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NICD team inspects swine flu cases in Hyderabad Hyderabad:
A Central Government deputed team of analysts and experts from National Institute
of Communicable Diseases (NICD) arrived here on Sunday to inspect the six confirmed
cases of swine flu. The team visited the Government Chest Hospital to review the
symptoms, treatment and precautions taken by the hospital administration. "They
have scrutinised all the arrangements made here. They are very much satisfied
and we had dialogue with them regarding the sample sending. How to send the samples
early and also communications things," said Dr. Sudhakar, the medical specialist
at the Government Chest Hospital . Out of the nine cases of Swine flu reported
in India , seven have been from Hyderabad and Secunderabad. A four-and-a-half-year-old
girl has been reportedly tested positive for influenza in Hyderabad . It is suspected
that the virus might have been transmitted to the girl through her brother, who
was tested positive earlier in the week. NCP
leader Patil sent to seven days CBI custody Top Mumbai:
Nationalist Congress Party leader Padamsinh Patil was on Sunday sent to seven
days Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody by a Panvel court after he
was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of senior Congress leader
Pawanraj Nimbalkar in 2006. The CBI picked up Patil for questioning late on Saturday
night from his son's house in South Mumbai. Patil, who is a sitting MP from Osmanabad
had held the state Home Ministry and the Irrigation ministry posts in the state
government. Two men on a motorcycle gunned down Nimbalkar and his driver Samad
Qazi near Kopar Khairne, Navi Mumbai on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on June 3,
2006. The Kalamboli police did the initial investigations. The Bombay High Court
transferred the case to CBI in October 2008. In February this year, police arrested
two men in connection with the murder. After interrogating the two, police found
that Rs 30 lakh was paid to kill the Congress leader. The CBI had earlier this
year nabbed two people, and one of them had confessed to the murder of Nimbalkar
at somebody's behest. Padamsinh
Patil, who was a close aide of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, complained
of severe chest pain this morning and was admitted to the ICU of Mumbai's J J
Hospital. He was to be taken to the Panvel court at about 11:30 a.m. Patil is
a senior leader of Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party and a Member of Parliament
from Maharashtra 's Osmanabad District. In
New Delhi, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said
the "law will take its own course" in the case of the murder of Maharashtra Congress
leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, in which his party MP Padamsinh Patil was arrested
by the CBI. "I do not want to influence the inquiry process in any way by making
a comment," Pawar said when asked for his reaction on the arrest of the senior
NCP leader from Osmanabad. "Law will take its own course. We have full faith in
the judiciary," Pawar said. The CBI arrested Patil for his alleged involvement
in the 2006 murder of Nimbalkar. The CBI said it had informed Lok Sabha Speaker
Meira Kumar about the investigation and developments in the murder case, as Patil
is an MP. Patil was on Sunday sent to seven days Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) custody by a Panvel court after he was arrested. The custody comes up for
review on June 14. Earlier, Superintendent of Police, CBI, Amitabh Thakur, confirming
Patil’s arrest, said he was being questioned at the CBI office in South Mumbai
after an arrested accused Parasmal Jain claimed that Patil had ordered Nimbalkar''s
murder. According to a statement submitted by Jain, he was paid a supari (contract
amount) of Rs.30 lakh by Patil to eliminate Nimbalkar due to business rivalry.
Two men on a motorcycle gunned down Nimbalkar and his driver Samad Qazi near Kopar
Khairne, Navi Mumbai on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on June 3, 2006. The Kalamboli
police did the initial investigations. The Bombay High Court then transferred
the case to CBI in October 2008. In February this year, police arrested two men
in connection with the murder. After interrogating the two, police found that
Rs 30 lakh was paid to kill the Congress leader. The CBI had earlier this year
nabbed two people, and one of them had confessed to the murder of Nimbalkar at
somebody''s behest. Indo-Pak
water dispute could trigger a nuclear war: Nizami Top Lahore:
The water dispute between India and Pakistan could trigger a nuclear war between
both countries, Nazria Pakistan Trust Chairman Majid Nizami has said. Addressing
delegates at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Aiwan-e-Quaid-e-Azam at Johar
Town, Nizami blamed India for cutting off important water supply routes to Pakistan
by constructing dams on rivers in Kashmir. "We consider Kashmir as the jugular
vein of Pakistan, and India is building dams in Kashmir on our rivers by which,
God forbid, Pakistan can become a desert within the next 10 to 15 years. We should
show upright posture or otherwise prepare for a nuclear war," The Nation quoted
Nizam, as saying. He also said the tripartite alliance of the US, Israel and India
is working out a propaganda against Pakistan by raising questions over the safety
of nuclear assets. Pakistan has been opposing the construction of the Kishanganga
hydropower project in Kashmir, which is called Neelum upon entering Pakistan.
Pakistan believes that the diversion of Neelum waters is not allowed under the
1960 Indus Waters Treaty, as it will cause a 27 per cent water deficit, when the
project is completed. The reduced water flow in the Neelum would not yield the
required results of the proposed 1.6 billion dollars Neelum-Jehlum hydropower
project that has been designed to generate 969 MW of electricity. It said that
India has almost completed a 22-kilometre long tunnel to divert Kishanganga waters
to Wullar Lake in Jammu and Kashmir. Bodies
of Air France plane crash victims found Top San
Paulo (Brazil)/Paris: The bodies of two men from the Air France plane that
crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil have been found by search teams. "We
confirm the recovery from the water of debris and bodies from the Air France plane,"
Sky News quoted Brazilian air force spokesman Colonel Jorge Amaral, as saying.
The Airbus jet, with 228 people on board, disappeared early last Monday as it
made its way from Rio de Janiero, heading to Paris. Investigators have been covering
an area of several hundred square miles in the Atlantic. Earlier, it was revealed
the airliner sent out 24 automatic error messages in its final moments as its
systems broke down one by one. The head of the French agency probing the tragedy
said signals from the jet before it disappeared showed its autopilot was not on.
Plane manufacturer Airbus said an investigation found Air France Flight 447 had
inconsistent readings from different instruments as it struggled in a massive
thunderstorm. A French nuclear submarine was on its way to the search zone, 600
miles off Brazil's north-east coast, to help look for the flight's black boxes.
Two more Brazilian navy vessels were set to join three others already in the area.
Some 12 Brazilian and French aircraft were also flying over the zone. Washington:
A new theory has emerged that says the mysterious disappearance of Air France
Flight 447, points to a possible terrorist attack against the aircraft by religious
zealots. The theory has been put forward by Douglas Woodwell, assistant professor
of international relations at University of Indianapolis in the US . According
to Woodwell, the recent opening of a French military base in Dubai may have angered
Islamic extremists in South America , sparking plans for attacks against French
targets. Although there have been no claims of responsibility or specific indications
of sabotage, the disappearance of a large airliner without warning is extremely
rare, and investigators say no potential causes have been ruled out. Aviation
authorities have said another Air France flight from Buenos Aires to Paris was
grounded temporarily on May 27 because of a telephoned bomb threat. The circumstantial
evidence for terrorism includes a history of Islamic extremism in and around Brazil
, where the flight originated, as well as the recent opening of a French military
base on the Arabian Peninsula , according to Woodwell. "During the past week,
the French government announced the landmark opening of a military base in Abu
Dhabi , the first permanent overseas military base the French have opened since
they decolonized in the early 1960s," he said. "The fact that the United States
had stationed troops on the Arabian Peninsula during and after the Gulf War was
probably the most important concrete factor motivating Al Qaeda in its subsequent
attacks on the United States , including 9/11. The French basing agreement was
announced on January 15, which is sufficient time for Al Qaeda sympathizers to
organize a response," he added. According to Woodwell, the so-called Tri-border
region where Brazil , Argentina and Paraguay meet is home to a large Muslim population
with a history of militancy. "Terrorists from this area are believed to have launched
attacks against the Israeli Embassy and a Jewish community center in Argentina
in the early '90s, killing hundreds of people," he said. "Radical groups recruiting
amid this often-alienated Muslim diaspora would have no problem finding young
men or women willing to bring down an airliner," he added.
Potential Obama killer arrested in Nevada
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Nevada (US):
Daniel James Murray, the man who threatened to kill President Barack Obama while
collecting cash from a Utah bank, has been arrested at a Nevada casino. According
to the New York Daily News, Murray, who was referred to as 'Cape Man' by his neighbors
in Saratoga County, New York, was arrested in Laughlin, Nevada on Friday, ending
a nationwide manhunt. Murray found himself in the cross hairs of federal authorities
after he told a Utah bank manager last month he was "on a mission to kill" Obama.
The upstate New York native, 36, who owns at least eight guns, waltzed into Zions
First National Bank in St. George on May 27 to withdraw 12,698 dollars from his
savings account, according to a criminal complaint. He didn't have proper ID,
and issued a frightening ultimatum when a bank employee asked him to produce it.
"Not to be disrespectful, but if I don't get this money, someone is going to die,"
Murray said, according to the complaint. After receiving his money, Murray added:
"We are on a mission to kill the President of the United States," the complaint
says. The former Saratoga County man was believed to have been heading east in
a 2001 Buick LeSabre with New York plates. Residents in Rexford used to call Murray
the "Cape Man" - a moniker he earned by walking through his former neighborhood
wearing a black cape and muttering to himself. |
