Chicago: NATO says that its European missile shield is up and running with a basic capability to shoot down incoming missiles. Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Sunday that the declaration of "interim capability" at the alliance's summit in Chicago is a first step toward a goal of establishing full coverage of Europe by 2018. A final stage is planned for 2022 that would also provide coverage of the...
11:03 AM, May 21, 2012
Chicago: Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city's largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit. The protest, which for months had stirred worries about violence in the streets, drew together a broad assortment of participants, including peace activists joining with war veterans and people more...
10:05 AM, May 21, 2012
Chicago: NATO will hand over the lead role in combat operations to Afghan forces across the country by mid-2013, alliance leaders said on Sunday as they charted a path out of a war that has lost public support and strained budgets in Western nations. A NATO summit in Chicago on Monday will formally endorse a US-backed strategy for a gradual exit from Afghanistan, a move aimed at holding together an...
08:57 AM, May 21, 2012
Washington: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in Chicago to attend the crucial NATO Summit which is expected to take important decisions with regard to the future of Afghanistan, where the stakes of Islamabad are very high. Zardari is accompanied by Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, and the Foreign Secretary, Jalil Abbass Jilani, besides his spokesman Farhatullah Babar. His first scheduled appointment with the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh...
05:12 PM, May 20, 2012
London: Michelle Obama contemplated divorcing Barack Obama in 2000 after he ignored her advice not to run for a House seat in Chicago, making him so "depressed" that friends feared he might commit suicide, says a new book. According to the book, Michelle prepared divorce papers in 2000 following Barack's disastrous attempt to win a House seat in Chicago - in fact, as she was upset that he ignored her...
04:31 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: A Chicago-bound Air India plane, with around 206 passengers and crew onboard, made an emergency landing in Romanian capital Bucharest on Saturday after the cargo door warning went off. The Air India flight (AI 121D/127) to Chicago via Frankfurt had taken off from Frankfurt for Chicago and was flying over Romanian airspace when the cargo door warning went off in the cockpit. "Sensing the urgency, the pilot made...
11:04 PM, May 12, 2012
Chicago: Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana has told a US court that his friend David Headley, convicted in 26/11 Mumbai attack, was an "unrepentant terrorist" and he had knowledge of latter's "link" with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). In his latest submission before a Chicago court, Rana, however, has challenged the government's assertion that he does not require a fresh trail. In 2011, a grand jury in Chicago had found Rana guilty of providing material...
09:28 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Chicago: A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics. It's an issue that raises ethical questions, and some experts urge caution in treating children with puberty-blocking drugs and hormones. An 8-year-old second-grader in Los Angeles is a typical...
11:18 AM, Feb 20, 2012
Chicago: A Pakistani-American, charged with sending money to the now-believed-to-be-dead al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri, has pleaded guilty before a court here for providing money for terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. Raja Lahrasib Khan, a Chicago taxi driver and native of Pakistan who became a naturalised US citizen in 1988, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, resolving charges that...
05:11 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Chicago: Pitching for foreign investment in the infrastructure sector which needs $1 trillion in the 12th five-year plan, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday asked the US investors to access the Indian debt market through a mechanism of regulated entities with a sustained long-term interest rate. Meeting leaders of Fortune 500 companies in Chicago, he assured them that India has evolved a transparent and stable regulatory regime in sectors such...
01:57 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Chicago: India will provide a $ 500,000 grant to the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago, where Swami Vivekananda delivered a landmark address on Hinduism in 1893, as part of initiatives to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the 19th century luminary. The agreement to this effect will be signed during Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's two-day visit to the city that will also see an agreement with the University of Chicago...
09:46 AM, Jan 29, 2012
Chicago: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit Chicago on Saturday to look for future investment possibilities between India and United States. During his two-day visit, Pranb Mukherjee will look for investments in power, infrastructure, ports, highways etc. With an aim to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure for the next five year plan 2012-2017, Mukherjee will seek suitable partners for building the Indian economy. The finance minister had visited Washington DC...
02:20 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Chicago: An American television station that sparked an outrage among the Hindus by using the term 'weird' to describe their deities in a sports commentary, has removed "objectionable" content from its website after protests from the community. The commentary on an ice hockey match published on NBC Chicago website titled 'Why a 3-1 Blackhawks Loss Isn't So Bad', detailing Nashville Predators beating Chicago Blackhawks 3-1, said Predators were 'swallowing up...
08:38 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Chicago: An American television station in Chicago has offended the Hindu community after a sports commentary on its website used the term 'weird' to describe their deities. The commentary on an ice hockey match published on NBC Chicago website on Wednesday titled 'Why a 3-1 Blackhawks Loss Isn't So Bad', detailing Nashville Predators beating Chicago Blackhawks 3-1, said Predators were 'swallowing up space like some weird Hindu god'. Nevada-based Hindu...
02:01 PM, Jan 26, 2012
Chicago: Raja Krishamoorthi, a Democratic Congressional candidate of Indian-origin for Illinois' newly created district, has come under apparent racist attacks from Tea Party bloggers for protesting against an event organized by them. Krishamoorthi,(38), one-time advisor to President Barack Obama, encountered unexpected attacks after his appearance at the TeaCon 2011 Convention last autumn. Tea Party groups from around the country gathered for the TEACON 2011 convention in Schaumburg, Illinois, an event...
04:47 PM, Jan 19, 2012
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