Islamabad: Sixty masked men wielding iron rods barged into a girls’ school in the garrison city of Rawalpindi and thrashed students and female teachers for being dressed inappropriately, according to a media report here on Sunday. The gang warned teachers and students at MC Model Girls High School in Satellite Town during the attack on […]
New Delhi : Three women who have campaigned for rights and an end to violence in Liberia and Yemen, including Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. Another Liberian, Leymah Gbowee, who mobilised fellow women against the country’s civil war including by organising […]
Bloomberg: The Apple chairman and former CEO who made personal computers, smartphones, tablets, and digital animation mass-market products passed away today. Steven P. Jobs passed away on October 5th, 2011 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was just 56 years old. We mourn his passing, and wish his family the very best. Let’s […]
Bahorok Indonesia: The bodies of all 18 people who were on board a plane that crashed into the jungle-covered mountains of western Indonesia were recovered from the wreckage Saturday, an official said. The Spanish-designed CASA C-212 lost contact with air traffic control early Thursday while flying from North Sumatra to Aceh province. Minutes later, it […]
Kathmandu : A small aircraft taking tourists on a sightseeing trip around Mount Everest crashed in Nepal on Sunday, killing all 19 people on board, officials said. The Buddha Air Beechcraft plane carrying 10 Indian passengers, three other foreign tourists, three locals and three Nepali crew crashed into a hillside in heavy rain and fog […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. : A defunct NASA science satellite is expected to fall back to Earth on Friday, showering debris somewhere on the planet although scientists cannot predict exactly where, officials said. The 6.5-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, was carried into orbit during a space shuttle mission in 1991. It operated for 14 years, […]
Helsinki : Thousands of miles away in the birth place of Santa Claus, Indian delicacies like ‘samosa’ and ‘gulab jamun’ are luring food lovers, both natives and Europeans. Samosa, gulab jamun, dal tadka and paratha are among a host of Indian preparations liked by people of Finland who crowd over two dozen Indian restaurants […]
Washington: Controversy hounds the 2011 Miss Universe pageant after new allegations that the winner, Miss Angola Leila Lopes, used false documents to enter and win a qualifying contest in England. The Argentinian newspaper Infobae published a report Thursday alleging that Lopes was unfairly allowed to participate in a Miss Angola competition for Angolan citizens living […]
Nairobi : At least 120 people burned to death today when a fuel pipeline burst into flames in a slum area in the Kenyan capital, an official said. “The death toll from bodies counted so far is 120. It is likely to rise because of the bodies in the river,” said Philip Kisia, a Nairobi […]
Tanzania : An overcrowded ship carrying at least 600 people sank in deep sea near one of Tanzania’s top tourist destinations on Saturday, leaving at least 45 people dead and some 370 more believed missing or dead. Many of the missing are children. The ferry, M.V. Spice Islanders, was heavily overloaded and some potential passengers had […]
