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September 17, 2009 4:35 PM
Patricia A. Butenis who was nominated by President Barack Obama as the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives on May 27, 2009 today presented her credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Prior to this assignment, Ambassador Butenis served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in B...
September 17, 2009 4:19 PM
In Afghanistan, six Italian soldiers and four civilians were killed in a suicide car bomb explosion in capital Kabul today. Around 40 people were also injured in the attack, which was targeted at the Italian Military convoy. Italian Defence Ministry spokesman said in Rome that six of their soldiers ...
September 17, 2009 4:18 PM
In Yemen, more than 80 people have been killed in an air raid on a camp for displaced people in the northern parts of the country. Witnesses said, many of those killed in the raid, which took place in Amran province were women, children and old people. Reports say, the jet fighter targeted rebels wh...
September 17, 2009 4:09 PM
Congress today announced that it will contest on 174 seats, while its partner NCP on 114, in the next month's Maharashtra Assembly elections. Briefing the media in New Delhi, the Party In charge of the state, Chaudhary Virendra Singh said, the seat-sharing arrangement has been finalised after s...
September 17, 2009 3:59 PM
In Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal, RJD and Lok Janashakti Party, LJP have bagged one seat each out of the two assembly results declared so far. AIR Patna correspondent reports that in the remaining 16 seats, RJD-LJP combine is leading in Nine, NDA on Six and Congress in one seat.The Assembly bye-poll h...
September 17, 2009 3:58 PM
The Union Cabinet today considered the report of the Group of Ministers on the Delhi High Court judgment related to Article 377 about gay sex and directed the Attorney General to assist the Supreme Court in all possible manners in arriving at an opinion on the correctness of the judgment.br/The Unio...
September 17, 2009 2:56 PM
The Global Foreign Direct Investment inflows continue to slide in this year but expected to recover by 2011. According to World Investment Report 2009 released on Thursday in New Delhi said that FDI inflows will fall from about 1.7 trillion US dollars in 2008 to below 1.2 trillion dollar in 2009. Th...
September 17, 2009 2:50 PM
Afghanistan incumbent President Mr. Hamid Karzai has welcomed the preliminary results where he has secured majority votes saying the elections were a major achievement for the country. He also denied of major fraud during the elections saying foreign media and government were unduly critical of it. ...
September 17, 2009 2:18 PM
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today warned Indian students not to retaliate and not to take the law into their hands. According to media report, Rudd said Australia was a law-abiding nation and the laws are there for a purpose. He said anybody who undertakes acts of racism or violence in Vict...
September 17, 2009 2:14 PM
A large explosion shook the Afghan capital Kabul a few minutes back. The explosion occurred in the eastern part of the city on a road leading to Kabul's international airport. Initial reports said it was a suicide explosion which occurred near a police station. At least six persons were killed ...
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