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October 15, 2010 10:30 AM

Afghanistan hit by disfiguring tropical skin disease

The World Health Organization says, the Afghan capital, Kabul, has been hit by a disfiguring tropical skin disease. The WHO warned that the disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis, threatens the health of 13 million Afghans, especially women and girls.Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease transmit...

October 15, 2010 10:30 AM

Afghanistan hit by disfiguring tropical skin disease

The World Health Organization says, the Afghan capital, Kabul, has been hit by a disfiguring tropical skin disease. The WHO warned that the disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis, threatens the health of 13 million Afghans, especially women and girls.Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease transmit...

October 15, 2010 10:29 AM

Iran elected to OPEC presidency

Iran will assume the presidency of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for the first time in 36 years. The country's Oil Minister was elected as OPEC President at a one-day meeting of the group, which is made up of 12 oil producing states.Masoud Mir-Kazemi will hold the presidency...

October 15, 2010 10:29 AM

Iran elected to OPEC presidency

Iran will assume the presidency of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for the first time in 36 years. The country's Oil Minister was elected as OPEC President at a one-day meeting of the group, which is made up of 12 oil producing states.Masoud Mir-Kazemi will hold the presidency...

October 15, 2010 10:29 AM

Japan to send around 10 medical staff to Afghanistan

Japan is planning to send around 10 medical staff to Afghanistan by the end of the year to provide training as part of its efforts to help reconstruction in the war-torn country.Kyodo News agency, quoting sources at the defence ministry and Japanese military - known as the Self-Defence Forces - said...

October 15, 2010 10:29 AM

Japan to send around 10 medical staff to Afghanistan

Japan is planning to send around 10 medical staff to Afghanistan by the end of the year to provide training as part of its efforts to help reconstruction in the war-torn country.Kyodo News agency, quoting sources at the defence ministry and Japanese military - known as the Self-Defence Forces - said...

October 15, 2010 9:46 AM

Pakistan police arrest 7 militants over plot to kill Gilani, Qureshi

In Pakistan, police have arrested seven members of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan planning to attack Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and senior security officials.The arrested men were also involved in an attack on the ISI office in Multan and the murde...

October 15, 2010 9:46 AM

Pakistan police arrest 7 militants over plot to kill Gilani, Qureshi

In Pakistan, police have arrested seven members of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan planning to attack Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and senior security officials.The arrested men were also involved in an attack on the ISI office in Multan and the murde...

October 14, 2010 9:09 PM

Three Nato soldiers killed in Afghanistan bomb explosion

Three Nato soldiers have been killed in a bomb explosion in western Afghanistan. The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said, the three troops were killed when an improvised explosive device went off. The latest violence comes as the Taliban denied it has had secret contacts wit...

October 14, 2010 9:09 PM

Three Nato soldiers killed in Afghanistan bomb explosion

Three Nato soldiers have been killed in a bomb explosion in western Afghanistan. The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said, the three troops were killed when an improvised explosive device went off. The latest violence comes as the Taliban denied it has had secret contacts wit...

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