CHANDIGARH – Aradhana Gupta, a close friend of Ruchika Girhotra who was molested by former Haryana director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore 19 years ago, Tuesday demanded the case be re-opened for better justice. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Chandigarh Monday held Rathore guilty of molesting 14-year-old Ruchika here Aug ..
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Gunmen kill family of Mexican drug war hero MEXICO CITY — Gunmen mowed down the family of a Mexican marine just hours after the military honored him as a national hero for losing his life during a raid that took down powerful drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva. The brazen attack happened shortly before midnight Monday at the … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Gunmen kill family of Mexican marine who died during raid that eliminated drug kingpin .
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Lloyds to pay $217 million in Treasury settlement WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department says Lloyds TSB Bank PLC has agreed to pay $217 million to settle claims that the bank manipulated money transfers to allow customers to skirt U.S. financial sanctions against Iran and other countries.
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NYC victim’s mom: EMTs were ‘inhuman’ not to help NEW YORK — Two emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help a dying pregnant woman are “inhuman,” her mother said Tuesday as a lawyer for the EMTs argued his clients are being vilified in a rush to judgment. Cynthia Rennix, the mother of 25-year-old Eutisha Revee Rennix, … Original source on Gaea Times at : EMTs accused of ignoring dying woman in NYC eatery are ‘inhuman,’ victim’s mom says .
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China’s premier: Beijing to keep yuan stable NANJING, China — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says Beijing will keep the value of its currency, the yuan, at a stable and balanced level, shrugging off appeals for faster reforms. Wen made the comment following a summit Monday with European Union leaders, who are urging China to move more quickly … Read : China’s premier says Beijing will keep the yuan’s exchange rate at a stable, balanced level .
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more images more images Report: SKorean navy ship rescues NKorean soldier SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s navy rescued a North Korean soldier who ended up in the South’s waters while fishing and the man wants to be returned home, a report said Monday. The soldier was found in the waters off the Korean peninsula’s west coast in the … Read more > > > .
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Ferry death toll rises to 62 DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry over the weekend in southern Bangladesh rose to 62 Monday after rescuers recovered an additional four bodies, police said. Rescuers plucked four bodies overnight from River Tetulia, where the overcrowded triple-deck ferry capsized late Friday, police official Mohammad Bayezid … Read more : Bangladesh ferry death toll rises to 62 after four additional bodies found .
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Police: 3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Three Spanish aid workers were kidnapped by gunmen Sunday while delivering supplies to impoverished villages in the desert nation of Mauritania, a police official said. The two men and one woman were attacked while delivering supplies to villages along a 240-mile (400-kilometer) road that links the capital … Read more > > > .
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Guatemalan funeral homes compete for corpses GUATEMALA — They’re called “calaqueros” — skullmongers — and they make a living off Guatemala City’s infamously high murder rate. They chase ambulances, wait outside morgues or speed to crime scenes, trying to be the first to reach family members of the dead and sell their coffin-wake-funeral packages for as little … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Guatemalan funeral home operators show up at morgues, murder scenes in competion for corpses .
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Aerialist hospitalized after fall at LA mall LOS ANGELES — Authorities say an aerialist performing during a holiday show at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles has been hospitalized after falling three stories to the shopping mall floor. Ray Pierce of Hollywood Aerial Arts, the firm putting on the performance, says the 26-year-old woman slipped Saturday night … Read more > > .
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Aerialist hospitalized in 40-foot fall during holiday performance at LA’s Beverly Center
Full gas tanks could stop many small plane crashes DES MOINES, Iowa — Cheryl Allegretti’s husband was a meticulous pilot with more than 20 years experience when the plane he was piloting crashed in a northwest Iowa cornfield, killing him and two passengers, apparently because it ran out of gas. “It’s still hard for me to believe ….
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Northeast scallopers decry cuts as stocks boom BOSTON — New England scallopers are wondering why new restrictions have been placed on what has for years been the region’s healthiest fishery. Rules passed by the New England Fishery Management Council last week reduced the number of fishing days from 37 this year to 29 in 2010. That’s lowered ..
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‘New Moon’ keeps top box office spot with $42.5M LOS ANGELES — Vampires and werewolves continued to howl at the box office with a $42.5 million weekend for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” Summit Entertainment’s “Twilight” sequel remained No. 1 over what proved a record Thanksgiving weekend for Hollywood
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‘New Moon’ clings to top spot with $42.5M; ‘Blind Side’ nearly scores upset with $40.1M
Italian chef missing at sea on Caribbean cruise ROME — Italy’s foreign ministry says a chef from the country is missing from a U.S.-flagged cruise ship and the FBI is investigating. Angelo Faliva was last seen in the kitchen of the Princess Cruises “Coral Princess” at about 8:15 p.m.
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more images more images EU: Nations must do more for climate change pact NANJING, China — European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is urging China and other countries to make more ambitious commitments on curbing heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions. Barroso welcomed fresh emission pledges by China and plans by both Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and U.S
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France and Rwanda agree to restore ties PARIS — The French presidency says France and Rwanda have agreed to restore diplomatic ties three years after they were cut off amid tensions over a French judicial investigation. President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office says his chief of staff, Claude Gueant, has met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in the African … Read more > > > .
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Zimbabwe PM welcomes South Africa’s intervention HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s prime minister says he is thankful for South African efforts to rescue his coalition government. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, speaking at a party rally Sunday, said South African President Jacob Zuma could visit soon. Zuma’s spokesman did not comment on a possible visit by his boss, but said …
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London- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has recently prepared a report that points a finger of grave allegation against the British ministry. The report states that the failure of the British army to capture the leader of the Al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, was entirely the fault of the British officials. On the December of 2004, ….
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Tora Bora Escape Of Bin Laden Fault Of The British, According To Recent Reports
SHIMLA – The Himachal Pradesh police Sunday said they have made a major breakthrough in stalling the auction in London of a George Cross, stolen in 2002 from the recipient soldier’s widow, with the arrest of the man who had submitted an affidavit to the auctioneer claiming he had been gifted the medal. “We have succeeded … Original source on Gaea Times at : Medal theft: Himachal police claim ‘major breakthrough’ .
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7 critical after La. highway wreck that killed 5 NEW ORLEANS — Four children ages 2 to 14 were among five people killed when a minivan packed with kids rolled on a Louisiana interstate, and seven others remained in critical condition, state police said Sunday. None of the 13 children in the van was wearing a seatbelt, …
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Police: moose a suspect in Swedish death STOCKHOLM — Swedish police say they’ve cleared a man who was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife after deciding the culprit was most likely a moose. Police spokesman Ulf Karlsson says “the improbable has become probable” in the puzzling death last year of 63-year old Agneta Westlund. She was found ….
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Capsized ferry righted in Bangladesh; 51 dead DHAKA, Bangladesh — A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh. So far, 51 people have been confirmed dead, authorities said
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Victims being identified after Russian train wreck MOSCOW — Relatives have begun the grim process of identifying loved ones killed in the wreck of a train Russian authorities say was blown off the tracks by a terrorist bomb. Investigators are trying to determine who was behind what would be Russia’s deadliest terrorist attack outside the North Caucasus … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Relatives identify victims of Russian train wreck, officials seek clues in ‘terrorist attack’ .
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Capsized ferry righted in Bangladesh; 45 dead DHAKA, Bangladesh — A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh. So far, 45 people have been confirmed dead, authorities said. The M.V.
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2 stranded whales near death on Bali beach BALI, Indonesia — Two young whales are stranded on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and will die on the beach because they are too weak to survive even if returned to the water, an official said Sunday. Attempts to rescue the beached whales, a rare occurrence on Bali, have … Original article on : 2 stranded whales near death a day after rough seas beached 4 on the Bali coast .
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more images more images Exec: Obama dinner crashers shopping interview NEW YORK — The couple who crashed President Barack Obama’s first state dinner are peddling their story to broadcast networks for hundreds of thousands of dollars, a television executive says. The executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the network does not publicly discuss bookings, told The Associated ….
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Mallapur (Karnataka), Nov 29 (ANI): A radiation leak at the Kaiga Nuclear Plant in Karnataka’s north Kannada district has left 55 employees in the maintenance unit falling sick in a case of suspected radiation poisoning. The sick employees are being treated for increased level of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen in their bodies, after they … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Radiation leak at Kaiga nuke plant leaves 55 sick .
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ISLAMABAD – Perturbed by the increasing differences between the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and coalition partner the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), President Asif Ali Zardari has met National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza thrice in the past twenty-four hours to help him resolve the crisis. According to sources privy to the developments, Mirza has advised Zardari …
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‘Worried’ Zardari goes into overdrive to resolve PPP-MQM standoff
more images more images Seoul downplays expectations of US-NKorea talks SEOUL, South Korea — A rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week is unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in the standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear program, media reports cited a senior Seoul official as suggesting Sunday. President Barack Obama’s special envoy, Stephen Bosworth, is to … Read more : Reports: South Korea downplays expectations of rare direct talks between US and NKorea .
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more images more images News exec: Dinner crashers shopping interview NEW YORK — A television executive says the couple that crashed President Barack Obama’s first state dinner is offering to talk to broadcast networks about it for a payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the network does not publicly ….
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