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Raj Rajaratnam jailed for 11 years for insider trading

A former hedge-fund manager has been sentenced to 11 years in jail in New York for one of the biggest insider trading cases in American history. Raj Rajaratnam, 54, was…

Sept. 11 memorial at World Trade Center opens to public

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thousands of people visited the National September 11th Memorial at the site of the World Trade Center that was opened to the public for the first…

Gaddafi kept female bodyguards to show Libyan women enjoyed “equal rights to their male counterparts”

Tripoli, Sept 4 (ANI): One of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s former female bodyguards, who was arrested by the rebels recently, has claimed that the fallen Libyan leader used to keep female…

Did Gaddafi flee to Algeria in cloak-and-dagger desert escape with family?

Algiers, Aug 30 (ANI): Estranged Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s family members have reportedly been smuggled out to Algeria in a cloak-and-dagger operation, but there are no confirmed reports whether…

Gaddafi asks Tripoli residents to “cleanse” Libyan capital of insurgents

Tripoli, Aug 24 (ANI): Claiming that he would rather die like a martyr that being defeated by the rebels, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi urges Tripoli residents to “cleanse” the…

Gaddafi ready to step down if NATO halts airstrikes: Ex- Croatian President Stipe Mesic

Tripoli, Aug 23 (ANI): Former Croatian President Stipe Mesic who has close ties with Muammar Gaddafi Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has said that the Libyan dictator is ready to step down…

Rebels sweep into Tripoli as Gaddafi forces crumble

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Jubilant rebel fighters swept into the heart of Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets to celebrate what they saw as the…

Gaddafi’s son detained as rebels gain control of Tripoli

Tripoli, Aug 22 (ANI): Libyan rebels have reportedly taken control of Tripoli’s Green Square. The International Criminal Court has also confirmed that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif Al-Islam, has been…

Modelling in her underwear at 12 and pregnant at 15… and schoolgirl’s proud mother can’t wait for a new council house

Many parents would despair at the thought of their 15-year-old daughter becoming pregnant. But Soya Keaveney’s mother Janis takes a more positive view. The unemployed 48-year-old says Soya, whose baby…

Australian ‘collar bomb’ victim relieved at arrest

 SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian teenager who spent 10 hours with a fake bomb chained to her neck said Wednesday she is relieved the FBI has arrested a man accused…