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August 17, 2010 7:42 PM

Karzai orders Private security companies to end operations in Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered that private security companies will have to end operations in the country in four months. He issued the ultimatum to the companies in a decree signed in Kabul. According to the order read out by Mr Karzai today, private contractors will have to either disba...

August 17, 2010 7:42 PM

Karzai orders Private security companies to end operations in Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered that private security companies will have to end operations in the country in four months. He issued the ultimatum to the companies in a decree signed in Kabul. According to the order read out by Mr Karzai today, private contractors will have to either disba...

August 17, 2010 7:41 PM

Torrential rains in China leave 36 dead, 23 missing

In China, torrential rains in Longnan City in northwest Gansu Province had left 36 people dead and 23 more missing. In a statement, provincial authorities today said secondary disasters triggered by the downpours, including mudslides and landslides, had injured 295 people. The statement said the rai...

August 17, 2010 7:41 PM

Torrential rains in China leave 36 dead, 23 missing

In China, torrential rains in Longnan City in northwest Gansu Province had left 36 people dead and 23 more missing. In a statement, provincial authorities today said secondary disasters triggered by the downpours, including mudslides and landslides, had injured 295 people. The statement said the rai...

August 17, 2010 6:09 PM

3 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, three NATO soldiers were killed today in separate bomb attacks In a statement the NATO force said two foreign soldiers were killed in an attack in the eastern part while another died in a similar attack in the west of the country. However, the nationalities of the victims were not di...

August 17, 2010 6:09 PM

3 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, three NATO soldiers were killed today in separate bomb attacks In a statement the NATO force said two foreign soldiers were killed in an attack in the eastern part while another died in a similar attack in the west of the country. However, the nationalities of the victims were not di...

August 17, 2010 6:08 PM

Afghanistan donates $1million to help Pak flood victims

Afghanistan today donated one million dollars to help the victims of unprecedented floods in neighbouring Pakistan. Finance minister Hazrat Omar Zakhailwal handed the cheque to Pakistani ambassador Mohammad Sadiq at the end of a press conference in Afghan capital Kabul. Torrential monsoon rain trigg...

August 17, 2010 6:08 PM

Afghanistan donates $1million to help Pak flood victims

Afghanistan today donated one million dollars to help the victims of unprecedented floods in neighbouring Pakistan. Finance minister Hazrat Omar Zakhailwal handed the cheque to Pakistani ambassador Mohammad Sadiq at the end of a press conference in Afghan capital Kabul. Torrential monsoon rain trigg...

August 17, 2010 5:59 PM

Heat wave in Japan claims 132 lives

In Japan, scorching summer weather has claimed the lives of at least 132 people with more than 30,000 people rushed to hospital with heatstroke. Authorities today said the mercury has repeatedly topped 37 degrees Celsius in recent days in central Tokyo and other locations in Japan and the sun contin...

August 17, 2010 5:59 PM

Heat wave in Japan claims 132 lives

In Japan, scorching summer weather has claimed the lives of at least 132 people with more than 30,000 people rushed to hospital with heatstroke. Authorities today said the mercury has repeatedly topped 37 degrees Celsius in recent days in central Tokyo and other locations in Japan and the sun contin...

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