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3 killed, 8 injured in chemical plant blast in China

Press Trust of India, Sunday May 29, 2011, Beijing

Three people were killed and eight others injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in east China. The blast occurred last night in a chemical plant of Shandong Baoyuan Chemical Co Ltd in Zibo City, Shandong Province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.

WikiLeaks: Chinese envoy exceeded Arunachal brief

NDTV Correspondent, Sunday May 29, 2011, New Delhi

It was a huge row and just a week before China's President Hu Jinto was to make a crucial visit to India. In November 2006, China's Ambassador to India, Sun Yuxi, aggressively claimed that Arunachal Pradesh was a part of China. In India, it made headlines.

For anarchist, details of life as FBI target

Colin Moynihan and Scott Shane, New York Times, Sunday May 29, 2011, Austin (Texas)

A fat sheaf of FBI reports meticulously details the surveillance that counterterrorism agents directed at the one-story house in East Austin. For at least three years, they traced the license plates of cars parked out front, recorded the comings and goings of residents and guests and, in one case, speculated about a suspicious flat object spread out across the driveway.

US: Model, friend fall out of 10th-storey hotel window

Associated Press, Sunday May 29, 2011, Atlanta

A model celebrating her birthday died and another woman was critically injured when they plunged from a 10th-storey window of a luxury Atlanta hotel early Saturday morning, investigators said.

Cyber attack on US defence contractor; 'secrets safe'

Associated Press, Sunday May 29, 2011, New York

A major defense contractor says it sustained a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack but kept its secrets safe. Lockheed Martin and the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Saturday night that the contractor had come under a cyber attack.

Arnold Schwarzenegger 'begs' wife for second chance

Press Trust of India, Sunday May 29, 2011, London

Former California Governor and action star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who split from wife Maria Shriver after 25 years, following revelations of a secret love child, is reportedly begging her to give him another chance.

Egypt court fines Mubarak for Internet, phone disruptions

Press Trust of India, Sunday May 29, 2011, Cairo

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak has been ordered to pay US $90 million together with his two ex-ministers for "damaging the economy" by enforcing a shutdown of telephone and Internet connections during the country's popular uprising.

Nepal's Constituent Assembly gets 3-month extension

Press Trust of India, Sunday May 29, 2011, Kathmandu

Nepal's Constituent Assembly on Sunday got three-month extension after a last-minute deal between key political parties under which Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal will step down.

Think afresh: Prime Minister on land acquisition

NDTV Correspondent, Sunday May 29, 2011, Onboard PM's Special Plane

When the Uttar Pradesh government started acquiring farmland for its Greater Noida Expressway, it led to widespread protests in Bhatta and Parsaul villages by farmers. Irked over what they called an unsuitable compensation for the land acquired, the farmers led a violent agitation.

Meet India's first Dalit billionaire

NDTV Correspondent, Sunday May 29, 2011, Mumbai

Rajesh Saraiya might be a name that is not known to many but for the people of his community, he is their superhero. Rajesh is India's first Dalit billionaire. Born in a middle class family in Dehradun, Rajesh studied aeronautical engineering in Russia. Now based in Ukraine, he runs a multi-national company that deals in metals. "People have to change from inside. They have to change their ideology, their mentality and look around the world for what is happening. There are so many opportunities," Saraiya says. At a conference organised by the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries that aims to bring together Dalit entrepreneurs, there are many success stories. Saraiya's story is one of them. However, despite being a great achievement, it doesn't reflect the larger Dalit reality.

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