HindustanTimes Mon,17 Mar 2014


Ukraine or Russia? Crimeans set to vote

Crimeans decide on Sunday whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum that has infuriated Kiev and triggered the biggest crisis in East-West relations since the Cold War.

India suspends search for missing Malaysian jet MH370, awaits new instructions

India was searching for the missing airplane in two areas, one around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and a second further west in the Bay of Bengal; both searches have been suspended until fresh instructions. 
Did Indian radars fail to detect MH370? | 3 pieces of evidence point to jet's hijacking

Shipwrecked man who survived on urine, turtle blood meets dead mate's kin

The Salvadoran castaway who says he survived more than a year at sea had a tearful meeting Saturday with the family of his shipmate who did not make it home.

Los Angeles man arrested over Twitter threat to shoot random pedestrian

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Los Angeles after writing on Twitter that he would shoot a random pedestrian if people retweeted his message 100 times on the social media website, police said on Friday.

In Crimea, uncertainty grips Ukraine's military

Among those facing the greatest and most fraught uncertainty were Ukraine's military forces on the peninsula, who have been hemmed in by heavily armed Russian troops and warned by the region's pro-Russian leader that they would be considered "illegal" if they didn't surrender.

IBM: Never gave client data to the US govt

International Business Machines Corp has not relinquished its customers' data to the US government and would challenge any orders to do so, the company said in a blog post on Friday.

Malaysian plane has wheels that can help it to land on a shorter, softer runway

The Malaysian Airlines plane that disappeared on March 8 has a set of wheels that enables it to land on a softer surface and a shorter runway than those used in international and domestic airports, aviation professionals told HT on Saturday.

Ukraine reports Russian 'invasion' on eve of Crimea referendum

Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of invading a region bordering Crimea and vowed to use "all necessary measures" to repel an attack that came on the eve of the Black Sea peninsula's breakaway vote. All you need to know about Crimea's weekend referendum

50,000 protest Kremlin's swoop on Crimea

Around 50,000 people marched through central Moscow on Saturday in protest against Russia's intervention in Ukraine, a day before the Crimean peninsula votes on switching to Kremlin rule.

Crimea braces for referendum; Russia vetoes UN resolution, China abstains

Russia vetoed a Western-backed resolution condemning the Crimea referendum at a UN Security Council emergency vote Saturday but China abstained, isolating Moscow further on the Ukraine crisis.

Kidnapping reports raise pre-referendum tensions in Crimea

Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church said a priest was seized by armed men from a chapel in Sevastopol on Saturday, shortly after a pro-Russian group reported one of its leaders had been abducted.

If MH370 made it to Andaman Sea, did Indian radars fail to detect it?

The possibility that the missing Flight MH370 could have made it to the Andaman Sea, off the coast of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, could raise questions about the effectiveness of India's air defence systems. Full coverage

LA Times fires reporter, admits error in stories


North Korea threatens to flex nuclear muscle


Osama hunt: Doctor's sentence reduced by 10 years

The sentence of a doctor who helped the US track down slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was on Saturday reduced by 10 years and his fine reduced by Pakistani Rs.10 lakh (over $10,000).




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