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US shutdown: Obama cancels trip to Asia
Shooting near white house
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4 die in clashes
US: Pak may face sanctions over gas pipeline with Iran
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US shutdown: Obama cancels trip to Asia
Washington, October 4 Obama had already shortened the trip from four countries to two after the US government partially shut down as the two houses of Congress failed to agree on new budget. "Due to the government shutdown, President Obama's travel to Indonesia and Brunei has been cancelled. The President made this decision based on the difficulty in moving forward with foreign travel in the face of a shutdown, and his determination to continue pressing his case that Republicans should immediately allow a vote to reopen the government," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said in a statement. Obama was scheduled to depart for Indonesia for Asia Pacific Economic Conference tomorrow and then head to Brunei for the East Asia Summit. "The cancellation of the trip is another consequence of the Republicans forcing a shutdown of the government," Carney said. "This completely avoidable shutdown is setting back our ability to create jobs through promotion of US exports and advance US leadership and interests in the largest emerging region in the world," he said. Republican efforts to resolve the fiscal standoff that has closed much of the federal government heated up on the fourth day of the shutdown, with new talks over a broad budget deal and an effort by more moderate House members to break the logjam. Tempers have flared and pressure appears to be mounting to resolve a stalemate that has shut large parts of the government, sidelined 8 lakh federal workers and forced more than one million to work without pay. — PTI To veto 10 Republican spending bills
WASHINGTON: The White House said on Friday that President Barack Obama would veto the latest series of Republican spending bills designed to restart selected services amid the government shutdown. |
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Shooting near white house
Washington, October 4 Miriam Carey, 34, had her one-year-old baby in the car with her when she tried to drive through a barrier near the White House, then sped away towards Capitol Hill and led police on a high-speed chase that ended when her car got stuck on a median and police shot her. Carey had suffered from depression, ABC quoted her mother as saying, while a neighbor who lived in her Stamford, Connecticut, apartment building said she had been acting erratically lately. "She had post-partum depression after having the baby," said Idella Carey, who identified herself as Miriam Carey's mother, ABC News reported. "A few months later, she got sick. She was depressed. ... She was hospitalised." Investigators are focusing on whether Carey had mental problems that triggered her actions, a US official said. Carey had no previous run-ins with the US Secret Service, which is responsible for White House security, a law enforcement official said. An officer at Washington's Metropolitan Police headquarters confirmed that Carey was the driver of the black Infiniti coupe involved in the incident, but declined to provide further details. — Reuters
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Fresh clashes erupt in Egypt, five killed
Cairo, October 4 The marches were the most ambitious attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood to press its demands since August 14, when authorities smashed two pro-Mursi sit-ins in Cairo and then declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew. An Egyptian army vehicle fired live rounds in the direction of Brotherhood supporters who had been pushed away from Cairo's Tahrir Square by security forces. Four persons were shot dead in clashes in the southern city of Assuit, medical and health sources said. A Brotherhood supporter had died from a gunshot wound in clashes in the capital. — Reuters |
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Heroes who risked their lives to save others in Kenya terror attack
Shyam Bhatia In London
The competition was well under way when terrorists struck by storming the roof and firing at the gas cylinders in an effort to cause maximum damage. At least 60 persons were subsequently killed and 175 wounded. Mitul (38) tried in vain to secure the freedom of his precious young hostages-even offering himself up as a hostage-but he, radio presenter Ruhila Adatia-Sood and some of the hostages were simply shot dead. Mitul leaves behind his wife Rupal and two-year-old daughter Sarai. Mitul graduated in management sciences and computing from the University of Kent before joining Bidco as a management trainee in 1997. Back in London, Bidco director Dipak Shah expressed a "profound sense of loss" and offered sympathies from staff and friends to Mitul's wife and daughter. Among other NRIs who died in the incident were: Anuj Shah, Neha Mashroo, Rajan Solanki, Jyoti Dharmesh Vaya, Maltiben Ramesh Vaya, Nehal Vakaria (visiting from South Africa), Naguib Danji, Zahira Bawa, Jenah Bawa and Sridhar Natarajan. Abdul Haji (39), a Kenyan real estate agent, managed to escort dozens of people to safety. Among them was four-year-old American girl Portia Walker, who was trapped with her mother and siblings behind a table in one of the shops. In the days ahead, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and other world leaders are expected to focus on some other Westgate heroes. They include a four-year-old English boy, Elliot Prior from Windsor, who told one of the terrorist attackers in his face that he was a "very bad man". The gunman handed a Mars bars to the boy and his sister before telling them, "Please forgive me, we are not monsters." Still another hero to emerge from the tragedy is an off-duty British Special Air Services (SAS) soldier who happened to be having coffee nearby when the terrorists struck. He is said to have risked his life at least a dozen times by going repeatedly into the shopping mall to save others. The man who is pictured on the world's front pages is wearing blue jeans, a white shirt and a black leather jacket. But his face has been deliberately obscured and his name blacked out. A friend of the man was quoted as saying: "He was having coffee with friends when it happened. He went back in 12 times and saved 100 persons." Local Sikh and prominent member of the Nairobi NRI community Satpal Singh was similarly heroic. He was attending a business meeting in Westgate when the shooting started. His instant reaction was to get entrapped shoppers out of the complex as soon as possible. After helping the first group to safety, he returned to the complex to help more to escape. "We found people with gunshot wounds - that's why blood is on my shoes," Satpal told the local media. "We carried them on our shoulders down the fire escape," he added.
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4 die in clashes
Mombasa, October 4 Battles broke out as armed paramilitary police moved towards a mosque, whose leaders have been accused of links to Somalia's Islamist Shebab, insurgents who massacred 67 in Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall last month. Angry protesters took to the streets after unknown gunmen assassinated a popular Muslim preacher and his three companions in a drive-by shooting late yesterday. —
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US: Pak may face sanctions over gas pipeline with Iran
Washington, October 4 "Is the administration having discussions with Pakistan on this issue and are we ready to proceed with sanctions if they continue in the deal?" he asked. — PTI
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Vietnam independence hero General Giap
dead at 102 Italy boat tragedy: 300 feared dead Kayani tipped to get new
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US President Barack Obama today cancelled his trip to Asia to attend two key summits due to the US government shutdown that entered its fourth day even as efforts to break the political standoff between Republicans and Democrats over the budget failed to make any headway.
The woman who engaged the police in a dramatic car chase through the streets of Washington, prompting a lockdown of the US Capitol on Thursday before police shot her dead, suffered post-partum depression, her mother told ABC News.
Many heroes, including some NRIs, have emerged from the rubble of the Nairobi shopping mall terror disaster.
