General Politics

Palin hacker indicted

Palin hacker indictedWashington - A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for allegedly hacking into Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's personal email account, US authorities said Wednesday.

David C Kernell faces a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of 250,000 dollars if convicted of accessing Palin's email account on Yahoo, taking screenshots of it and posting them on a public website, the Justice Department said.

Brit Muslims get 1.3 million pound hotline to Cabinet

Brit Muslims get 1.3 million pound hotline to CabinetLondon, Oct. 8 : Young Muslims will get direct access to Cabinet Ministers in a 1.3-million-pound “community cohesion” initiative.

The new Young Muslim Advisory group is the brainchild of Children’s Secretary Ed Balls and Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, reports the Daily Express.

Austrian president asks Social Democratic leader to form government

Austrian Social Democratic leader Werner Faymann

Has John McCain been successful in fudging his flying mishaps?

John McCainWashington, Oct. 8: Has Republican presidential candidate John McCain been successful in fudging details of his flying career as a pilot in the US Navy.

Controversy has surrounded a series of crashes involving planes piloted by McCain, but if facts are to be gone by, the US Navy says that he cannot be blamed for any of those incidents.

PML-Q slams Zardari for ‘Kashmiri terrorists’ comment

Pakistan President Asif Ali ZardariPeshawar, Oct 8: Taking a strong exception to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s recent comment describing Kashmiri militants as ‘terrorists’, the PML-Q, a key Opposition party in Pakistan, has said that “a mentally sick person” could not be allowed to make all decisions on his own, especially at a time when the country was facing both internal as well as external threats.

The party said that President Zardari had “damaged” the Kashmir cause by calling Kashmiri freedom fighters as ‘terrorists’ in an interview with a foreign newspaper.

Barack Obama says that he has no knowledge of Ayers terrorist past

Barack ObamaWashington, Oct. 7: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said that he has no knowledge of William Ayers' terrorist activities during the violent Weather Underground movement.

"When he went (in 1995) he certainly didn't know the history," chief Obama strategist David Axelrod told CNN.

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