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December 6, 2010 5:39 PM

Colombian landslide: Two confirmed dead; 145 missing

In Colombia, two persons, including a two-year-old girl, have been confirmed dead and 145 missing by a severe landslide. Local authorities on Monday said another seven people were injured after the landslide buried about 50 houses in the Medellin suburb of Bello, northwest of the Andean country. Gov...

December 6, 2010 5:39 PM

Colombian landslide: Two confirmed dead; 145 missing

In Colombia, two persons, including a two-year-old girl, have been confirmed dead and 145 missing by a severe landslide. Local authorities on Monday said another seven people were injured after the landslide buried about 50 houses in the Medellin suburb of Bello, northwest of the Andean country. Gov...

December 6, 2010 5:39 PM

Forest fire in Israel extinguished

A forest fire that killed 42 people in northern Israel's Carmel region has been extinguished. Israeli police said efforts to beat down the blaze, which erupted on Thursday, were helped by overnight rains, a rarity in a parched winter for Israel. Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said all of the...

December 6, 2010 5:39 PM

Forest fire in Israel extinguished

A forest fire that killed 42 people in northern Israel's Carmel region has been extinguished. Israeli police said efforts to beat down the blaze, which erupted on Thursday, were helped by overnight rains, a rarity in a parched winter for Israel. Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said all of the...

December 6, 2010 1:24 PM

Iran and P5 plus one to hold talks in Geneva

The first nuclear talks for a year between Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany are starting in Geneva today. The talks come a day after Iran announced that it has produced its first batch of locally mined uranium for enrichment. Four rounds of UN sanctions have bee...

December 6, 2010 1:24 PM

Iran and P5 plus one to hold talks in Geneva

The first nuclear talks for a year between Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany are starting in Geneva today. The talks come a day after Iran announced that it has produced its first batch of locally mined uranium for enrichment. Four rounds of UN sanctions have bee...

December 6, 2010 1:23 PM

GCC summit begins in Abu Dhabi today

The annual summit of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) begins in Abu Dhabi today amid security concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions in the wake of the WikiLeaks revelations. GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah has been quoted by Emirates official news agency as saying that the Abu Dhab...

December 6, 2010 1:23 PM

GCC summit begins in Abu Dhabi today

The annual summit of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) begins in Abu Dhabi today amid security concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions in the wake of the WikiLeaks revelations. GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah has been quoted by Emirates official news agency as saying that the Abu Dhab...

December 6, 2010 11:13 AM

S-Korea begins major live-fire exercise amid high tension

South Korea's military today began a major live-fire exercise amid high tension. The exercise started following North Korea's deadly bombardment of Yeonpyeong island last month which killed two civilians and two marines. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the firing exercises by warships and l...

December 6, 2010 11:13 AM

S-Korea begins major live-fire exercise amid high tension

South Korea's military today began a major live-fire exercise amid high tension. The exercise started following North Korea's deadly bombardment of Yeonpyeong island last month which killed two civilians and two marines. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the firing exercises by warships and l...

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