday said that it is playing its part in the Indian effort to bring to justice all those who were responsible for terrorist attack in Mumbai in November 2008.“We

  • egypt to announce election results today

    Egypt to announce election results today

    World | Jun 24, 2012, 12:37 PM IST

    Cairo, Jun 24: Egyptian authorities will today declare the much-awaited results of the country's divisive presidential elections after it was delayed following victory claims by both candidates that polarised the country.According to Egyptian state TV,

  • chinese submersible sets new deep sea diving record

    Chinese submersible sets new deep sea diving record

    World | Jun 24, 2012, 12:26 PM IST

    Beijing, Jun 24: A Chinese manned deep-sea submersible, expected to be handy for the country to explore minerals in the Indian Ocean, today successfully set a new national record when it reached a depth of

  • tropical storm debby forms in the gulf

    Tropical Storm Debby forms in the Gulf

    World | Jun 24, 2012, 10:52 AM IST

    Miami, Jun 24: Tropical Storm Debby formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, interfering with oil and gas production and putting officials on alert for flooding and strong winds from Texas to Florida.At least

  • contest held for world s ugliest dog in california

    Contest held for world's ugliest dog in California

    World | Jun 24, 2012, 08:44 AM IST

    Petaluma,  Jun 24: A Chinese crested's short snout, beady eyes and white whiskers earned it the title of World's Ugliest Dog at the annual contest in Northern California on Friday.Competing for fame, 1,000 US dollars

  • engines failed before nigerian plane crash

    Engines failed before Nigerian plane crash

    World | Jun 05, 2012, 10:37 AM IST

    Lagos, Jun 5: The pilot of the flight that crashed in Lagos, killing all 153 people on board including an Indian co-pilot and over 40 others on the ground, reported to the control tower that

  • suicide car bomb kills 23 in central baghdad

    Suicide car bomb kills 23 in central Baghdad

    World | Jun 05, 2012, 09:52 AM IST

    Baghdad, June 5: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-rigged car outside Iraq's main religious affairs office for Shiite Muslims on Monday, shearing off the facade of the three-story building and killing at least 23 people

  • pakistan possesses more nuclear warheads than india says

    Pakistan possesses more nuclear warheads than India, says SIPRI report

    World | Jun 05, 2012, 08:12 AM IST

    New Delhi, June 5: Pakistan presently possesses  90 to 110 nuclear warheads compared to India's 80 to 100 n-warheads, says a report by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute).The SIPRI Yearbook, 2012, says, India and

  • grim search for dead after nigerian plane crash

    Grim search for dead after Nigerian plane crash

    World | Jun 05, 2012, 07:50 AM IST

    Lagos (Nigeria), June 5: Emergency crews wearing masks to protect them from the acrid smoke and the stench of the dead searched for bodies in a shattered neighborhood near the airport Monday after the crash

  • syria massacre carried out by monsters claims assad

    Syria massacre carried out by 'monsters', claims Assad

    World | Jun 03, 2012, 06:31 PM IST

    Beirut, Jun 3: Syrian President Bashar Assad today denied that his government had anything to do with last week's gruesome Houla massacre, saying not even “monsters” would carry out such an ugly crime.In a televised

  • suu kyi returns home after 1st trip in 24 years

    Suu Kyi returns home after 1st trip in 24 years

    World | Jun 03, 2012, 11:33 AM IST

    Yangon (Myanmar), June 3: Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi completed her first trip out of Myanmar in 24 years on Sunday, a tour that highlighted her new freedom to explore the world—and to return

  • shots fired at canada mall 1 dead 7 injured

    Shots fired at Canada mall, 1 dead, 7 injured

    World | Jun 03, 2012, 11:25 AM IST

    Toronto, June 3: A gunman fired shots in a crowded food court in one of Canada's busiest malls Saturday killing a man and injuring seven others, police said.Police Chief Bill Blair said the shooting at

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