Boy Missing Four Years Found Behind \'Fake\' Wall

Boy Missing Four Years Found Behind 'Fake' Wall, Authorities arrested five people inside the home, including the 13-year-old's father and stepmother., A 13-year-old boy whose mother reported him missing four years ago was found by police hidden behind a false wall in his father's Georgia home, US media said. Authorities arrested five people incl.. Continue Reading...

Nepal Media Modi

Nepal Media Modi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'suggestion' to Nepal's political parties on how to write the new Constitution has been criticised by Nepal's leading newspapers and politicians. On Thursday, the country's top Nepali dailies said Mr. Modi breached diplomatic norms and displayed the "old Indian habit of interfering in Nepal's i.. Continue Reading...

Attack On Kabul Foreign Compound, Nov. 29, 2014

Attack On Kabul Foreign Compound, Nov. 29, 2014, Three gunmen and suicide bombers stormed a compound housing a foreign NGO in the Afghan capital on Saturday, exchanging fire with security forces before leaving three hostages dead. Six other hostages were rescued after the afternoon attack, police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai said. The bloodshed b.. Continue Reading...

Hosni Mubarak Retrial

Hosni Mubarak Retrial, Egypt's former longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak was effectively cleared Saturday of charges linking him to the deaths of hundreds of protesters and probably will be released in months, a stunning reversal for a man who faced life imprisonment or worse after a revolution toppled him in 2011. A Cairo judge capped a monthslong re.. Continue Reading...

Shooting At Chicago Nordstrom, Nov. 28, 2014

Shooting At Chicago Nordstrom, Nov. 28, 2014, Terrified Black Friday shoppers fled a crowded Nordstrom in downtown Chicago after a shooting inside the store left a man dead and a woman critically wounded. MyFoxChicago.com said the gunfire erupted Friday evening around 8:30 p.m. in the cosmetics department on the store's second floor. Police said.. Continue Reading...

Modi Sharif SAARC

Modi Sharif SAARC, A brief meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif appears to have salvaged a summit of South Asian leaders, with all eight countries clinching a last-minute deal to create a regional electricity grid. Thursday's pact, to be signed at the summit's closing ceremony, will buttress Mo.. Continue Reading...

Lionel Messi Record

Lionel Messi Record, It is said of Alexander the Great that 'when he saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.' Lionel Messi might be starting to feel the same way about breaking records. This week, the Barcelona superstar has become the all-time leading goalscorer in both La Liga and the Champions League, .. Continue Reading...

2014 UPSR Results

2014 UPSR Results, The overall performance of the 2014 Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) candidates saw a 0.02 decline in Average National Grade (GPN) with GPN of 2.29 this year compared to 2.27 in 2013. Education director-general Datuk Seri Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof said inspite of the decline, the GPN this year was much better than in 2011 w.. Continue Reading...

Khairy Jamaluddin

Khairy Jamaluddin, Youth and Sports minister, Khairy Jamaluddin was not happy with allegations that Singaporean authorities have stopped some of the Malaysian football fans from entering the Jalan Besar Stadium last Sunday. Before the game against Myanmar, some of the local fans were not allowed to enter the stadium and Khairy has demanded for t.. Continue Reading...

Navin Moorthy Mykad

Navin Moorthy Mykad, A 16-year-old student, who is of Malaysian-Filipino parentage, will finally obtain his citizenship and MyKad after four years of waiting. This followed the High Court's decision, which ordered the National Registration Department (NRD) to issue citizenship and MyKad to M. Navin within 30 days, beginning Tuesday. Justi.. Continue Reading...

Year-End Bonus

Year-End Bonus, The anti-government CGT splinter leader and teamster's union secretary Hugo Moyano stated that workers will receive a year-end bonus "no matter what" and renewed his demands for the government to exempt annual complementary salaries from the income tax. "The year-end bonus is there. We will receive it no matter what," Moyano fire.. Continue Reading...

Ebola Vaccine

Ebola Vaccine, The first human trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine has produced promising results, U.S. scientists said, raising hopes that protection from the deadly disease may be on the horizon. All 20 healthy adults who received the vaccine in a trial run by researchers from the National Institutes of Health in Maryland produced an immune.. Continue Reading...

Phil Hughes Cricket

Phil Hughes Cricket, Cricketers, politicians and sports people have paid tribute to Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes, 25, who has died two days after being hit by a ball while batting for South Australia in a domestic game. Hughes was carried off on a stretcher at the Sydney Cricket Ground after he was struck on the top of the neck by a short.. Continue Reading...

Phil Hughes Dies

Phil Hughes Dies, The death of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes was caused by a "freakish accident" that gave the 25-year-old international batsman little chance of survival, his doctors have revealed. Hughes was struck by a short-pitched delivery on Tuesday while playing in a domestic match and died in St Vincent's hospital on Thursday havi.. Continue Reading...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Heart Surgery

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Heart Surgery, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent a heart procedure on Wednesday morning and was expected to leave the hospital within the next two days, the Supreme Court announced. Justice Ginsburg, 81, "experienced discomfort during routine exercise" on Tuesday night and was taken to MedStar Washington Hospita.. Continue Reading...

Valerie Weigmann

Valerie Weigmann, Philippine beauty queen Valerie Weigmann on Thursday left for London to represent the Philippines in this year's Miss World beauty pageant. Weigmann boarded Philippine Airlines flight PR-720 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 before 8 a.m., radio dzBB's Sam Nielsen reported. Before boarding her flight, Weig.. Continue Reading...

House And Lot Metro Manila

House And Lot Metro Manila, A congested Metro Manila has pushed developers to venture outside the Philippine capital, giving rise to new business districts and special economic zones. In a briefing today, KMC MAG Group vice president Yves Luethi said property developers are building business parks in provinces outside Metro Manila as such as Cav.. Continue Reading...

Sony FIFA Sponsorship

Sony FIFA Sponsorship, Sony Corp does not plan to renew its sponsorship contract with FIFA, the governing body for world soccer, as the Japanese electronics maker needs to prioritize its restructuring efforts, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Such a move would follow Emirates Airline's [EMIRA.UL] announcement this month that it was .. Continue Reading...

PAC KLIA2 Audit

PAC KLIA2 Audit, A full and thorough audit on KLIA2 should be conducted by the Auditor-General, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recommended. PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed (pic) urged the Government to order the A-G to conduct a full audit on the construction of KLIA2 following the committee's findings of irregularities in the pro.. Continue Reading...

Francesco Totti

Francesco Totti, Francesco Totti just can't stop breaking records – and his own ones at that – after the 38-year-old became the oldest goalscorer in Champions League history following his strike in Roma's 1-1 draw against CSKA Moscow on Tuesday. The Roma star smashed in a powerful 43rd-minute free-kick during the Group E clash in Russia to break.. Continue Reading...

Messi European Record

Messi European Record, Barcelona's Lionel Messi scored a hat trick to shatter the Champions League goalscoring record by taking his tally in the competition to 74 in a 4-0 win over APOEL on Tuesday. The previous record of 71 had been set by former Real Madrid and Schalke striker Raul over the course of 142 matches. Raul's record fell when Messi .. Continue Reading...

Phil Hughes

Phil Hughes, Phillip Hughes remains in a critical condition in a Sydney hospital following scans after one of the most sickening blows in cricket history left him fighting for his life. Hughes, on the brink of a return to the Australia Test side after an 18-month absence, was struck on the back of his head just below his helmet as he attempted a.. Continue Reading...

Life Insurance

Life Insurance, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says the state is set to receive more than $25,000 as part of a multi-state life insurance settlement with Symetra Life and Symetra National Life Insurance companies. Hamm on Tuesday said seven states including North Dakota have reached a $1.2 million agreement with the insurer relate.. Continue Reading...

Parliament Black Money

Parliament Black Money, A day after the Opposition disrupted the proceedings of Parliament on the first working day of the Winter Session over the issue of black money, the issue has been taken up for a detailed discussion in both the Houses on Wednesday. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday raised the issue of black money and h.. Continue Reading...

Ashwini Upadhyay BJP

Ashwini Upadhyay BJP, In a setback to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) before Delhi polls, its founder member Ashwini Upadhyay on Tuesday switched to BJP. "We had left our high-profile jobs and joined AAP just to fight the 4C's namely corruption, crime, casteism and communalism. But over the last one year we realised that instead of abolishing these evils .. Continue Reading...

SAARC Summit Nepal

SAARC Summit Nepal, Visiting Nepal for a South Asia summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dropped plans to hold rallies at the birthplaces of the Buddha and Hindu goddess Sita, after controversy over whether he was gaining too much prominence inside Nepal. Suspicion of India is common among South Asia's smaller nations, and the sensitivities .. Continue Reading...

26/11 Anniversary

26/11 Anniversary, On the sixth anniversary of 26/11 attacks, India faces primarily two kinds of jihadist terror threats. One, as a society, it is witnessing the birth of self-radicalizing Muslim youth who are attracted to the jihadist call of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) led by Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. This radicalisation can be counter.. Continue Reading...

No Charges For Ferguson Cop Who Shot Teen

No Charges For Ferguson Cop Who Shot Teen, A Missouri grand jury voted not to charge a white police officer for the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teenager, an incident that set off weeks of sometimes violent protests around the St. Louis area, a county prosecutor said on Monday. The grand jury found there was no probable cause to cha.. Continue Reading...

Tunisia Presidential Election 2014

Tunisia Presidential Election 2014, Tunisia's first democratic presidential election will be decided in a runoff next month between the two leading candidates, President Moncef Marzouki and Beji Caid Essebsi, a former prime minister, the election board announced on Tuesday. Preliminary results of the first round, held on Sunday, showed Mr. Esseb.. Continue Reading...

Soldier Attacked In Woolwich, UK, May 22, 2013

Soldier Attacked In Woolwich, UK, May 22, 2013, The UK intelligence service MI5 has been criticized for its failure to monitor and reign in the two men who murdered British soldier Lee Rigby in South London in May last year. In a report published by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, it was shown that the intelligence services had.. Continue Reading...

MH17 Wreckage Recovery

MH17 Wreckage Recovery, Wreckage recovered from Malaysia's MH17 flight crashed in eastern Ukraine in July will be sent to the Netherlands by motor transport, the Dutch side decided on Monday after a meeting with top officials of Ukraine's Kharkiv region and investigators. Currently, the fragments of the ill-fated plane are kept at a Kharkiv-base.. Continue Reading...

AFF Suzuki Cup

AFF Suzuki Cup, Myanmar fans who were not able to obtain tickets for their team's matches in the ongoing AFF Suzuki Cup Group B games here are set to miss out, although Malaysia and Thailand supporters may still be able to purchase unsold ticket for their teams' remaining two matches. When contacted by TODAY, a Football Association of Singapore .. Continue Reading...

Sreesanth Bollywood Debut

Sreesanth Bollywood Debut, Former cricketer Sreesanth is set to make his Bollywood debut in Pooja Bhatt's next production venture and the filmmaker says the decision to cast him was quick and instinctive. In the film, which has been titled 'Cabaret', the former India pacer will be seen donning the role of a Malayali mentor to the movie's leadin.. Continue Reading...

Michael Schumacher Recovery

Michael Schumacher Recovery, Michael Schumacher's manager said there is still no clear time-frame for the Formula One star's recovery following a freak ski accident almost a year ago. Sabine Kehm yesterday said it was 'not possible' to say how long it would take for Scumacher to fully recover. She said he faced a 'difficult' and 'long' rehabili.. Continue Reading...

Supreme Court IPL Spot Fixing

Supreme Court IPL Spot Fixing, Resuming the hearing related to the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing and betting scandal, the Supreme Court on Monday said that the cash-rich tournament is a mutual beneficial society between BCCI and IPL. Making some stringent observations over the report submitted by the Mudgal panel, the Supreme Court tol.. Continue Reading...

Maid Agencies

Maid Agencies, There could be a dearth of female Indonesian workers in Singapore - including maids - if Indonesia goes ahead with plans to end its practice of sending female workers overseas in five years. However, some maid agencies in Singapore said they would not be too badly affected as they would look to other countries. Indonesia Vice-P.. Continue Reading...

Jharkhand Polling

Jharkhand Polling, Polling for 13 of the 81 Assembly constituencies in Jharkhand, spread over six Maoist—affected districts, began at seven this morning amid tight security. An electorate of 33,61,938, of whom 15,77,090 are female voters, are eligible to exercise their franchise to choose among 199 candidates, including 18 women. All 13 seats.. Continue Reading...

Parliament Winter Session

Parliament Winter Session, The month-long winter session of parliament starting Monday is crucial for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party government, to prove it can deliver reforms to reverse the sagging economy and silence critics who say the first sixth months in power have failed to live up to expectations. Mr. Modi came to.. Continue Reading...

Murli Deora

Murli Deora, A patient ear and a wide network of friends across political parties, NGOs and industries made former Union cabinet minister Murli Deora — Murlibhai to those who knew him — a dependable destination during any crisis. Mumbaikars in general and Congress members in particular knew that all their troubles could be addressed by a visit t.. Continue Reading...

2014 SAARC Summit

2014 SAARC Summit, The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is a multination organisation that comprises eight countries located in South Asia. SAARC is an economic organisation of which Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are members. The SAARC was the talk of the town recently when .. Continue Reading...

2014 American Music Awards

2014 American Music Awards, Lorde, Charli XCX and Mary J Blige commanded the stage, but Iggy Azalea was as wobbly as a tightrope walker in high wind - and could we have had a few less Taylor Swift reaction shots? Continue Reading...

Building Collapse In Washington Park, Chicago, Nov. 23, 2014

Building Collapse In Washington Park, Chicago, Nov. 23, 2014, Two women and a dog were rescued from the rubble of a collapsed residential building Sunday night in the Washington Park neighborhood. Firefighters swarmed the property at 58th Street and Calumet Avenue around 7 p.m. after reports of an explosion, and they pulled two women from the fl.. Continue Reading...

12-Year-Old Boy Shot, Killed By Cleveland Police

12-Year-Old Boy Shot, Killed By Cleveland Police, A Cleveland police officer was less than 10 feet away when he shot and killed a 12-year-old boy carrying a replica gun near a playground, and video of the shooting is clear about what happened, police said Monday. The boy was approached by officers Saturday responding to a 911 call about a male w.. Continue Reading...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel To Step Down

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel To Step Down, President Barack Obama announced Monday that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will step down from his position as soon as the Senate confirms a successor. Hagel, who has served as Defense secretary since February 2013, was forced out by President Barack Obama, CNN confirmed from several sources. During.. Continue Reading...

Google EU Antitrust Probe

Google EU Antitrust Probe, The European Parliament is expected to call for the "unbundling" of Google's search business from the rest of its commercial operations. The move is aimed at reducing the search giant's search and advertising monopoly in the 28 member state bloc, amid concerns spanning more than three years over the company's business .. Continue Reading...

Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Allegations

Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Allegations, The following women have alleged as a matter of public record that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted or raped them. They are listed in the order their allegations became public. 1. Lachele Covington. Covington, an actress who was 20 at the time, filed a police report alleging that Cosby pushed her hand toward h.. Continue Reading...

Kenya Al-Shabaab Bus Attack, Nov. 22, 2014

Kenya Al-Shabaab Bus Attack, Nov. 22, 2014, Gunmen from the Somali militant group al-Shabab say they have attacked a bus in northern Kenya, killing 28 people. The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, not far from the Somali border. Gunmen separated out non-Muslims by asking passengers to read from.. Continue Reading...

US Immigration Reform

US Immigration Reform, Barack Obama will be chief guest at India's Republic Day celebrations, the first time a US president will grace the occasion, marking a diplomatic coup for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and reflecting the rapport that he's struck with the leader of the world's leading superpower and its biggest economy. Obama has been invited .. Continue Reading...

New Video Of Wilson After Shooting

New Video Of Wilson After Shooting, Newly surfaced surveillance videos and dispatch calls from the day a Ferguson, Mo., police officer shot an unarmed 18-year-old contradict the police officer's version of events, attorneys representing Michael Brown's family said today. The videos show Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson leaving for the hosp.. Continue Reading...

Fatal Ferguson Encounter Over Quickly

Fatal Ferguson Encounter Over Quickly, The fatal encounter that ended with the shooting of Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson was brief, lasting less than two minutes, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Brown, an unarmed black teen, was shot by Wilson, a white police officer, on August 9 in Ferguson, Missouri. His death led to months o.. Continue Reading...

Was Mental Illness His Only Crime?

Was Mental Illness His Only Crime?, As a father of three, I felt Tricia Lammers' pain as she spoke about her son Blaec. He is 22 years old and 6-foot-2, with a goatee. But like most mothers, she still sees her son as a little boy. When I visited her at her home in Bolivar, Missouri, she was delighted to show off her scrapbooks filled with pictur.. Continue Reading...

Comet Lander Conks Out

Comet Lander Conks Out, After an improbable 10-year, 310-million-mile journey to become the first ever space vehicle to make a soft landing on a comet, the Philae probe may have ended its mission prematurely. Its batteries have run down, said the European Space Agency. "Philae has fallen into 'idle mode' for a potentially long silence. In thi.. Continue Reading...

Cosby Asked About Rape Allegations

Cosby Asked About Rape Allegations, In the aftermath of the recent surfacing of rape allegations against Bill Cosby, the veteran comedian reportedly has canceled an appearance next week on The Late Show With David Letterman, Newsday reports. Regis Philbin is slated to appear in his place, the report says. A representative for CBS declined to com.. Continue Reading...

Myanmar Reforms

Myanmar Reforms, US President Barack Obama has warned that Myanmar's reforms are by "no means complete or irreversible" after talks with democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi at her Yangon home. Speaking at a joint press conference on Friday, opposition leader Suu Kyi urged a "healthy balance between optimism and pessimism" towards the nation's st.. Continue Reading...

Rang Rasiya

Rang Rasiya, In a scene in Ketan Mehta's Rang Rasiya we see Raja Ravi Varma (Randeep Hooda) paint a picture of his muse, Sugandha (Nandana Sen) as the goddess of Knowledge, Saraswati. After, the painting is done and Sugandha sees it for the first time, she is moved to tears, seemingly by the beauty of it. However, once the camera moves from her fac.. Continue Reading...

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014, Ahmedabad: Cheteshwar Pujara reminded the selectors of his hitting prowess in limited overs format but his brilliant century couldn't stop Mumbai from clinching a two-wicket thriller in the West Zone leg of the Vijay Hazare trophy one day competition here on Saturday. Put into bat Saurashtra scored a healthy 279-5 in .. Continue Reading...

Tejas Trainer

Tejas Trainer, The final version of the two-seater (trainer) version of Tejas (PV-6) made its maiden flight today, in a milestone for India's overall indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Programme. The aircraft took to the skies at 13.36 PM and was piloted by Group Captain Vivart Singh along with Group Captain Anoop Kabadwal. This is the 16th .. Continue Reading...

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, who was sworn in as an MoS in the Narendra Modi government, is known as a religious preacher who helped BJP make inroads among the Dalit and backward classes in the politically-crucial state of Uttar Pradesh. She contested and won from the Fatehpur seat in UP and her candidature is widely acknowledge.. Continue Reading...

Suresh Prabhu

Suresh Prabhu, Three days ago, in his first media interaction as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sherpa for the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane on November 15-16, Suresh Prabhu said in a lighter vein that the question of him joining the Council of Ministers could be included in the G20 agenda if the media so desired. Prabhu, 61, a chartered accounta.. Continue Reading...

Shiv Sena Pull-Out

Shiv Sena Pull-Out, The simmering tension between Shiv Sena and BJP came to a boil today as Sena MP Anil Desai failed to take oath as Union Minister amid talk that Uddhav Thackeray will pull the party out of the government at the Centre and play Opposition in Maharashtra. Desai, who was rushed to the national capital to reach here in time for t.. Continue Reading...

Modi Government Expansion

Modi Government Expansion, Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and three others were today inducted into the Union Cabinet as Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his Council of Ministers, bringing in 21 new ministers as Shiv Sena kept away from the exercise. Suresh Prabhu, a former Shiv Sainik and Power minister in Vajpayee government, .. Continue Reading...

World War I

World War I, This year is special for remembrance, for two reasons. It marks the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, dubbed by that generation as The Great War, a four-year conflict in which over eight million servicemen and women were killed, nearly one million of them from Britain and its empire. It also marks the end of British c.. Continue Reading...

Catalonia Independence Movement

Catalonia Independence Movement, Catalans want independence, according to the provisional results of a nonbinding vote in the autonomous Spanish territory. An overwhelming 80 percent of voters chose to break from Spain in the vote that Spanish Justice Minister Rafael Catala called "fruitless and useless." Two million Catalans reportedly voted in.. Continue Reading...

Plane Crashes In The Bahamas, Nov. 9, 2014

Plane Crashes In The Bahamas, Nov. 9, 2014, Dr. Myles Munroe, the leader of Bahamas Faith Ministries, was killed Sunday when the plane he was in hit a construction crane, exploded and crashed in the Bahamas. Munroe's wife, Ruth, was also among the 9 victims of the crash in Grand Bahama, according to the Bahamas Tribune. The small plane crash.. Continue Reading...

Modi Expands Cabinet, Unhappy Shiv Sena Recalls Its Nominee

Modi Expands Cabinet, Unhappy Shiv Sena Recalls Its Nominee, In a last-minute turnaround, Shiv Sena abstained from PM Narendra Modi's cabinet expansion, asking its nominee Anil Desai to return to Mumbai., Marred by Sena boycott, Modi inducts 21 faces in ministry expansion, Marred by a Shiv Sena's boycott, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday expand.. Continue Reading...

Why The Bachchans Had To Apologize To SRK

Why The Bachchans Had To Apologize To SRK, Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan visit Mannat to reportedly apologize to Shah Rukh Khan., EXCLUSIVE