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October 8, 2010 5:42 PM

Australian Navy intercepts two boats carrying asylum seekers

The Australian Navy has intercepted two boats carrying asylum seekers in waters north-west of the country. The Navy said one of the boats was towing the other. According to Australian officials, 74 asylum seekers and three crew members were on board the ships. The group will be taken to Christmas Is...

October 8, 2010 5:42 PM

Australian Navy intercepts two boats carrying asylum seekers

The Australian Navy has intercepted two boats carrying asylum seekers in waters north-west of the country. The Navy said one of the boats was towing the other. According to Australian officials, 74 asylum seekers and three crew members were on board the ships. The group will be taken to Christmas Is...

October 8, 2010 5:39 PM

Pak to probe video showing killing of six unarmed men by army

Pakistan's army chief has ordered an inquiry into a video that showed the killing of six unarmed men allegedly by an army firing squad. The video, which was apparently shot with a mobile phone, appeared on a website several weeks ago. It showed a group of men in army uniform drag six blindfolde...

October 8, 2010 5:39 PM

Pak to probe video showing killing of six unarmed men by army

Pakistan's army chief has ordered an inquiry into a video that showed the killing of six unarmed men allegedly by an army firing squad. The video, which was apparently shot with a mobile phone, appeared on a website several weeks ago. It showed a group of men in army uniform drag six blindfolde...

October 8, 2010 5:39 PM

Chinese dissident Liu wins 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

Chinese dissident and Human Rights activist Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. The Norwegian Nobel Committee says, it has long believed that there is a close connection between human rights and peace. Currently s...

October 8, 2010 5:39 PM

Chinese dissident Liu wins 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

Chinese dissident and Human Rights activist Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. The Norwegian Nobel Committee says, it has long believed that there is a close connection between human rights and peace. Currently s...

October 8, 2010 2:02 PM

Israel to buy 20 F-35 fighter jets in deal with US

Israel and US have signed a 3 billion dollar deal under which Israel will purchase F-35 stealth fighters. According to Israeli media Hareetz, under the contract signed in New York yesterday by director general of the Israeli Ministry of Defense Ehud Shani, Israel will get 20 of the warplanes in 2016...

October 8, 2010 2:02 PM

Israel to buy 20 F-35 fighter jets in deal with US

Israel and US have signed a 3 billion dollar deal under which Israel will purchase F-35 stealth fighters. According to Israeli media Hareetz, under the contract signed in New York yesterday by director general of the Israeli Ministry of Defense Ehud Shani, Israel will get 20 of the warplanes in 2016...

October 8, 2010 1:59 PM

Fuel tanker sinking in English Channel

A fuel tanker is sinking in the English Channel after colliding with a container ship but its crew members have been safely evacuated. Reports say the YM Uranus was carrying a cargo of heavy Pygas, a type of gasoline, when it hit a Panamanian bulk container 160 km off the Brittany coast. The ship&#0...

October 8, 2010 1:59 PM

Fuel tanker sinking in English Channel

A fuel tanker is sinking in the English Channel after colliding with a container ship but its crew members have been safely evacuated. Reports say the YM Uranus was carrying a cargo of heavy Pygas, a type of gasoline, when it hit a Panamanian bulk container 160 km off the Brittany coast. The ship&#0...

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