Levinson’s wife: US not taking ownership   STORY HIGHLIGHTS U.S. government has failed to do enough to free him, Bob Levinson’s family says Family says documents strongly suggest Iranian officials arrested him The family want U.S. to acknowledge Levinson’s work with CIA; officials have not Being up-front “would be more of a positive step to getting him home,” son says The family of Bob Levinson, who disappeared from Iran seven […]

Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, whose wife was found dead in a Delhi hotel room on Friday, has called for a swift investigation so that the truth “emerges at the earliest”. He has appeared before a magistrate probing the death of Sunanda Pushkar. An autopsy found “injury marks” on Ms Pushkar’s body, but did not say if they were linked to her death. The couple became embroiled in a row on […]

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday came out with his vision for a new India ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, pledging to project the country as a brand worldwide if a BJP government was voted to power. Modi promised to develop 100 smart cities and set up IITs, IIMs and AIIMS in every state, saying “urbanisation should no longer be seen as the […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Hiroo Onoda wouldn’t accept Japan’s World War II defeat until 1974 He stayed in the jungle on the Philippines island where he had been deployed His former commanding officer had to travel to the island to persuade him to give up Onoda died of pneumonia in a Tokyo hospital Thursday, a collegue says A Japanese soldier who hunkered down in the jungles of the Philippines for nearly three […]

New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Shashi Tharoor, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, found dead in a hotel in Delhi. Her dead body was found in suspicious condition in room number 345 of The Leela Palace, a hotel in Chanakyapuri area of New Delhi.  The wife of Union Minister was in news yesterday due to a Twitter controversy.  The couple yesterday cleared about “unseemly controversy” over some “unauthorised […]

moncler lower overcoats It requires great pict hatures within each sunshine as well as synthetic gentle. Nevertheless the bundled up YouCam application does not have manualfocus as well as all of us noticed a few lag whilst clicking on pictures. Taking a look at the actual photos we are able to state which it’s among women’s moncler the very best pill digital cameras Moncler women jacketswe’ve utilized. As the leather-based […]

A 32-year-old Libyan militia leader, sitting since July on billions of dollars of oil in the eastern part of the country, was defiant in an exclusive interview Tuesday with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “This government has allowed Libya to become one of the most corrupted five states in the world,” Ibrahim Jadran said. “The government is not able to defend itself.” Perhaps no single person better illustrates the post-war woes of […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Princess Cristina, King Juan Carlos’ youngest daughter, won’t appeal preliminary charges She’ll be first direct royal family member to testify in court amid preliminary charges for a crime Husband, Inaki Urdangarin, also faces preliminary charges in the case; both deny wrongdoing Judge is investigating whether funds from Urdangarin’s nonprofit went for private use The youngest daughter of Spain’s King Juan Carlos won’t appeal preliminary charges against her for […]

  Israelis are filing past the body of ex-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who has died aged 85 of heart failure after eight years in a coma. Draped in the national flag, the body is lying in state at the parliament building in Jerusalem. A private burial will take place on Monday. Israeli and world figures have paid tribute to a man who fought in four major wars before taking up […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Venezuela has arrested 7 suspects in the double homicide Official says the killers are among the suspects The country was shocked by the killing of soap opera star Monica Spear The killers of a Venezuelan soap opera star and former beauty queen are among seven suspects who have been arrested, Venezuela’s interior minister said. The shooting deaths of actress Monica Spear and her ex-husband have galvanized the public […]