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Actress Sues Anti-Islam Filmmaker, GoogleActress Sues Anti-Islam Filmmaker, Google, Cindy Lee Garcia takes legal action after appearing in the incendiary 14-minute trailer on YouTube. Actress in anti-Muslim film sues for its removal, An actress who appears in the anti-Muslim film trailer that has sparked riots in the Middle East is suing the filmmaker for fraud and slander, and is [...] |
Youtube blocked in Pakistan: IT MinistryYoutube blocked in Pakistan: IT Ministry,The Ministry of Information Technology (IT) has blocked video sharing website Youtube after receiving orders from Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. Prime Minister Ashraf had directed the IT Ministry to block Youtube over the video sharing websites failure to remove the anti-Islam film. The block will remain in place until [...] |
PPP Leader Fauzia Wahab Passes AwayPPP Leader Fauzia Wahab Passes Away,KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party’s senior leader Fauzia Wahab passed away after remaining under treatment at a local hospital for three weeks on Sunday night. Fauzia Wahab, 56, had undergone a gallbladder surgery at a local hospital but suffered serious post-operative complications, which proved fatal for the veteran politician. She is [...] |
Powerful Quake Kills At Least 4 In Northern ItalyPowerful Quake Kills At Least 4 In Northern Italy , One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least four people, toppled buildings and sent residents running into the streets, emergency services and news reports said. The quake struck at 4:04 a.m. |
Escaped China Activist In U.S. Protection: Rights GroupEscaped China Activist In U.S. Protection: Rights Group , A blind legal activist who fled house arrest in rural China is under the protection of American officials and top-level talks are taking place between the countries about his fate, a human rights group said |
Campaigning For The ‘cool’ VoteCampaigning For The ‘cool’ Vote , President Barack Obama may be hipper than Mitt Romney but will it make a difference on election day? That’s the question we are tackling today on The Bottom Line. Here’s why we’re doing it |
Activists: Blind Chinese Lawyer Flees House ArrestActivists: Blind Chinese Lawyer Flees House Arrest , A blind legal activist who is a key figure in China’s rights movement escaped the house arrest he has lived under for a year and a half, fleeing to an unknown location and angering his captors, fellow rights campaigners said Friday. Chen Guangcheng slipped out of his usually well-guarded house in Dongshigu town on Sunday, said the campaigners, who are based in China and overseas. He Peirong, a leading campaigner for Chen’s freedom, said she picked him up and drove him to “a relatively safe place” she would not further describe |
Jet With 127 Aboard Crashes In PakistanJet With 127 Aboard Crashes In Pakistan , A Pakistani passenger jet with 127 people on board crashed Friday as it was landing in bad weather at an airport near the capital, Islamabad, officials said. A government minister expressed little hope of finding survivors. |
Levon Helm Dead At Age 71Levon Helm Dead At Age 71 , Much of the Band’s innovative sound was born in the “Big Pink.” It was a house in idyllic Woodstock, N.Y., rented for $125 a week and nicknamed for its distinctive pink paint job. The group would gather for hours at a time to create songs. |
Levon Helm Of The Band Dies At 71Levon Helm Of The Band Dies At 71 , With songs like “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” ”The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek,” The Band fused rock, blues, folk and gospel to create a sound that seemed as authentically American as a Mathew Brady photograph or a Mark Twain short story. In truth, the group had only one American – Levon Helm. Helm, the drummer and singer who brought an urgent beat and a genuine Arkansas twang to some of The Band’s best-known songs and helped turn a bunch of musicians known mostly as Bob Dylan’s backup group into one of rock’s most legendary acts, has died. |