Posts Tagged ‘asked-whether’

A child was behind the Facebook posting that asked whether US president Barack Obama should be assassinated, the Secret Service announced on Thursday and called it a “prank” that would not lead to prosecution.

The UK’s first supreme court came into being on Thursday with the swearing in of 11 judges, replacing the House of Lords as the highest appeal tribunal, a move aimed at establishing judicial independence in the country.

Foreign minister Qureshi said that Pakistan has proposed a “strategic restraint regime” to India which included dispute settlement, conventional balance and nuclear restraint.

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Iran had said it planned to cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency on inspections of a new enrichment facility.

China displayed a relatively less suspected aspect of its military strength on National Day, which is the ability to use internet technology to drive weapons including nuclear missiles.