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London, Sept 6 (ANI): The lawyer of an Iranian widow, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has claimed that she has been subjected to ‘99 lashes’ for ””spreading corruption and indecency”” in Tabriz prison after a false picture was published by the Times newspaper on 28 August this year [...]

Melbourne, July 22 (ANI): Whoopi Goldberg has admitted that she recently destroyed her new iPhone due to its shoddy performance. The host of ‘The View’ criticised the new phone saying she was fed up with its dropped calls and thrown away e-mails. “I just murdered my new iPhone,” the Daily Telegraph quoted her as saying. [...]

Washington, July 22 (ANI): Russian Spy Anna Chapman’s lawyer has revealed that she was disappointed when her UK citizenship was revoked. “She”s particularly upset” at the rejection by the United Kingdom, Fox News quoted Baum as saying. “It was disappointing to learn she can”t go back,” he added. Baum said he was in constant touch [...]

Washington, July 19 (ANI): A series of Washington Post articles said to focus in unprecedented detail on the government”s spending on intelligence contractors is likely to corner the Obam administration. The intelligence community has warned that these articles could blow the cover of contract companies doing top-secret work for the government. A senior administration official [...]

New York, July 16 (ANI): Pamela Anderson’s risque new PETA ad has been banned in Canada for being ‘sexist’ and treating the actress like a piece of meat. Canadian officials denied a permit for an event that was being held for launching Anderson’s new animal-rights ad, claiming the ad is sexist. In the ad, Anderson [...]

Toronto, July 7 (ANI): Indian-born former Penguin Canada CEO David Davidar and two other parties — Penguin Canada and Lisa Rundle — have settled a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment out of court and pledged silence. “We can now advise that all allegations have been addressed and all matters resolved to the satisfaction of all parties,” [...]

Washington, June 25 (ANI): A Santa Ana man, who hacked into hundreds of computers to extort victims into making sexually explicit digital videos for him, and to steal their credit card numbers, has been arrested. Luis Mijangos, 31, allegedly tricked 230 people — including 44 children — into downloading a virus that allowed him to [...]

Islamabad, June 24 (ANI): A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Thursday awarded 10 years imprisonment to each of the five US terror suspects who were arrested from Punjab province’s Sargodha District in December 2009. Waqar Husain Khan, 22 (Virginia), Ahmed Abdullah Mani, 20 (Virginia), Ramay S Zamzam, 22 (Egypt), Iman Hasan Yamar, 17 (California), and Omar [...]

Washington, June 23 (ANI): Wedding details of former US President Bill Clinton’s daughter Chelsea are being kept highly secret. Chelsea will marry her childhood friend Marc Mezvinsky on July 31 in an unknown location that is a two to three hour drive from New York City, according to Doree Shafrir, who first reported the details [...]

Washington, June 21 (ANI): A new weapon of dating violence has come up in the form of text messages, which can be vile, constant, and menacing. With cellphones and unlimited texting plans easily available among the young, there is a growing trend of what is known as “textual harassment”. “It”s gotten astonishingly worse in the [...]

Washington, June 17 (ANI): E-mails and videoconferences might help workers complete tasks more quickly, but they””re not necessarily completing them well, according to a new research. Gregory Northcraft, a University of Illinois business leadership expert, says high-tech communication strips away the personal interaction needed to breed trust, a key ingredient in getting workers to pull [...]

London, June 17 (ANI): Suspended Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi has said that he will sue England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke for libel. In an e-mail, Clarke had accused Modi of indulging in activities which were “detrimental to Indian cricket, English cricket and world cricket at large.” Clarke also alleged Modi [...]

June 10 (Reuters) – Italy’s Coeclerici Group has hired Dan DeMaria, formerly vice president of energy coal at commodity trader Noble Group (NOBG.SI), to head Coeclerici’s Asia thermal coal department, a company official said on Thursday. Coeclerici has been seeking to expand coal trading in Asia to tap strong demand for the fuel. DeMaria left [...]

NEW YORK–(Business Wire)– Bull & Lifshitz, LLP announces an investigation into possible breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with the proposed acquisition of SonicWALL, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNWL) (referred to as “Sonic” or the “Company”) by Thoma Bravo, LLC (referred to as “Bravo”) in a cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $117 Million. Under [...]

A Bank of America call center employee has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole sensitive client information and then tried to sell it for cash. Brian Matty Hagen pleaded guilty last week to one count of bank fraud. According to court filings he allegedly recorded customer account information when BofA customers called him for [...]

New York, June 8 (ANI): Radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico and lives in Yemen, has gained a cult following for his anti-U.S. rants. The New York Daily News quotes authorities as saying that the charismatic terror leader has acquired the knack of mesmerizing young Westerners to wage jihad. “Awlaki”s been [...]

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is asking Google to answer questions about how the company’s widespread wireless-network sniffing activities may have affected local residents. In a letter to Google Friday, Koster says it’s not clear whether Google broke state law, but adds that “there can be no doubt that the company’s conduct implicates the privacy [...]

BROOKINGS, S.D., June 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daktronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:DAKT) today announced that its Board of Directors approved an annual cash dividend of $0.10 per share. In a separate release issued on Wednesday, the Company announced that for the fiscal year ended May 1, 2010, it produced approximately $43.8 million in cash flow from [...]

Melbourne, June 05 (ANI): Popular lads mag ‘Ralph’ will stop publication after the July issue. The management cited changing tastes of younger readers and increased competition as reasons behind the move. Publisher ACP said 13 staff would be “affected,” News.com.au reports. The staff was left shocked, as the e-mail with the news went out to [...]

London, June 4(ANI): The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has told counties to ensure that their ‘cheer girls’ at Twenty20 games do not show too much flesh. The directive was sent after cheer girls during a game between Sussex and Somerset wore skimpy black knickers and ‘little else below the waist’. ECB Twenty20 event [...]