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Pak Cyber Army hacks CBI’s website; warns Indian Cyber Army

New Delhi. n a major embarrassment, the website of premier investigating agency CBI was hacked tonight by programmers identifying themselves as “Pakistani Cyber Army”. The home page of the CBI website had a message from the ‘Pakistani Cyber Army’ warning the Indian Cyber Army not to attack their websites. The hackers have made a mockery […]

NASA delays Discovery launch

Final flight of shuttle could be pushed back even more, to February CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s latest launch delay for the space shuttle Discovery could push the spacecraft’s final mission into the Christmas holiday, or even postpone it completely until February, agency officials said Wednesday. Top shuttle program managers met to review recent repairs to […]

45 million in US struggling to find food

Washington: Reeling under difficult economic times, some 17.4 million US households or 45 million people struggled to find enough food to eat last year due to lack of money, according to latest official statistics. This was quoted by a major newswire agency in India. The number of Americans fighting off hunger stayed level in 2009, […]

Diversification of the NWT economy

Yellowknife, NWT – Thanks to CanNor, the Northwest Territories will continue to promote business, employment and tourism opportunities to potential tourists, residents and investors in French-speaking regions across Canada and Europe. The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), today announced a federal investment of $253,000 to support and expand […]

Ontario and Fort William Mark Significant Step Forward

Ontario – Negotiators for Canada, Ontario and the Fort William First Nation have reached a major milestone in talks to resolve a specific claim in northwestern Ontario. Canada and Ontario have made an offer to settle the Fort William First Nation Boundary Claim.  The proposed settlement includes approximately $154 million in total financial compensation and […]

2010 Nobel Peace Prize Announcement

North Korea Needs to Hear Unified Condemnation of Attack

Washington – The Obama administration says China and other countries need to join the United States in sending “a clear, direct, unified message” to North Korea’s leadership that provocations such as the November 23 artillery attack on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong are “unwarranted, unhelpful and should cease,” according to State Department spokesman P.J. […]

Funding approved for key part of Waikato Expressway

The approval of funds to build the Ngaruawahia section of the Waikato Expressway is an important step towards completing the Road of National Significance, says Transport Minister Steven Joyce. The NZ Transport Agency Board has confirmed the $169 million required to fund the Ngaruawahia section. Mr Joyce says construction of the 10 kilometre section will […]

South Korean island shelled by North Korean artillery

Dozens of homes have been destroyed on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, after North Korea fired artillery at it. Reports say 14 South Korean soldiers have been injured and the military is now on its highest non-wartime alert. As many as hundreds of shells were fired at the island and into the sea near […]

Obama, NATO Sign Afghan Power Transfer Plan

By MacKenzie Babb Staff Writer Washington – President Obama has joined NATO allies in a formal agreement to transfer security control of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces to Afghan forces starting in 2011. Speaking to reporters November 20 in Lisbon, Portugal, at the end of the 2010 NATO Summit, Obama said the transition of security forces would […]

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