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September 28, 2010 8:00 PM

Gunmen kidnap 15 school children in Nigeria

In Nigeria, unidentified gunmen have kidnapped 15 school children in their school bus in the southern Abia State.Local media report said the driver of the bus had picked the children at designated points and was on the way to school when the suspected kidnappers struck. The kidnappers are said to be...

September 28, 2010 8:00 PM

Gunmen kidnap 15 school children in Nigeria

In Nigeria, unidentified gunmen have kidnapped 15 school children in their school bus in the southern Abia State.Local media report said the driver of the bus had picked the children at designated points and was on the way to school when the suspected kidnappers struck. The kidnappers are said to be...

September 28, 2010 8:00 PM

Kim Jong Il named General Secretary of DPRK ruling party in N Korea

In North Korea, top leader Kim Jong Il was named General Secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea at a crucial conference on Tuesday. The official news agency KCNA report said the nomination shows an absolute support for and confidence in the top leader by the party and people. The confe...

September 28, 2010 8:00 PM

Kim Jong Il named General Secretary of DPRK ruling party in N Korea

In North Korea, top leader Kim Jong Il was named General Secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea at a crucial conference on Tuesday. The official news agency KCNA report said the nomination shows an absolute support for and confidence in the top leader by the party and people. The confe...

September 28, 2010 7:59 PM

Deputy Governor killed in Afghan suicide attack

In Afghanistan, a suicide blast in the southern Ghazni province has killed the Deputy Governor of the province. Police said Mohammad Kazim Allayar was killed as the blast by militants struck his car this morning when he was going to office. According to provincial police chief, Zarawar Zahid, five m...

September 28, 2010 7:59 PM

Deputy Governor killed in Afghan suicide attack

In Afghanistan, a suicide blast in the southern Ghazni province has killed the Deputy Governor of the province. Police said Mohammad Kazim Allayar was killed as the blast by militants struck his car this morning when he was going to office. According to provincial police chief, Zarawar Zahid, five m...

September 28, 2010 7:58 PM

Medvedev sacks Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sacked Moscow's powerful mayor, Yuri Luzhkov. A presidential decree said Luzhkov, 74, was removed because he had lost the trust of the president of the Russian Federation. In recent weeks, Luzhkov who has been in office since 1992, had faced harsh criticism...

September 28, 2010 7:58 PM

Medvedev sacks Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sacked Moscow's powerful mayor, Yuri Luzhkov. A presidential decree said Luzhkov, 74, was removed because he had lost the trust of the president of the Russian Federation. In recent weeks, Luzhkov who has been in office since 1992, had faced harsh criticism...

September 28, 2010 7:58 PM

US drone strikes kill 16 in Pak

In Pakistan, at least 16 people were killed in a series of US drone strikes targeting vehicles and a house in Pakistan's restive northwestern North Waziristan tribal region. Today's strike in Khushali Toorikhel village southeast of Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan, also destroy...

September 28, 2010 7:58 PM

US drone strikes kill 16 in Pak

In Pakistan, at least 16 people were killed in a series of US drone strikes targeting vehicles and a house in Pakistan's restive northwestern North Waziristan tribal region. Today's strike in Khushali Toorikhel village southeast of Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan, also destroy...

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