World Updates

Putin Receives 'Prehistoric' Aqua From Antarctic lake Sun, 02/12/2012 - 13:33 by Neka Sehgal Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received the first water sample on Friday from Lake Vostok, an enormous freshwater lake hidden beneath the ice-covered surface of the Antarctica landmass. Comments Read more	'The Protestor': Time's Person of the Year Thu, 12/15/2011 - 16:07 by Neka Sehgal Time magazine named 'The Protestor' as '2011 Person of the Year' on Wednesday. Comments Read more	'Mythbusters' cannonball damages California home Fri, 12/09/2011 - 13:13 by Neka Sehgal A ballistics experiment staged by Discovery Channel’s 'Mythbusters' took an ugly turn Tuesday afternoon when a cannonball smashed through someone’s house and into a minivan in East Dublin, California. Comments Read more
Gaddafi may get secret burial Fri, 10/21/2011 - 18:04 by amiteshwar As Libyans celebrate the death of Muammar Gaddafi and what many see as the end of the country's civil war, reports emerge that he might receive a secret burial. Comments Read more	5.6-magnitude quake strikes Japan's Fukushima area Mon, 10/10/2011 - 12:33 by MT Bureau A strong earthquake measuring 5.6-magnitude hit Japan's Fukushima area at 11.45 a.m. local time Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey has revealed. The quake struck beneath the Pacific off Fukushima prefecture in the country's north, at a depth of Comments Read more	Facebook's bug bounty scheme: $40K already paid for finding bugs Wed, 08/31/2011 - 14:15 by NeelamGoswami Facebook on Monday said it has paid out more than $40,000 to users for detecting and reporting bugs on its social networking site during the first three weeks of its bug bounty program. Comments Read more
CO2 emissions soar to record levels, IEA says Tue, 05/31/2011 - 17:37 by NeelamGoswami After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions reached a record high in 2010, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Monday. Comments Read more	NYC man spends life savings on May 21 doomsday ad campaign Sat, 05/14/2011 - 15:42 by Jaspreet Virk As if the massive Japan earthquake followed by tsumani was not enough to jolt everyone, a New York City man is claiming that the worst is still to come on May 21 this year. Comments Read more	Who should get $50mn Bin Laden bounty? Some say 9/11 victims Mon, 05/09/2011 - 20:02 by NeelamGoswami Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, questions are being raised about what to do with the hefty bounty offered for the capture or killing of the al-Qaida leader. Comments Read more
Fresh violence between Christians and Muslims in Egypt, 12 killed Mon, 05/09/2011 - 13:11 by Yasser Ali The burning of a church amid rising violence between Christians and Muslims in Egypt has widened the communal rift among the two communities. Comments Read more	Native Americans hurt by Geronimo use for Osama, demand apology Sun, 05/08/2011 - 16:05 by Yasser Ali Native Americans have condemned the use of the word Geronimo by U.S. Navy seals to refer to terrorist Osama bin Laden. Comments Read more	Pakistanis criticize govt. for failing to notice Bin Laden raid Sun, 05/08/2011 - 14:19 by Yasser Ali Take this. The U.S. Navy SEALs get down at Abbottabad, Pakistan in a helicopter, kill Osama bin Laden, and return to Afghanistan, without the Pakistani government even getting a hint of it! Comments Read more