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December 8, 2010 9:41 AM

50 houses buried under landslides in Colombo; 80 still missing

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has urged the evacuation of a hillside neighbourhood near Medellin, after a landslide buried around 50 houses. More than 30 bodies have been recovered since the landslide in La Gabriela district of Bello on Sunday, about a third of them children. More than 80 p...

December 8, 2010 9:41 AM

50 houses buried under landslides in Colombo; 80 still missing

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has urged the evacuation of a hillside neighbourhood near Medellin, after a landslide buried around 50 houses. More than 30 bodies have been recovered since the landslide in La Gabriela district of Bello on Sunday, about a third of them children. More than 80 p...

December 8, 2010 9:40 AM

US welcomes arrest of Wikileak founder

The American Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has welcomed the arrest of the founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange in London. Speaking during a visit to Afghanistan, Mr. Gates said it was 'good news'.Wikileaks has outraged Washington by releasing thousands of secret American doc...

December 8, 2010 9:40 AM

US welcomes arrest of Wikileak founder

The American Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has welcomed the arrest of the founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange in London. Speaking during a visit to Afghanistan, Mr. Gates said it was 'good news'.Wikileaks has outraged Washington by releasing thousands of secret American doc...

December 8, 2010 9:39 AM

Wake up Call awaits Climate Summit

Ministers have begun talks at the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, amid warnings that time is running out to curb climate change. Top UN climate official Christiana Figueres said the fate of low-lying islands should be a "wake-up call".Big differences remain between nations on issues such as cut...

December 8, 2010 9:39 AM

Wake up Call awaits Climate Summit

Ministers have begun talks at the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, amid warnings that time is running out to curb climate change. Top UN climate official Christiana Figueres said the fate of low-lying islands should be a "wake-up call".Big differences remain between nations on issues such as cut...

December 8, 2010 9:19 AM

N-talks between Iran & Six major powers in Geneva ended without any result

Nuclear talks between Iran and six major powers have ended in Geneva with nothing more than an agreement to hold more talks next month.After two days of talks - the first in more than a year - the only agreement that has been reached is to reconvene next month for more talks in Turkey. But even then...

December 8, 2010 9:19 AM

N-talks between Iran & Six major powers in Geneva ended without any result

Nuclear talks between Iran and six major powers have ended in Geneva with nothing more than an agreement to hold more talks next month.After two days of talks - the first in more than a year - the only agreement that has been reached is to reconvene next month for more talks in Turkey. But even then...

December 7, 2010 9:46 PM

Kayani escapes an attempt on his life

Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today escaped an attempt on his life when Taliban militants fired rockets at an area in South Waziristan tribal agency shortly after his visit to the troubled region. Geo News reported that the militants fired at least four rockets in Laddha area as s...

December 7, 2010 9:46 PM

Kayani escapes an attempt on his life

Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today escaped an attempt on his life when Taliban militants fired rockets at an area in South Waziristan tribal agency shortly after his visit to the troubled region. Geo News reported that the militants fired at least four rockets in Laddha area as s...

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