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Obama assassination plot disrupted
28 Oct 2008, 1213 hrs IST
| US agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and decapitate 102 black people in a murder spree in Tennessee. |
Japan hangs two; first under Aso govt
28 Oct 2008, 1116 hrs IST
Two death-row inmates have been executed in Japan, marking the first executions under the government of Prime Minister Taro Aso.Hudson's nephew found dead in car
28 Oct 2008, 1501 hrs IST
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew was found dead in the back of a sport utility vehicle.
Iran slams UNSC for nuke comments
28 Oct 2008, 1230 hrs IST
Slamming the UN Security Council's demand that Iran abandon its uranium enrichment plans as "illegal", Tehran has said that seeking suspension as a pre condition for negotiations will not serve any purpose. NKorea threatens to strike SKorea
28 Oct 2008, 0902 hrs IST
North Korea on Tuesday threatened to turn South Korea into "debris" unless Seoul stops what it described as a policy of confrontation.
Maldives: Gayoom faces elections
28 Oct 2008, 1136 hrs IST
Asia's longest-serving leader faced a democracy activist he once held as a political prisoner in a run-off vote on Tuesday in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election.
Pak 'honour killing' prompts outcry
28 Oct 2008, 0952 hrs IST
A Pakistani man says his 17-year-old daughter was mauled by dogs and shot to death in front of him over a land dispute disguised as a so-called 'honour killing.'
Eight dead in Philippines clashes
28 Oct 2008, 0625 hrs IST
At least seven Muslim separatists and a soldier have been killed in clashes in the southern Philippines, the military said on Tuesday. Killer schedule takes toll on McCain
28 Oct 2008, 0142 hrs IST
For a guy who spent time in the “Hanoi Hilton” as a Vietnam prisoner of war, the Four Seasons Hotel has to feel a world apart.
Jesus crucifixion site in unholy row
28 Oct 2008, 0130 hrs IST
Two rival monks are posted at all times in a rooftop courtyard at the site, studiously ignoring each other as they fight over the same sliver of sacred space.
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