
Liverpool: Liverpool took advantage of Chelsea's erratic defending to earn an emphatic 4-1 win on Tuesday, gaining a small measure of revenge for Saturday's FA Cup final loss and putting the Blues out of contention for fourth place in the English Premier League. Three days after Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley, the Reds dominated from the start in their last home game of the season and were up 3-0...

07:14 AM, May 09, 2012

New Delhi: The science fiction film 'Chronicle' is releasing in India on February 3, two days after its UK release. The film is written by Max Landis and is directed by Josh Trank. It features Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly and Alex Russell in the lead roles. The synopsis of 'Chronicle' explains the film as a story about a group of friends who get superhuman abilities and start...

05:51 PM, Feb 02, 2012

Oakland: Dozens of police maintained a late-night guard around City Hall following daylong protests that resulted in 300 arrests. Occupy Oakland demonstrators broke into the historic building and burned a US flag, as officers earlier fired tear gas to disperse people throwing rocks and tearing down fencing at a convention center. Saturday's protests - the most turbulent since Oakland police forcefully dismantled an Occupy encampment in November - came just...

09:17 PM, Jan 29, 2012

New Delhi: 'Joyful Noise' stars Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Courtney B. Vance, Francis Jue and Jeremy Jordan. Written and directed by Todd Graff, it has gospel-infused music by Mervyn Warren. The movie is about two strong-minded women are forced to cooperate when budget cuts threaten to shut down a small-town choir. ...

02:33 PM, Jan 09, 2012

Cairo: Egyptian medical officials say that one demonstrator has been killed outside the country's Cabinet building, where protestors have camped overnight to prevent the entrance of the country's newly-appointed prime minister. Witnesses say that the protestor was killed when an army vehicle ran over him early on Saturday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media. Thousands more demonstrators are gathered...

02:31 PM, Nov 26, 2011

Suhasini Haidar: Hello and welcome to this week's edition of World View with me Suhasini Haidar. It has been nine months and counting the fires across the Arab world continue to burn and the Arab Spring as it is called is continuing to claim lives and in fact Governments. Today, we want to talk about what India could have done and can still do. Remember, it all began last December ...

06:07 PM, Sep 17, 2011

Suhasini Haidar: Hello and welcome to this week's edition of World View with me Suhasini Haidar. It has been nine months and counting the fires across the Arab world continue to burn and the Arab Spring as it is called is continuing to claim lives and in fact Governments. Today, we want to talk about what India could have done and can still do. Remember, it all began last December...

11:48 AM, Sep 13, 2011

Suhasini Haidar: Hello and welcome to this week's edition of World View with me Suhasini Haidar. It has been nine months and counting the fires across the Arab world continue to burn and the Arab Spring as it is called is continuing to claim lives and in fact Governments. Today, we want to talk about what India could have done and can still do. Remember, it all began last December...

11:48 AM, Sep 13, 2011

Dubai: The Obama administration is quietly moving ahead on the groundwork for a possible India-type civilian nuclear trade agreement with its ally Saudi Arabia, according to a news report. According to the report, the agreement could prove to be the most controversial of a string of such US deals in recent years. According to State Department officials, US plans to hold 'exploratory talks' in Riyadh this week to gauge Saudi...

12:56 PM, Aug 01, 2011

Chicago: What do you get the woman who has everything and has given away just about everything? On Wednesday, outgoing Chicago Mayor Richard Daley gave another departing Chicago institution, Oprah Winfrey, a civic version of a parting gift: Her own street. Daley, who will leave office next week after more than 22 years, honored Winfrey by naming a block in front of Harpo Studios "Oprah Winfrey Way." Winfrey is ending...

02:51 PM, May 12, 2011

London: A total of 70 books, made of lead and dating back to over 2,000 years, have been found in a cave in Jordan. These could be some of the earliest Christian scriptures, and a major discovery in Christian history, experts said. "We are looking at a very important and significant discovery, maybe the most important discovery in the history of archaeology," Ziad al-Saad, of Jordan's Department of Antiquities, was...

01:56 PM, Mar 31, 2011

Amman: Thousands of supporters of Jordan's King Abdullah II took to the streets of the capital to express their loyalty, as a resilient opposition protest movement demands political reforms and new elections. The 7,000 people on Saturday sought to put on a display that would counterbalance scenes a day earlier when security forces and government supporters clashed with thousands of anti-government protesters. One person died in Friday's protests, and the...

08:07 AM, Mar 27, 2011

Amman: Islamic extremists staged a rare demonstration in Amman on Sunday, demanding release of suspected al-Qaida leaders now on trial. The protest by the group of about 300 Salafi Muslims, whose ultraconservative sect is banned in Jordan, was only indirectly tied to weeks of demonstrations in Jordan, calling for significant changes in the regime. Protest leaders said they were taking advantage of the government's more lenient stance toward demonstrations to...

11:50 PM, Mar 06, 2011

Amman: Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood vowed to resume protests, saying on Wednesday that the government did not keep a promise of speedy reforms. The announcement puts added pressure on Jordan's King Abdullah II to give up some of his sweeping powers, but is not seen as a threat to his rule. Opposition figures have called on the king to surrender the authority to appoint Cabinets and dissolve parliament. Under pressure...

12:14 AM, Feb 23, 2011