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News for Thursday, 7 Jun 2012

Dozens slaughtered in new Syria massacre: watchdog

Pro-regime militiamen armed with guns and knives swept through a village in central Syria slaughtering dozens including women and children, a watchdog said Thursday in allegations denied by Damascus. Reports of...

Pakistan looks to SCO for full membership

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday announced that Pakistan would host an international conference on narcotics and called for a full membership of the SCO to further advance the agenda...

Clinton lobbies Bangladesh over anti-poverty bank

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has written to the Bangladesh government expressing her support for Grameen Bank, the anti-poverty institution that is being targeted for contentious reforms. Nobel peace prize...

Weatherman shot with crossbow by former roommate

Police say a TV weatherman was wounded by a bolt from a crossbow during a break-in at his home by a man he once lived with who has been charged...

Syrian air hostesses clash causes flight delay

A fight between two Syrian airhostesses over the political crises in their country became so passionate that it caused the delay of their Saudi Arabian Airlines flight, the Saudi newspaper...

Mom posed as dead son to collect insurance money

A woman pleaded guilty to pretending to be her dead son in order to set up an insurance policy and then collect a payoff. Donna Ellis Gibbs received $151,000 from...

Man roughs up kid for besting him in water balloon fight

A 33-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested and charged with two counts of assault after he allegedly beat up a 9-year-old boy who bested him in a water balloon fight. There...

US defence chief visits Kabul on unannounced visit

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in the Afghan capital on an unannounced trip Thursday, a day after a suicide bombing attack and an alleged errant NATO air strike. Before his...

Aamir Khan refuses to apologise to doctors

Aamir Khan, who seldom believes in giving clarifications for his actions, has spoken about his stand against the Indian medical fraternity’s demand seeking an apology from the actor for allegedly...

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