India asks US summit to focus on nuclear terrorism

Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for the United States on Saturday to attend a two-day security summit, saying he hoped the event would focus on issues such as “nuclear terrorism.”
Singh, who is also expected to meet US President Barack Obama on Sunday, also insisted India had an “impeccable record” in [...]

Polish president dies in plane crash

President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders died when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia today, killing 96, officials said.
 There were no survivors on the Soviet-era Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events [...]

Youth Stabbed On Tube In Rush Hour Dies.

British trabnsport police confirm, a male youth who was stabbed in London’s Victoria Tube station during tonight’s rush hour has died!

 
The victim suffered serious stab wounds to his upper body and died in hospital, a police spokesman said.
The victim suffered serious stab wounds to his upper body and died in hospital, a police spokesman said.
A [...]

3 people arrested in connection with Sahil Saeed!

3 Pakistani and 1 Romanian man arrested. Sahil’s family gave £110,000 for his release!

 
Two people arrested in Spain. The Pakistani and romanian man kept ringing Sahil’s father, who was told to make payment in Manchester.
Sahil was released in Pakistan. Officers made the arrests yesterday!

Haiti capital earthquake death toll ‘tops 150,000′

Haiti’s devastating earthquake has risen above 150,000 in the Port-au-Prince area alone, a government minister has said.
Many more remain uncounted under rubble in the capital and elsewhere, including the towns of Jacmel and Leogane.
The search for survivors has officially ended and the focus has shifted to aid.
An estimated 1.5 million people have been left homeless.

LONDON, ENGLAND

Full body scanners at UK airports

Gordon Brown, prime minister, has given the go-ahead for A full body scanners to be introduced at Britain’s airports.

BAA, who runs six of the UK’s airports say that they will place the machines in all of their airports  “as soon as it’s practical” starting with Heathrow airport.
Experts have questioned the scanners’ effectiveness at detecting the [...]

Met office warn about heavy snow today!

Heavy snow is forecast across much of the UK during Tuesday, with several severe weather warnings in place.
The Met Office says northern Scotland, north east and central England and east Wales are all at risk, with up to 25cm (10in) possible on high ground.
Widespread icy roads are also likely across much of the northern UK [...]

Toddler Audrey Nyanor taken from police station

An 18-month-old girl taken from a police station.
Audrey Kessie Nyanor’s mother, 36, was arrested on Thursday in Southwark, south-east London over alleged immigration offences.
A woman turned up at Walworth police station saying she was a friend of Audrey’s mother and was there to collect her.
However it later transpired she was not and a search was [...]

Heavy Snow warnings across England!

It has been forecasted that heavy snowfall is expected in parts of the UK, with south-east England expected to be worst affected.
The Met Office has issued an early warning and said travel networks may be affected by snow on Friday.
Up to 20cm (8in) of snow could fall in some parts of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, London [...]

Harpreet Aulakh charged for presenter Geeta’s Murder!

Harpreet Aulakh, 31, was arrested by officers investigating the killing of mother-of-two Geeta Aulakh, 28.
Mr Aulakh has been charged with her murder. Last month Sher Singh, 18, of Southall, west London, was charged with murdering Mrs Aulakh.
Mrs Aulakh, 28, was found in Braund Avenue at about 1900 GMT on 16 November.
She died a few hours [...]

Tony Blair attacked over Iraq war

Tony Blair is facing strong criticism after he said he would have gone to war in Iraq even if he had known there were not any weapons of mass destruction.
The former prime minister said it was the “notion” of Saddam as a threat to the region which tilted him in favour of the invasion of [...]

Somalia’s minister and 19 killed

 
 

The suicide bombing, during a university graduation ceremony, deals a blow to Somalia’s shaky government. But the country’s president says his government is undeterred by the blast.

Officials say the attack hit a hotel in the city during a crowded graduation ceremony for medical students from a local university.
Witnesses said the attack appeared to have targeted [...]

Ahmadinejad says UN sanctions on Iran will not work

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said international sanctions against his country will not work.
In a TV interview, Mr Ahmadinejad also said that Russia had “made a mistake” in voting last week to condemn Tehran for building a second enrichment plant.
He added that Iran was not obliged to inform UN nuclear watchdog the IAEA of plans [...]

People rescued as floods strike

Motorists had to be rescued from their vehicles after torrential rain caused flooding in Devon on Saturday evening.

Firefighters rescued three people from a car trapped in floodwater in Plymouth, and another person from a vehicle in Alston Cross, Ashburton.
Water reached about 4ft (1.21m) high in Station Road, Exton, near Exeter, as firefighters were called to [...]

Prescott’s great grandfather fathered his daughters children

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has been given evidence his three times great-grandfather fathered children with his own daughter.
Mr Prescott, who was born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire in 1938, makes the discovery in a BBC Wales programme.
Genealogists traced his Welsh ancestry back 300 years.
He is moved to tears when he learns his great-great grandmother, Athaliah [...]

”Jailed” over a threat song!

Two rappers have been jailed for using an internet song to try to scare off witnesses to the murder of a 24-year-old man in Ealing, west London.
The video warned people who talked to police about the murder of Jason Johnson could be shot.
Ishmael McLean, 22, from Greenford, and Rowan Simon, 18, from Ealing, west London, [...]

”Rob” the sheep wheels into Bexleyheath Asda?

Two young youths have put a live sheep in a shopping trolley and wheeled it into a supermarket in south-east London.

Staff at the Asda store have named the animal Rob. It is thought to have been rustled from a farm near Gravesend in Kent.
The RSPCA said it was a “stupid, irresponsible stunt”.
The sheep was not [...]

Egypt recalls Algerian envoy as football row deepens

These were the Streets of London Yesterday. The Egyptian government has recalled its ambassador to Algeria following complaints about violence towards football fans,reports say.
The move comes hours after Algeria’s ambassador in Cairo was summoned to the Egyptian foreign ministry.
Sudan has also summoned the Egyptian envoy in Khartoum, angry at Egyptian media coverage of the game’s [...]

Karzai sets a target?

 

Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghan president for a second elected term, saying he wants Afghan forces in charge of the nation within five years.

In his inauguration speech, Mr Karzai announced a conference to tackle corruption and a national gathering to help bring peace to Afghanistan.
He also invited his defeated rivals to join [...]



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