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November 19, 2010 12:33 PM

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn-in for a second term

The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn-in for a second term in office this morning following his overwhelming victory at the January 26 election. Rajapaksa was sworn in by the Chief Justice Asoka De Silva at a colorful ceremony in Colombo. He began his first term in November 2005 which...

November 19, 2010 12:33 PM

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn-in for a second term

The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn-in for a second term in office this morning following his overwhelming victory at the January 26 election. Rajapaksa was sworn in by the Chief Justice Asoka De Silva at a colorful ceremony in Colombo. He began his first term in November 2005 which...

November 19, 2010 12:33 PM

Heavy barricading in Thai capital

Police in the Thai capital Bangkok have begun barricading a major intersection in the city's central shopping district in preparation for a protest by thousands of Red Shirt demonstrators. The protest marks six months since a bloody crackdown on demonstrators that killed 90 people. Foreign emba...

November 19, 2010 12:33 PM

Heavy barricading in Thai capital

Police in the Thai capital Bangkok have begun barricading a major intersection in the city's central shopping district in preparation for a protest by thousands of Red Shirt demonstrators. The protest marks six months since a bloody crackdown on demonstrators that killed 90 people. Foreign emba...

November 19, 2010 12:32 PM

Former head of China’s biggest nuclear power company sentenced

The former head of China's biggest nuclear power company has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges. The official Xinhua news agency said Kang Rixin, the former general manager of China National Nuclear Corporation, was convicted today in a Beijing courtroom for taking bribes and abu...

November 19, 2010 12:32 PM

Former head of China’s biggest nuclear power company sentenced

The former head of China's biggest nuclear power company has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges. The official Xinhua news agency said Kang Rixin, the former general manager of China National Nuclear Corporation, was convicted today in a Beijing courtroom for taking bribes and abu...

November 19, 2010 12:13 PM

UN rejects charge that Nepali peacekeepers in Haiti brought cholera

The UN has rejected the charge that Nepali peacekeepers in Haiti brought cholera to the Caribbean nation which claimed more than 1,100 lives. UN spokesperson, Farhan Haq,told journalists on Thursday that from a medical point of view, there has been no direct connection established between cholera an...

November 19, 2010 12:13 PM

UN rejects charge that Nepali peacekeepers in Haiti brought cholera

The UN has rejected the charge that Nepali peacekeepers in Haiti brought cholera to the Caribbean nation which claimed more than 1,100 lives. UN spokesperson, Farhan Haq,told journalists on Thursday that from a medical point of view, there has been no direct connection established between cholera an...

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