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| Typo trips up Texas lawmaker as Tweet suggests gay-marriage turnaround | |  A staunchly conservative Republican Texas lawmaker and foe of same-sex marriage found himself the target of jokes after a Tweet was mistakenly sent in his name that read "Marriage=One Man & One Man." The office of State Senator Dan Patrick quickly deleted the Tweet, sent a new one that read "Marriage is between one man and one woman. Period," and jokingly said the lawmaker was looking for a new director of social media. But the damage has been done and a fresh Twitter hashtag "#PatrickTwitterTypos" spawned, with users of the service inserting errors into well-worn political clichés. Some included "Texans deserve lower taxis" and "I'm pro-life jacket and I boat." Patrick sent his initial Tweet shortly after a federal court judge on Wednesday ruled that the Texas ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.
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| Britain opens inquiry into letters to IRA suspects | | | By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Thursday an independent inquiry into letters sent to IRA suspects, after an angry response to the freeing of an Irishman accused of a 1982 bombing that killed four soldiers in London. Cameron said it was clear that there had been a "dreadful mistake" in the case of John Downey, who walked free from a London court this month because of a letter which mistakenly told him he was longer being sought for prosecution. Cameron said an independent judge with full access to government files and officials would lead the review and report back by the end of May. Britain's Northern Ireland Minister Theresa Villiers said the letters, 187 of which have been sent as part of a 1998 peace deal, tell their recipients that they are no longer being sought for prosecution but do not amount to immunity from arrest. Downey, 62, from County Donegal in Ireland, was charged with murdering four members of the Royal Household Cavalry who were killed 32 years ago when a car bomb exploded in Hyde Park as they paraded towards Buckingham Palace on July 20. |
| Protests, barricades bring Venezuela's 'Cordial City' to a halt | |  By Brian Ellsworth SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - Piles of glass, a trashed refrigerator and the burned remains of a car litter the streets of the Pirineos neighborhood in the Venezuelan city of San Cristobal, giving it the look of a community under siege. In fact, the residents of this middle-class area have created the disorder themselves as part of anti-government protests demanding President Nicolas Maduro resign. The sporadic demonstrations that kicked off two months ago in San Cristobal have turned into a national opposition protest movement and shuttered this city of 250,000 known as the "Cordial City" for its residents' reserved Andean chivalry. Protesters say this western region of Venezuela near the Colombian border, the tail end of the Andes mountains before they drop off toward the Caribbean, suffers some of the worst of the country's rampant crime and most severe product shortages.
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| Anelka handed five-match ban for "quenelle" salute - FA | |  West Bromwich Albion forward Nicolas Anelka has been banned for five matches and fined 80,000 pounds for making an alleged anti-Semitic gesture in a match in December, the Football Association said on Thursday. The Frenchman, who made a "quenelle" salute after scoring in a 3-3 draw against West Ham United on December 28, has also been ordered to complete a compulsory education course. "An Independent Regulatory Commission has found an aggravated breach of FA Rule E3 against Nicolas Anelka proven and has issued a five-match suspension and a fine of 80,000 pounds, pending appeal," the FA said in a statement. He had claimed the gesture, which has been described as an inverted Nazi salute, was a tribute to his French comedian friend Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala who invented it.
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| China's role in Hong Kong under spotlight after attack on editor | |  By James Pomfret and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official on Thursday condemned the daylight stabbing of an influential newspaper editor in Hong Kong in a rare bid by Beijing to address rising public anger over China's perceived interference in the financial hub's affairs. Police have made no arrests nor established any motive for the stabbing of Kevin Lau, a former chief editor of the Ming Pao newspaper, by two men, that left him fighting for his life. Suspicions have spread, however, that powerful individuals from mainland China or pro-Beijing allies opposed to the city's push for full democracy may have had a hand in the attack. His stabbing could cause a backlash against Beijing.
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| Curfew in 25 Assam villages following clash | | | Guwahati, Feb 27 (IANS) Indefinite curfew was Thursday clamped in 25 villages in Assam's Darrang district after 13 people were injured in a clash between two groups, officials said. Darrang Deputy Commissioner M.S. Manivannan said curfew was imposed in 25 villages to stop any deterioration of the situation. A total of 13 people were injured in the incident, a district administration officer said. Five of the injured were taken to the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital for treatment. |
| Jung seeks report on functioning of juvenile homes | | | Jung also formed a committee of government officials and Delhi Police and directed them to submit a comprehensive report regarding the functioning of the homes within the next two weeks, said a government statement. Over 40 inmates escaped from a juvenile justice home in Mukherjee Nagar Monday when the security staff were shifting two of them to another home in the city. |
| Delhi Police launch 'lost report' service | | | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Delhi Police Thursday launched a mobile and web application service to enable people report about their lost articles like mobile phones, passports and driving licenses without having to go to the police station. The service, launched by union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, will help people to inform police about their lost articles and get the immediate feedback within a few minutes. Shinde said the application was one of the friendly steps between Delhi Police and public. He said it was a historical step taken by Delhi Police. |
| Baluch protesters walk across Pakistan to spotlight army abuse | |  By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Relatives of rebels, activists and ordinary people who have gone missing in a lawless Pakistani province appealed to the United Nations for help on Thursday after walking across Pakistan for months to draw attention to their plight. Bodies of hundreds of pro-independence rebels have been found across the Baluchistan province and many more have gone missing in the past several years, in a little-reported conflict in a remote corner on Pakistan's Iranian border. Baluch activists say the bodies are evidence that the army is pursuing a systematic 'kill and dump' campaign to crush pro-independence dissent - a charge the army has repeatedly denied. On Thursday, dozens of those who say their family members were abducted or killed reached Islamabad after a 2,300 km walk from Baluchistan which started last October - a rare act of dissent by the often frightened relatives of the abductees.
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| Child burnt to death in Delhi | | | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A two-year-old girl was burnt to death while her parents were grievously injured in a fire at their house here Thursday, police said. |
| Software engineer commits suicide in Delhi | | | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A 26-year-old software engineer committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling fan at his home here, police said. Neeraj Kumar, who worked in a private company in Hyderabad, was found hanging from a ceiling fan by a family member at his house at Aman Vihar area in west Delhi Thursday afternoon. Police said Kumar was to get married in March this year and did not leave behind any suicide note. |
| Delhi Police seek more time to probe Bhatkal case | | | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Delhi Police Thursday sought from a court here 15 more days to complete probe against Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar in the 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case. Delhi Police in a plea Thursday informed the court they have received information from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the US about movements of a "wanted terrorist" of IM in Bihar or Kerala. Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash has allowed police plea for more time to collect evidence against Bhatkal, Akhtar and other accused in the case. |
| Six killed in Maharashtra fireworks factory blast | | | Raigad (Maharashtra), Feb 27 (IANS) At least six labourers were killed and another 20 injured in an explosion that ripped through a fireworks factory here Thursday, officials said. Investigating officer R.K. Dhamne of Poinad police station said the explosion followed by a fire took place at the Kranti Fireworks Ltd. factory around 3.30 p.m. "Four labourers died in the blaze and later two more bodies were found," he said. The injured were admitted to hospitals in Raigad, while six who sustained serious burns have been shifted to Sir J.J. Hospital in Mumbai. |
| Grievance cell gets complaints about graft in Tihar jail | | | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The grievance redressal cell started by the Arvind Kejriwal government has received several complaints of corruption inside the Tihar jail which were forwarded to the prison authorities, Director General Prisons Vimlaa Mehra said Thursday. "We have received several complaints about corruption inside the jail, which were reported to the grievance redressal cell by the families of the inmates," Vimlaa Mehra told IANS. According to the officials, till now 25 such complaints have been forwarded to them by the grievance cell. Mehra said the complaints are being looked at by jail officials. |
| Four held for killing Gurgaon woman in robbery bid | | | Gurgaon, Feb 27 (IANS) Four men have been arrested here for killing a 37-year-old woman during a robbery attempt Feb 21, police said Thursday. Amit Kumar alias Rinku, Promod alias Bijli, Sona Lal and Ranjit - all in the age group of 22-28 - were living in rented accommodation in Khandsa village. Amit hails from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, while the other three are from Bihar. "The arrests were made from Sector 5 area based on evidence collected by the crime branch," Gurgaon police commissioner Alok Mittal told reporters. |
| 17 Tihar jail officials suspended in 2013 | | | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Tihar jail authorities have suspended 17 officials in connection with various cases of irregularities in 2013, an official said Thursday. Director General of Prisons Vimlaa Mehra said 17 jail officials were suspended after their names surfaced in various cases. The jail authorities were also holding departmental enquiries against 58 others, she added. |
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