Topless FEMEN activists have been media darlings due to their methods of protest. According to FEMEN, topless protests are probably the strongest and most effective form of peaceful and nonviolent protests to attract attention. A group of Ukrainian topless protesters are now facing jail term up to four years for climbing onto the balcony of  [ Read More ]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – This week’s revelations that Google Inc , Twitter and other popular Internet companies have been taking liberties with customer data have prompted criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers, along with apologies from the companies. They are the latest in a long line of missteps by large Internet companies that have faced  [ Read More ]

London, Feb 17 (IANS) Adolf Hitler had a son with a French teenager while serving as a soldier during the First World War, The Telegraph reported Friday. Jean-Marie Loret, who died in 1985 aged 67, never met his father, but went on to fight Nazi forces during the Second World War. His extraordinary story has  [ Read More ]

Washington, Feb 18 (IANS) As the US imposed new sanctions against Iran, Washington said it was talking to India, Pakistan, Russia, and China about what they can do, particularly to wean themselves from Iranian crude. “We are engaged in conversations with all of these governments with regard to the importance of implementing existing international sanctions,  [ Read More ]

Tehran, Feb 15 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will unveil “some nuclear achievements” Wednesday, according to an announcement on Iran’s presidential website. “In the presence of the president, some new and worthwhile achievements of the country’s nuclear scientists in the field of atomic energy will be unveiled” on Wednesday, Xinhua reported the announcement as stating.  [ Read More ]

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loaded nuclear fuel rods into the Tehran Research Reactor on Wednesday, state TV reported. “The president loaded 20 percent enriched rods into the Tehran Reactor … it is a sign of Iranian scientists’ achievements,” said state TV, which broadcast the ceremony live.

New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Tuesday that the lone motorcyclist who tried to assassinate an Israeli diplomat’s wife here was “a very well trained person”. “It is very clear that a very well trained person has committed this attack,” Chidambaram said, referring to Monday’s bomb attack in the heart of the city that  [ Read More ]

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Ajmal Kasab, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist, Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the reasoning by the trial court while awarding him death penalty was flawed. Amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran, appearing for Kasab, asked the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C.K. Prasad  [ Read More ]

London, Feb 11: An Indian student, pursuing MBA from the London Business School, was stabbed in the Newham borough on Friday, Scotland Yard was quoted as saying in media reports. Eleven people have been arrested following the stabbing of the student whose condition remains critical, reports added. The media reports identified the victim as Praveen  [ Read More ]

Residents gather as a whale shark is pulled from the water by cranes after it was found dead at Karachi’s fish harbor February 7, 2012. A giant whale shark washed ashore near Karachi fisheries harbor on Tuesday and was sold for 1.7 million PKR ($18,758), local media reported. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro A man stands on a  [ Read More ]