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Monday, June 29, 2009, TEGUCIGALPA: Interim leader Roberto Micheletti prepared to govern a tense Honduras on Monday as President Manuel Zelaya sought to return to power after a coup which revived memories of Cold War unrest.Soldiers removed Zelaya from his bed early Sunday and sent him to Costa Rica, sparking international outcry.Zelaya's overthrow was triggered by a standoff between the president and the military and legal institutions over his bid for a vote on changing the constitution, which would allow him a stab at a second term.The UN General Assembly was meeting in emergency session Monday to discuss Honduras, after the presidents of the leftist regional grouping ALBA met in neighboring Nicaragua, also with Zelaya, late Sunday.UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called for Zelaya to be reinstated, while the Obama administration said the United States considered Zelaya to be the only president of the nation of some 7.5 million people.The Honduran Congress voted Micheletti in as the co...

Monday, June 29, 2009, JOHANNESBURG: A stunning second-half comeback from Brazil gave them a 3-2 victory in the Confederations Cup final against a brave USA side in Johannesburg.USA raced into a first-half lead through Clint Dempsey in the 10th minute to stun their more illustrious opponents, and a further shock was to be inflicted at a packed Ellis Park Stadium.Landon Donavon coolly finished off a swift counter-attack from Charlie Davies in the 27th minute to double his side's lead, and leave Brazil's players and supporters utterly bewildered.The second half was one-way traffic, as Brazil continued to pour pressure on their opponents with unrelenting waves of attacks, and Dunga's side got their eventual rewards.A clinical finish from Luis Fabiano in the first minute of the second half gave his side the momentum they needed, and although a Kaka headed goal was wrongly adjudged to have not crossed the line, it did little to stifle their conviction.Fabiano converted the rebo...

Monday, June 29, 2009 LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson was emaciated, bald and riddled with needle wounds when he died, a leaked autopsy reportedly reveals. A post mortem examination done on Jackson following his death last week found the 1.78-metre tall pop superstar weighed just 51 kilograms, Britain's The Sun newspaper reported. The 50-year-old's stomach was reportedly empty except for some partially-dissolved pills and his hips, thighs and shoulders were pockmarked with needle wounds - believed to be the legacy of injected narcotic painkillers. Jackson was also almost completely bald, with just a covering of "peach fuzz" left on his scalp, the pathologist noted in the alleged report. He died wearing a wig. The report stated Jackson several broken ribs caused by rescuers pumping his chest to try to resuscitate him after he went into cardiac arrest. Four injection marks on his chest revealed attempts to pump adrenaline directly into his heart, The Sun reported. The des...

Monday, June 29, 2009 TEHRAN: Iran's top election body on Monday began a partial recount of the fiercely disputed presidential election, after opposition demonstrators defiantly faced off against riot police in Tehran. "The Guardians Council has started a partial recount of 10 percent of the ballot boxes," state-owned Arabic-language television said. The opposition is demanding a complete rerun of the vote, claiming it was marred by widespread irregularities and fraud in a dispute that has shaken the very foundations of the Islamic regime.

Monday, June 29, 2009 LOS ANGELES: Top black performers paid high tribute to fallen pop star Michael Jackson at BET Awards where his sister Janet Jackson and father Joe Jackson made their first public appearances since the singer's death. The show's most moving moment came in a final tribute when Janet, a pop star in her own right, took the stage to thank the audience for turning out to honor her dead brother. "To you, Michael is an icon. To us, Michael is family, and he will forever live in all of our hearts," said Jackson, her voice choking as she held back tears. "On behalf of my family and myself, thank you for all of your love. Thank you for all of your support, we miss him so much." She was followed by host Jamie Foxx and R&B singer Ne-Yo singing a tender duet of Jackson 5 hit "I'll Be There."

Two passenger trains collided Monday in an accident that killed three people and injured 60 as train cars were derailed and nearby houses knocked over, Chinese state media and an official said. The pre-dawn crash occurred in Hunan province when a train going from the provincial capital Changsha to the southern city of Shenzhen collided with another Shenzhen-bound train, state television said. The China Central Television newscast showed a tangle of red, white and blue train cars on their sides at the station at Chenzhou, where the collision occurred at 2:34 a.m. (1834 GMT Sunday). "One train compartment has been crushed out of shape. Debris and the belongings of the passengers are scattered everywhere," a CCTV reporter said as the camera showed seats ripped from the floor and the ground littered with plastic bottles and scraps of paper. Rescue workers wearing hard hats rushed around the scene, shouting instructions as police and medics crammed into collapsed train compartmen...

Monday, June 29, 2009 LONDON: There is a good news for millions of Shahrukh Khan fans, the University of Bedfordeshire from United Kingdom has decided to confer him with an honorary doctorate degree in Arts and Culture. According to reports, the University of Bedfordeshire will confer the honorary doctorate degree upon the actor on July 10, next month. Once honoured with the doctorate, Badshah Khan will find himself in the elite list of Indian heroes and heroines who have been conferred with the honorary doctorate in the past. The elite list includes Big B-Amitabh Bacchan, Shilpa Shetty, Akshay Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Dilip Kumar and others. Presently, in San Francisco, America, Shahrukh when asked to comment on the issue said, “I am honoured and proud to be an Indian to be awarded this doctorate in London. I am really looking forward to personally receiving it from the vice chancellor of the university. The University of Bedfordeshire had received nomination of King Khan from the NGO Ro...

Monday, June 29, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA: After Honduran troops ousted President Manuel Zelaya Sunday and flew him out of the country the speaker of the parliament Roberto Micheletti took oath as acting president of the country.The UN General Assembly will meet in emergency session Monday to discuss the political unrest in Honduras where President Manuel Zelaya was ousted and sent into exile in Costa Rica, its spokesman said Sunday.General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann scheduled a meeting for noon Monday at the request of Honduran Ambassador to the UN Jorge Reina Idiaquez, D'Escoto's spokesman Enrique Yeves told. Yeves said D'Escoto, who earlier in the day strongly condemned the army coup in Honduras, met with several Latin American ambassadors to the UN who also pressed for a meeting to the 192-member General Assembly to discuss the latest developments in the central American nation. Zelaya insisted as he arrived in regional neighbor Costa Rica that he remaine...