Dutch mark 5th anniversary of filmmaker’s murder
Amsterdam, 03 Nov 2009: The Dutch marked the fifth anniversary Monday of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim fanatic, a brutal killing that continues to shape politics in the Netherlands.
Van Gogh, a distant relative of the famous painter, was shot and stabbed on an Amsterdam street Nov. 2, 2004, setting off a spate of mosque burnings in a country once renowned for its tolerance.
Opium, organized crime & Pakistan intelligence feed Taliban’s war chest
Washington, 20 October 2009: The Taliban in Afghanistan are running a sophisticated financial network to pay for their insurgent operations, raising hundreds of millions of dollars from the illicit drug trade, kidnappings, extortion and foreign donations that American officials say they are struggling to cut off.
In Afghanistan, the Taliban have imposed an elaborate system to tax the cultivation, processing and shipment of opium, as well as other crops like wheat grown in the territory they control, American and Afghan officials say.
Uncle killed minor girl and dumped body in train
Lucknow, Sep 8 : Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura town Tuesday said they had solved the murder of a teenaged …
Venezuela’s Chavez says hopes can work with Obama
Venice, Sep 8 : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy who once called George W. …
India: Jet pilots go on mass ’sick leave’, thousands stranded
Mumbai/New Delhi, Sep 8: Some 20,000 air passengers in India, including hundreds of foreign visitors, were severely inconvenienced as nearly …
Hunt for NY crash bodies goes on
Divers return to the murky waters of the Hudson River on Monday to continue the search for bodies and wreckage …
Hawaii Football Coach Suspended After Derogatory Comments Stirs Up Controversy
Salt Lake City: After a sheer display of insensitivity, the Hawaii Football Coach Greg McMackin has been suspended by the …
US court fines $22,500 per song for illegal music download
NEW YORK: A federal jury in Boston on Friday ordered a graduate student to pay $22,500 per song to four …
Parents forced to chain drug addict boy in Agra
Parents, forced, chain, drug addict boy, Agra
Egypt’s rising death sentences under fire
Egypt, rising death, sentences, under fire