Get Ready for the Obama Boomlet
December 16, 2014
Washington DC: Remember when pundits loved Barack Obama? It’s been quite a few years now. But I suspect some of the adoration is about to come back.
US President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House November 20, 2014 in Washington, DC.
The lone wolf, self-styled sheikh who held a Sydney cafe hostage
December 16, 2014
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Man Haron Monis, the Sydney hostage-taker killed in a 16-hour siege, was a self-styled sheikh with his own Wikipedia entry who was on bail when he emerged as a lone wolf gunman.
Sydney Siege: Hostage Taker is Iranian Refugee Man Haron Monis, Say Police Source
India bans ISIS, hunts for sympathizers
December 16, 2014
NEW DELHI – India on Tuesday declared a ban on Islamic State, days after having detained an engineer for running a popular Twitter account extolling the militant group's military campaign.
Oil Falls as U.S. Producers Seen Standing Ground Amid OPEC Fight
December 16, 2014
Oil extended losses from a five-year low amid speculation that U.S. producers may further increase output as they battle OPEC for market share and as a Chinese manufacturing gauge missed estimates.
124 students among 126 killed in Taliban attack on school
Decemebr 16, 2014
Taliban storm Pakistani school, killing 126
Taliban attacked an army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday (December 16). According to a report in Associated Press, a Pakistani hospital official confirmed that many students were among those killed. (Pictured) Pakistani soldiers transport rescued school children.
A better formula for calculating startup equity
December 15, 2014
When Nick Petit and his partner set off to start Kahoots, they did what many startup founders do, they split the equity 50/50 and began working nights and weekends to make their vision a reality.
Dividing Poker Chips
PAK vs NZ: Shahid Afridi and Shehzad Afridi star in crushing...
December 15, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 364 for 7 (Shehzad 113, Afridi 55, Henry 3-63) beat New Zealand 217 (Williamson 46, Afridi 3-37, Sohail 3-45) by 147 runs
Shahid Afridi celebrates after wrapping up Pakistan's win, Pakistan v New Zealand, 3rd ODI, Sharjah, December 14, 2014
Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, reports say two...
December 15, 2014
SYDNEY – Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe on Tuesday and freed a number of hostages being held there at gunpoint, in a dramatic end to a 16-hour siege in which three people were killed and four wounded.
SL vs ENG ODI: Sri Lanka seal series win
December 13, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 292 for 7 (Sangakkara 112, Dilshan 68) beat England 202 (Root 55, Woakes 41, Lakmal 4-30, Senanayake 3-33) by 90 runs
Kumar Sangakkara struck 112 – and England captain Alastair Cook failed again – as Sri Lanka took an unassailable 4-2 lead with a 90-run victory in the sixth one-day international, in Kandy.
Last ten years a ‘loss decade’ for armed forces due to...
December 12, 2014
New Delhi: Hinting that corruption was deep rooted as far as procurement and deals were concerned, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Friday said the last decade was a "loss decade" for the armed forces.
Speaking at the Agenda Aaj Tak - 2014 conclave, the minister advocated defined representatives from defence firms instead of agents.
