International News for November 16, 2009

US warns Pak not to undercut fight against Taliban, Al Qaeda
The Obama administration has warned Pakistan not to undercut the fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and to expand and reorient its fight against both. ANI

Samy Vellu asks Malaysian Indian leaders to prove critics wrong
Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu has urged party leaders to go to the ground to resolve the Indian communitys problems in order to prove critics wrong. ANI

Palins memoir describes anguish about daughters pregnancy
Former US Vice President candidate Sarah Palins highly anticipated memoir, Going Rogue, reportedly describes heart-wrenching anguish about her eldest daughter Bristols pregnancy playing out before a national audience. ANI

Indian man on a 15-year-old lookout for lost cousin in Malaysia
An Indian man is on a lookout for his lost cousin in Malaysia for the past 15 years. ANI

Malay Govt. tells businessmen to use Indian, Chinese links for economic development
The Malaysian Government has advised businessmen to use the countrys multi-racial cultural, especially links with India and China, as an asset for economic relationships and developments. ANI

Irans nuclear rights not negotiable, says Ahmadinejad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reiterated that his country has every right to be a nuclear power, and confrontation on this issue would only make the country more powerful and more developed. ANI

Israel warns of unilateral steps if Palestine moves to UN
Israel has said it will take unilateral steps if the Palestinian Authority (PA) leaves the peace talks midway and moves to the UN to endorse it as an independent state. ANI

Indonesia plans to send detained Sri Lankan asylum seekers home
The Indonesian Government is reportedly planning to deport 255 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, whose boat was detained on its way to Australia last month and remains moored at the port of Merak in Java. ANI

Library books returned 51yrs later - with $1k money order for fines!
A former student has returned a pair of library books to a high school librarian in Phoenix 51 years after they were due. ANI

It will take decades to execute Fort Hood shooter
Major Nidal Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist, took just seven minutes to kill 13 people and injure more than 30 at Fort Hood in Texas earlier this month, but under the rules of military justice, his execution would require the US Supreme Court to rule on two separate appeals and for the President of the United States, the commander in chief to give his personal approval. ANI

Unused sports arena becomes hotspot for illicit love games
While repairs for the Sultan Mizan Stadium in Malaysia has been put on hold, the sporting complex has been seeing games of another kind being played: young couples using the arena for romantic liaisons. ANI

Nicknames like Fat, Mad, Peasant get legal stamp in Italian town!
People at a small Italian town have a reason to cheer, as they have won a legal battle to use their nicknames, including Fat, Mad and Peasant, on all official documents. ANI

Obama criticises the Great Firewall of China
President Barack Obama has criticized the Great Firewall of China or the internet censorship in the communist country by saying that the open internet use should be encouraged. ANI

Near empty Illinois prison may house GITMO inmates
The Obama administration may buy a near empty prison in rural north-western Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a White House official said over the weekend. ANI

British police arrests five men plotting overseas terror attack
Five men have been arrested in Britains Manchester and Bolton areas for allegedly plotting an overseas terror attack. ANI

Obama gets a taste of Chinas slavery taunt on Tibet
Even before Barack Obama touched down in Shanghai, he got a taste of Chinese taunts on Tibet, asserting that the black President should respect Chinese opposition to the Dalai Lama whose ancestors were slave masters. ANI

JFKs last autograph fetches 39k dlrs at auction
The last autograph signed by late US President John F Kennedy has been auctioned off for a whopping 39,000 dollars. ANI

Dual screening tests for heart defects in young athletes recommended
A new research from heart experts at Johns Hopkins has recommended that in order to best detect early signs of life-threatening heart defects in young athletes, screening programs should include both popular diagnostic tests, not just one of them. ANI

Prisoners being let out overnight to ease overcrowding in British jails
More and more prisoners are allowed out of prison overnight due to overcrowding of British jails, it has emerged. ANI

U.S., Russia agree to prod Iran on nukes
US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have pledged to work together to prevent Irans nuclear program from acquiring a dangerous hue and to renew a nuclear disarmament treaty that is set to expire in less than three weeks. ANI

Obama sends out gentle message to China on rights and free information flow
Visiting US President Barack Obama has sent out a gentle message to China to facilitate the free flow of information and to guarantee equality for ethnic and religious minorities. ANI

US wants to destabilise Pakistan, Afghanistan: Jamaat-e-Islami
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaquat Baloch has said that America is undermining the roots of Pakistan through political, strategic and economic intervention, and its presence in Afghanistan would cause devastation for this region. ANI

British MP calls for cancellation of Queens speech for democracys sake
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has called for the cancellation of the Queens speech that would mark the beginning of the new parliamentary session, by saying that her address would be sheer waste of everyones time. ANI

Obama demands release of Aung San Suu Kyi
US President Barack Obama has demanded the release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ANI

Zardari ready to shed grabbed powers, conveys plan to Gilani
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is committed to shed some constitutional powers well before March 30, the deadline he had set for materialising his plan, well-placed official sources have said. ANI

One in three Brit kids lose touch with a parent after divorce: Study
One in three children in Britain permanently loses touch with a parent, usually the father, because of their parents failure to divorce amicably, a new study has found. ANI

Britains Night Stalker arrested
A British man, who was arrested for allegedly carrying out a series of rapes and indecent assaults on elderly people over the period of last 17 years, will appear in court today to face charges. ANI

Musharraf approved Blackwaters terror operations in Pak: General Beg
Former Pakistan Army Chief Mirza Aslam Beg has claimed that ex-President Pervez Musharraf had given Blackwater the green signal to carry out its terrorist operations in the cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Quetta. ANI

Texas woman fakes breast cancer to get free boob job!
A woman from Texas lied about having breast cancer and then used the 10,000 dollars raised at a benefit to get breast implants, according to U.S. authorities. ANI

Average Brit mum relies on just nine meals to feed her family
An average mum generally has just nine recipes in her stock to make her family happy, according to a new British survey. ANI

Musharraf can be arrested if Balochistan Govt. requests: Malik
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that if the Balochistan Government made a request for the arrest of former president Pervez Musharraf, action would be taken. ANI

How Taliban almost killed German defence minister
The helicopter of Germanys new Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was almost hit by the Taliban in Afghanistan, where he had gone to visit German troops. ANI

Capello wants to put only fittest foot forward during Word Cup
Making his intentions of putting the fittest foot forward during the Word Cup, England coach Fabio Capello has revealed that regular No 1 goalkeeper, David James, would not be included in the squad if he fails to overcome his knee problem. ANI

Hard to believe nobody in Pak Govt knew Al Qaedas hiding places: Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the safe haven that Al Qaeda had found in Pakistan was very troubling, and added that it was hard to believe that nobody in the Pakistani Government knew the hiding places of Al Qaeda. ANI

Ill Brit hostages refusing to eat or drink, say Somali pirates
A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean are ill and refusing to eat or drink, according to the Somali pirates who have captured them. ANI

Top Taliban commander arrested in Pak Punjab
Pakistani intelligence agencies have captured a top leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from a major city of Punjab after tracking him for a week. ANI

British troops in Afghanistan get first batch of helicopters
The first batch of RAF helicopters has arrived in Afghanistan for British troops stationed there. ANI

Move over recession, Britain now facing mancession
The economic recession in the UK has now given way to mancession, where an increasing number of women are bagging jobs as compared to men. ANI

UKs Brown to use Lord Mayors banquet to launch his re-election campaign
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will use the impartial setting of the Lord Mayors banquet tonight to launch his New Labour Partys campaign for re-election six months down the line ANI

Twenty-four militants killed in Pakistan
At least 24 militants were killed as jets bombed Taliban positions in the tribal region of Orakzai and troops maintained pressure on terrorists in South Waziristan and Swat. ANI

British mission in Afghanistan disabling Al Qaeda: Gordon Brown
In a bid gather public support for the Afghanistan war, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to assert the deployment of British troops in that war-torn country has helped to disable Al-Qaeda this year. ANI

Obama writes to Zardari to step up fight against Taliban and al-Qaeda
US President Barack Obama has written a letter to his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, asking him to step up the offensive against the Taliban and al Qaeda. ANI

US shifted Hakimullah Mehsud, Taliban leaders to Afghanistan: General Beg
Former Pakistan Army Chief General (retired) Mirza Aslam Beg has alleged that the US has shifted the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud and the other Taliban leadership to Afghanistan. ANI

Call girl Belle de Jour outed as Brit scientist
The posh hooker, whose notorious Belle de Jour blog was adapted into the TV hit Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, has revealed her identity-shes a research scientist. ANI

Were out of time to conclude global action plan in Copenhagen: Obama
US President Barack Obama has recognized that it would be impossible to reach a fully internationally legally binding climate agreement in Copenhagen next month as very little time is left for that. ANI

One-third of CIA budget goes to ISI
Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) collected tens of millions of dollars through a classified CIA programme that pays for the capture or killing of wanted militants, since the 9/11 attacks, accounting for as much as one-third of US spy agencys annual budget, according to a leading US daily. ANI

Obama arrives in China, looks to reset ties for the better
US President Barack Obama has arrived in China on a three-day official visit that will be aimed at resetting bilateral ties and hoping to win Chinas support on issues ranging from climate change to sanctions against Iran. ANI

Suicide bomber kills three in Peshawar
A powerful bomb explosion in Peshawars outskirts of Badhbeer on Kohat Road killed at least three people and injured 21 others. ANI

SAE Institute Announced as Education Partner for Dubai International Film Festival
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SAE Group Announces Multi-million Dollar Purchases of AMS Neve Equipment
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LinkedIn Appoints Hari V. Krishnan as Country Manager for India
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Most Powerful Supercomputer in the World Powered by the Six-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor
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World Wide Web Foundation Launches Global Operations
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Gemalto Boosts Rollout of SIM-Based Mobile Contactless Services
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Green Packet Creates Opportunity for Operators to Partake in Application Store Frenzy
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SES Invests in O3b Networks
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Mobil 1 Selected as Factory- and Service-Fill Endorsed Motor Oil for the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Sports Utility Vehicle
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ebrary Launches Free H1N1 (Influenza) Searchable Information Center
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Boston and Iceotope Launch Innovative Liquid Cooled Servers Delivering Increased Energy Efficiency and Processing Density
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