Presidents Bush, Clinton tour devastated Haitian capital on mission to raise aid, investment
Jayson Williams’ attorneys ask court to throw out NYC drunken-driving case against him
Jayson Williams seeks to toss NYC car wreck case Major storm dumps hail, collapses roofs and cuts power to 150,000 in western Australia
Power cut, roofs collapse in major Australia storm Senate passes bill to modernize air traffic system, replacing radar with GPS technology
Senate passes bill updating air traffic system Inter-American Development Bank forgives Haitian debt, plans to increase own capital by $70B
Solution for perennial Fargo’s Red River flooding in sight, but costly _ and decade away
Fargo’s long-term flood solution: 10 years, $1.3B Ex-California police chief is charged with misdemeanor drunken driving after crashing city car
Ex-Calif. police chief charged with DUI RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A former police chief in California has been charged with drunken driving after leaving a club and crashing his city-owned car. Police in New York agree with US regulators, say driver error caused Prius crash
NY police agree driver error caused Prius crash Scientists fear larger volcanic eruption in Iceland could bring global consequences
Iceland’s eruptions could have global consequences Jesse Masterpool Death Shocks FansBush, Clinton tour devastated Haitian capital on mission to raise aid and investment
Blowing in the wind: Sandstorms spread dust, grit and misery across much of China
China’s sandstorms blast Beijing with dust, sand Delhi trader shot at outside Gurgaon mallGURGAON - A Delhi based trader was shot at and injured by three unidentified youths outside a mall here Thursday following an argument with some men at a bar, police said Monday. Woman claims molestation by Gurgaon bar ownerGURGAON - A 35-year-old woman was allegedly molested and manhandled by a bar owner in a shopping mall here Saturday night, police said Monday. Court issues warrants against Delhi cops in gang rapeNEW DELHI - A city court Monday issued bailable warrants against the investigating officer and an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) for failing to file charge sheet in the alleged gang rape of a private firm employee by three Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials. Pakistan police say they foiled Taliban terrorist attack against diplomats, top hotels
Pakistan police: Plot foiled on hotels, diplomats Maximum internet child porns made in US, Russia: OfficialMoscow, March 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is the second largest producer of internet child pornography in the world after the US, a children rights official said here Monday. Spring sandstorms choke much of China, dust and grit affect places as far away as Taiwan
Massive sandstorms choke cities across China Pay Rs.5 lakh each to fake shoot-out victims’ kin: NHRCNEW DELHI - The National Human Rights Commission Monday asked the Delhi government to pay up Rs.500,000 each to the families of the two men killed by the city police in an allegedly fake gun battle. Rio Tinto employee admits receiving bribes in ChinaBEIJING - A court in Shanghai tried four executives from the Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto Ltd on charges of commercial bribery Monday with the highest-profile defendant reportedly pleading guilty to receiving illegal payments. Speeding truck crushes five to death in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - A speeding truck crushed to death five men returning on foot from a religious function in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district early Monday, police said. Six held for leaking exam papersNEW DELHI - Six people were arrested for allegedly leaking examination papers for government jobs, police said Monday. Scientists to fly over Icelandic volcano to evaluate eruption; flights return to normal
Scientists to evaluate Icelandic volcano eruption Thousands in Orissa town protest trader’s son kidnapBHUBANESWAR - Thousands of people, including women and children, Monday took out a march in Orissa’s Sambalpur town to protest kidnapping of a trader’s son, police said. ‘Explosives loaded on Kingfisher plane at Thiruvananthapuram’BANGALORE/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - A day after explosives were found in the cargo section of a Kingfisher flight, police in Bangalore Monday admitted security lapse but said it might have been placed in Thiruvananthapuram. Eight injured in plane crash in MoscowMoscow, March 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eight crew members were injured Monday when a Russian passenger airliner crash-landed in a forest near Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. Three convicted for whistle blower engineer’s murderPATNA - A special court Monday convicted three men in the murder of whistle blower Satyendra Dubey, who had exposed corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project. Roadside bomb kills 1 and wounds 3 in southwestern Pakistan city beset by ethnic insurgency
Roadside bomb kills 1 in southwest Pakistan Robbers loot cash, jewellery from house in east DelhiNEW DELHI - Four armed robbers broke into a house in east Delhi and escaped with Rs.100,000 cash and jewellery, police said Monday. Rare Sumatran tiger kills man after dragging him from hut in Indonesian village
Sumatran tiger kills man as friends try to help Kingfisher plane explosives: Police still cluelessTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - A day after a cocktail of explosives was found in the cargo section of a Kingfisher plane here, police Monday were still clueless as to how it reached the aircraft despite multi-layered security checks. Violence in Nepal after policeman rapes Indian teenKATHMANDU - Violence reigned in a famed temple town in southern Nepal Monday, for the third consecutive day, with mobs attacking police posts and clashing with baton-wielding police after an Indian teenager, belonging to a minority community, was allegedly raped by a sub-inspector. Three Punjab cops killed in road accidentNAWANSHAHAR - Three Punjab policemen were killed while two others sustained serious injuries in a road accident on the Nawanshahar-Jalandhar highway Monday, police said. One dead as temple water tank bursts (Second Lead)MATHURA - One person was killed and five people were injured Monday when a 40-ft high water tank on a temple roof burst here, police said. Russian could have died of over-drinking: PolicePANAJI - A 33-year-old Russian woman who was found dead in a hotel room here last week could have died due to excessive consumption of alcohol, police said Monday. Bush, Clinton to visit rubble-filled Haitian capital on mission to raise aid and investment
One killed as Assam tea planter opens fire at irate mobGUWAHATI - A schoolboy was killed and four injured Monday when a tea planter, accused of physically abusing a tribal woman, opened fired on an irate group of garden workers in Assam, police said. 170 Indian workers duped in MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR - About 170 Indians have been duped by their employment agents upon arrival in Malaysia, a Tamil newspaper said Monday. ‘Goa policeman called Israeli drug dealers 400 times’PANAJI - A policeman accused of links with the narcotics mafia contacted two Israeli drug dealers over 400 times in the past six months, a public prosecutor told a local court here Monday. Tamil films blamed for crime by Indians in MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian Indian official has blamed Tamil cinema for young people from the community taking to crime. Floods recede in Fargo, but environmental hazards from livestock carcasses, dirty sand linger
Floods recede in Fargo, but other hazards linger Three killed in gang rivalry in AssamGUWAHATI - Three people were killed Monday in a fight between two rival car lifting gangs in Assam’s main city of Guwahati, officials said. One dead as water tank bursts in Mathura templeMATHURA - One person was killed and five injured Monday when an overhead 40-ft water tank on a temple roof burst here, police said. Maoists trigger blast on rail tracksKOLKATA - Train movement in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district was disrupted when Maoists triggered a blast Monday, the first day of their 48-hour shutdown in six states. Spring sandstorms whip across China, prompting authorities to issue health warnings
Sandstorms across China prompt health warnings Mob attacks police after Indian teen’s rape in NepalKATHMANDU - A police post was attacked by enraged crowds in southern Nepal for two consecutive days after an Indian teenager, belonging to a minority community, was allegedly raped by a sub-inspector. Auto rickshaw driver electrocutedNEW DELHI - A 45-year-old auto rickshaw driver was electrocuted when a high tension wire fell on his vehicle here, police said Monday. Would you like to eat boyfriend’s body, texts Australian womanMELBOURNE - Shortly after fatally stabbing her boyfriend, an Australian woman sent a text message to another man asking him whether he would like to join in to eat the “delicate meat” because “I think he tastes good”, a court was told. |
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