| London terror plots: Six held, bus emptied on highway |
LONDON, July 5: Armed police and forensic officers with sniffer dogs on Thursday swooped down on a bus moving on a highway near London and asked all passengers to get down after a man was seen pouring a liquid into a box, which then started emitting smoke, BBC reported.
Earlier in the day, six people, one of them a woman, were arrested in London for their alleged involvement in terroris... |
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| Prince William receives Scotland's highest honour |
LONDON, July 5: Prince William was on Thursday bestowed with the title of “Knight of the Thistle”, the highest honour in Scotland.
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Duchess of Cambridge Kate and other royals attended the service at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, the Telegraph reported.
The Scottish title honours men and women who have held public office or ... |
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| Russia's Pussy Riot go on hunger strike |
MOSCOW, July 5: Members of the all-female Russian punk group Pussy Riot - who face up to seven years behind bars over an anti-Putin protest - on Wednesday went on hunger strike after what their legal team said was a court ruling reminiscent of Stalin-era repression.
“I am declaring a hunger strike, because this is unlawful,” suspect Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, told a packed ... |
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| 'Mexico must look into obstacles to press coverage' |
PARIS, July 5: Mexican authorities should investigate “the obstructions, censorship and intimidation that may have affected the coverage and observation of the electoral process”, said the Paris-based press-rights group Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, said.
“Right up to the eve of election day, the campaign was marked by numerous attacks on journalists and also on o... |
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| Turn around dysfunctional ties with US: Pakistani daily |
ISLAMABAD, July 5: Pakistan and the US should grasp the opportunity presented by the reopening of NATO supply routes to “turn a dysfunctional relationship into one that can actually help solve the region’s security problems”, said a leading daily.
An editorial in the Dawn on Thursday said that after seven months of obstinacy by both sides, and a year and a half of tens... |
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| 'Iodine deficiency leaves third of world population at risk' |
SYDNEY, July 5: Iodine deficiency leaves one third of the world’s population exposed to adverse health conditions that can cause everything from mild learning difficulties to severe retardation, cretinism and stillbirth, warns a scientist.
The warning comes from pioneering Australian medical scientist Basil Hetzel more than 40 years after his seminal studies illuminated iodine&rsq... |
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| US warships in Gulf 'sitting ducks' for Iran missiles |
MOSCOW, July 5: US naval ships in the Persian Gulf are within reach of Iranian missiles should the US consider an offensive against the Islamic Republic, an Iranian expert said on Wednesday. “The United States knows that its ships in the Persian Gulf are sitting ducks when it comes to Iranian missiles,” Mohammad Marandi, a professor at Tehran University, said in an interview with Press... |
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| UAE to have special village for orphans |
ABU DHABI, July 5: A special village for orphans, abandoned children and those of unknown parentage is being built in Umm Al Qaiwain in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the lines of the world famous SOS Children’s Villages. The ministry of social affairs said the village, officially named “The Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Social Care Village”, is being constructed and fund... |
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| NATO containers in Pakistan leave for Afghanistan |
ISLAMABAD, July 5: NATO containers at the Karachi port will begin to leave on Thursday for Afghanistan after a seven-month long blockade on their movement was lifted, a media report said. Over 135 containers will leave for Afghanistan from Port Qasim Karachi on Thursday, reported Geo News. Islamabad blocked the NATO supply routes after two dozen Pakistani soldiers were killed in an air attack on N... |
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| ATM for blind launched in Sharjah |
SHARJAH, July 5: In a first in the Middle East as well as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a teller machine for blind and visually impaired people has been launched here by the Sharjah Islamic Bank. The ATM features a large Braille keypad, high resolution screen, wide keys, headphone and external speaker to ensure the user’s privacy. The user needs to choose fewer options than in a normal ATM... |
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| Counting to 10 could make you angrier still |
LONDON, July 5: Never count to 10 when you’re feeling angry, it could only make it much worse. Focusing on a situation only makes people angrier, tests show. “The worst thing to do in an anger-inducing situation is what people normally do: try to focus on their hurt and angry feelings to understand them,” said Brad Bushman, professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State ... |
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| Expedite Chinese power projects: Pakistan president |
ISLAMABAD, July 5: President Asif Ali Zardari has called for expediting the projects of electricity generation being undertaken in cooperation with China’s Three Gorges Corporation, which operates the world’s largest hydropower project. Talking to a Chinese delegation here on Wednesday, Zardari appreciated Chinese assistance to the country, especially in the power sector, reported Asso... |
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