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Police investigate James Murdoch parliament evidence »
Scotland Yard is investigating evidence James Murdoch gave before parliament’s media scrutiny committee last week. News International’s chief executive James Murdoch was already accused of misleading parliament over evidence he has given about a compensation payment to a victim of phone hacking. Now, an answer he gave Tuesday’s parliamentary inquiry is also being investigated by [...]
Lokpal Bill ready to be tabled in Parliament »
New Delhi: The anti-graft Lokpal Bill is ready to be tabled in the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning August 1 and will be presented to the Cabinet next week, the Government said on Friday. “The Lokpal bill is ready. It will be placed before the cabinet next week,” Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V [...]
At least 87 killed in Norway twin attacks: police »
Twin shooting and bomb attacks in Oslo and a nearby island have killed at least 87 people, a Norwegian police spokesman said on Saturday. “We have confirmation that at least 80 people are dead. We do not exclude a higher toll,” said Are Frykholm, speaking of the massacre at a youth camp on the island [...]
Big Blasts at Government Buildings in Oslo; 1 Dead – Norway »
OSLO — Powerful explosions shook central Oslo on Friday afternoon, blowing out the windows of several government buildings, including one housing the office of the Norwegian prime minister. The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK reported that at least one person was killed and several more injured, but a spokeswoman for the prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, said [...]
Teardown Of New 13″ MacBook Air Finds Almost No Differences From Old Model »
The traditional “splaying of the device” has been performed successfully on the new MacBook Air by the teardown experts and hand models at iFixit. The most user-relevant finding appears to be that the SSD module is user-replaceable — i.e. Apple hasn’t seen fit to physically bond it to the motherboard. Yet. Apart from that and [...]
Haryana politician’s guards assault ex-cricketer »
Former Indian cricketer Atul Wasan was allegedly assaulted by security personnel of a Haryana politician when he tried to overtake the latter’s cavalcade at the Gurgaon toll bridge early on Thursday morning. According to police, the cricketer was beaten up by security personnel when he breached the cavalcade of the politician. “No case has been [...]
Cash-for-vote scam: Delhi Police to quiz Amar Singh today »
Taking forward its probe in the cash-for-votes scam, Delhi Police is all set to grill Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh on Friday for his alleged role in the sensational case. Singh, the then general secretary of Samajwadi Party, is accused of sending bribe money to win over three BJP. The decision to call Singh for [...]
U.S. debt talk makes significant step – OBAMA »
WASHINGTON- U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that talks between Democrats and Republicans concerning debt limit and deficit reduction issues have achieved a “significant step.” “Some progress was made, in some of the discussions. Some narrowing of the issues,” Obama said at a White house briefing. But he warned that there is not much time [...]
Seeing Trends, Coalition Works to Help a River Adapt »
NISQUALLY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Wash. — For 10,000 years the Nisqually Indians have relied on chinook salmon for their very existence, but soon those roles are expected to reverse. Multimedia Slide Show Flowing Through Change A blog about energy and the environment. Go to Blog » Enlarge This Image Matthew Ryan Williams for The New [...]
Food Crisis in Somalia Is a Famine, U.N. Says »
MOMBASA, Kenya — The United Nations on Wednesday officially declared Somalia’s food crisis a famine in several parts of the country, with millions of people on the brink of starvation and aid deliveries complicated by the fact that Islamist militants aligned with Al Qaeda control the famine zones. The combination of one of East Africa’s [...]
