http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:21:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/aamir-wouldve-been-a-tricky-sword-to-use-for-ship-of-theseus-kiran-rao-887871.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:54:17 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=887871 Kiran Rao, who is presenting Ship Of Theseus, says it would not have been wise to let her filmmaker-actor husband Aamir Khan present the film as he would have managed to pull a crowd, but the film can't take a wide audience.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/aamir-wouldve-been-a-tricky-sword-to-use-for-ship-of-theseus-kiran-rao-887871.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/monsoon-live-pm-announces-rs-1000-cr-as-relief-for-uttarakhand-876469.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:31:37 +0000 Ayeshea-Perera http://www.firstpost.com/?p=876469 The monsoons have come to India, and while welcome for farming, the rains are also wreaking havoc in many areas. We track how the rain is impacting various districts across India. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/monsoon-live-pm-announces-rs-1000-cr-as-relief-for-uttarakhand-876469.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/directors-special-ayan-karan-kiran-rao-at-ship-of-theseus-screening-886665.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:55:09 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=886665 Ayan Mukherji, Kiran Rao, Karan Johar and the director of Ship of Theseus, Anand Gandhi, were all in attendance at a special screening of the film. Also present during the event was the Aashiqui 2 actor Aditya Roy Kapur with his brother, actor Kunal Roy Kapoor. Here are the images. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/directors-special-ayan-karan-kiran-rao-at-ship-of-theseus-screening-886665.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/turkeys-standing-man-to-join-ranks-of-icons-886577.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:55:04 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=886577 The image was stark — a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister’s demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central Istanbul. The challenge by performance artist Erdem Gunduz is catching on with other protesters in Turkey, encouraged by social media into imitating his gesture across the country. It’s [...]]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/turkeys-standing-man-to-join-ranks-of-icons-886577.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/pm-dismayed-by-sl-moves-to-go-back-on-giving-tamils-more-autonomy-885915.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:40:08 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=885915 The prime minister noted that the proposed changes “raised doubts about the commitments made by the Sri Lankan government to India and the international community, including the United Nations]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/pm-dismayed-by-sl-moves-to-go-back-on-giving-tamils-more-autonomy-885915.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/israel-wants-iran-to-halt-uranium-enrichment-885913.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:33:27 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=885913 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/israel-wants-iran-to-halt-uranium-enrichment-885913.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/pm-conveys-dismay-over-sri-lanka-move-on-13th-amendment-885229.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:15:06 +0000 fwire http://www.firstpost.com/politics/pm-conveys-dismay-over-sri-lanka-move-on-13th-amendment-885229.html http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/pm-conveys-dismay-over-sri-lanka-move-on-13th-amendment-885229.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/lebanese-minister-accuses-syria-of-ethnic-cleansing-885207.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:45:42 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/lebanese-minister-accuses-syria-of-ethnic-cleansing-885207.html BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have begun ethnically cleansing Sunni Muslims and deliberately pushing refugees across the border into Lebanon, the Lebanese caretaker minister for social affairs said on Tuesday. Assad is battling a Sunni-led revolt in Syria, which he and his father before him have ruled for four decades. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/lebanese-minister-accuses-syria-of-ethnic-cleansing-885207.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/analysis-hezbollah-takes-syrian-centre-stage-yet-remains-in-shadows-885193.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:39 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/analysis-hezbollah-takes-syrian-centre-stage-yet-remains-in-shadows-885193.html BEIRUT (Reuters) - The voice crackling over the Hezbollah radios was clear and authoritative, and the guerrillas poised to attack the Syrian border town of Qusair recognised it immediately. "As I promised you victory before, I pledge you victory now," Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said, launching a battle in which his fighters decisively defeated rebels trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/analysis-hezbollah-takes-syrian-centre-stage-yet-remains-in-shadows-885193.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/analysis-saudi-role-in-syria-driven-by-fear-of-shiite-full-moon-885157.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:53 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/analysis-saudi-role-in-syria-driven-by-fear-of-shiite-full-moon-885157.html RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief, Prince Muqrin, once told American diplomats the Middle East's so-called Shi'ite Crescent where the Muslim sect holds sway was "becoming a full moon" as Iranian influence spread. For the kingdom's Sunni ruling princes, that fear, revealed in a 2009 U.S. embassy cable released by WikiLeaks, now focuses on Syria]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/analysis-saudi-role-in-syria-driven-by-fear-of-shiite-full-moon-885157.html/feed 0