Vengeful new militant group ” Ghazi Force ” emerges in Pakistan

Pakistan — Pakistani authorities now believe a dangerous new militant group, out to avenge a deadly army assault on a mosque in Islamabad three years ago, has carried out several major bombings in the capital previously blamed on the Taliban. The emergence of the Ghazi Force was part of the outrage among many deeply religious…

400,000 Refugees Uzbek Chaos 2000 Massacred

OSH, Kyrgyzsta “We are definitely hearing more and more horrific stories and are interviewing victims who tell us about young girls being gang-raped during the conflict and even these days.” Anna Neistat, Human Rights Watch About 400,000 minority Uzbeks fleeing mobs of Kyrgyz massed at the border , an Uzbek leader said, as the deadliest…

Top Venture Capital Debate Rising Startups [Video]

The Feeding Frenzy The venture capital valuations for still-have-that-new-car-smell startups like Quora, FourSquare, Blippy are reaching unprecedented levels, and we wanted to find out why. Top VCs Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway and David Hornik came by the TechCrunch offices to debate the issue. Four month old Blippy is worth around $38 million. Quora, still in…