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May 7, 2011No Comments
[ Updated 0 May 2011, 16:49:06 ] COMMENTS EMAIL | PRINT FONT SIZE Islamabad, May 7: Trying to piece together Osama bin Laden’s life prior to the US raid that killed him, Pakistani sleuths today focussed on Haripur district in the country’s northwest after his Yemeni widow said the al-Qaeda chief lived there before moving to [...]
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New York/Islamabad, May 7 Pakistan may be living in a state of denial but there is more evidence now that Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden was living in another house not far from the Abbottabad complex where he was shot dead on Monday. Amal Ahmed Abdul Fattah, bin Laden’s 29-year-old Yemeni widow, has told Pakistani [...]
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Washington, May 7 Saluting the commandos who eliminated Osama bin Laden for a “job well done”, President Barack Obama has declared that the US had “cut off” Al-Qaida’s head with the killing of its chief and would ultimately crush the terror outfit. “We have cut off their head and we will ultimately defeat them,” he [...]
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Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan and his body has been recovered by U.S. authorities, U.S. officials said Sunday night. U.S. President Barack Obama was to make the dramatic announcement shortly in a hastily called, late-night appearance at the White House: That the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks was killed in [...]
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Puttaparthi, Apr 23: Sri Sathya Sai Baba, whose spiritual clout ran far and wide, passed away this morning in this town in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district due to cardio-respiratory failure. Sai Baba, who was 86, breathed his last at 7.40 AM at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, its Director A N [...]
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A Fresno businessman suspected of trying to hire someone to kill a prominent real estate agent has been arrested, Police Chief Jerry Dyer said Wednesday. The alleged plan was thwarted Monday when police arrested Daljit Singh, 42, after a two-month investigation, Dyer said at a news conference. Singh, also known as Danny Multani and Daljit [...]
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US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Thursday said that two air traffic controllers have been fired following investigation into an incident in which First Lady Michelle Obama’s plane had to abort landing as it was flying too close to a military aircraft. “We have fired two controllers after completing two investigations,” LaHood told PBS News [...]
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A Malaysian court has sentenced an Indian man to death by hanging for drug trafficking. An official in a court outside Kuala Lumpur says a judge convicted and sentenced Khader Waheed on Tuesday. The court official gave no further details Wednesday. She declined to be named, citing protocol. Lawyers could not immediately be reached. National [...]
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US federal authorities have filed a lawsuit against a marine services company based in Alabama for alleged demeaning treatment of 500 Indian employees, who were forced to live in “substandard” accommodations and given “unwholesome” food. The lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Signal International said that these Indian workers, brought [...]
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Apr 21 2011, 20:07 hrs London: The celebrated silk-and-lace bridal gown worn by Queen Victoria offers some clues about what Kate Middleton will wear when she walks down the aisle April 29, even if much has changed since Victoria’s low-key wedding in 1840. Victoria didn’t have to get married in front of live TV cameras [...]
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