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August 5, 2010 1:34 PM

Unabated violence claims 12 more lives in Karachi

In Pakistan, violent incidents continued unabated across Karachi city as 12 more persons have been shot dead while 43, including two women, have been injured. The tally of target killings has risen to 74 since Monday. The spate of incidents of setting properties on fire being witnessed in many areas...

August 5, 2010 1:34 PM

Unabated violence claims 12 more lives in Karachi

In Pakistan, violent incidents continued unabated across Karachi city as 12 more persons have been shot dead while 43, including two women, have been injured. The tally of target killings has risen to 74 since Monday. The spate of incidents of setting properties on fire being witnessed in many areas...

August 5, 2010 1:33 PM

UN Secretary General calls for total elimination of nuclear weapons

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon today called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons. During a visit to Nagasaki, one of the two Japanese cities hit by US atom bombs in World War II, Ban said the only way to ensure that such weapons will never again be used is to eliminate them all. Speaking c...

August 5, 2010 1:33 PM

UN Secretary General calls for total elimination of nuclear weapons

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon today called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons. During a visit to Nagasaki, one of the two Japanese cities hit by US atom bombs in World War II, Ban said the only way to ensure that such weapons will never again be used is to eliminate them all. Speaking c...

August 5, 2010 1:33 PM

Afghanistan: Suicide car bombing leaves 7 policemen dead

In Afghanistan, seven policemen including a unit commander were killed when a suicide car bomber targeted a joint convoy of Afghan and NATO-led forces today in northern province of Kunduz. District governor Mohammad Ayoub Haqyar said one foreign soldier and 11 Afghans were also wounded in the attack...

August 5, 2010 1:33 PM

Afghanistan: Suicide car bombing leaves 7 policemen dead

In Afghanistan, seven policemen including a unit commander were killed when a suicide car bomber targeted a joint convoy of Afghan and NATO-led forces today in northern province of Kunduz. District governor Mohammad Ayoub Haqyar said one foreign soldier and 11 Afghans were also wounded in the attack...

August 5, 2010 9:34 AM

Three-quarters of oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cleaned up

Almost three-quarters of the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico has been cleaned up or broken down by natural forces. The US government has said in a report that only a quarter of the oil from the BP well remains and that it is degrading quickly. The majority has been captured, burned off or evaporat...

August 5, 2010 9:34 AM

Three-quarters of oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cleaned up

Almost three-quarters of the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico has been cleaned up or broken down by natural forces. The US government has said in a report that only a quarter of the oil from the BP well remains and that it is degrading quickly. The majority has been captured, burned off or evaporat...

August 5, 2010 9:33 AM

Iran denies attack on Prez

Iran has denied reports of a grenade exploding near the convoy of President Mahmood Ahmadinejad during his visit to a western Iranian city yesterday.Iranian media reports had reported the incident, in which Ahmadinejad was unhurt. But Iran's presidential office denied there was an attack. Media...

August 5, 2010 9:33 AM

Iran denies attack on Prez

Iran has denied reports of a grenade exploding near the convoy of President Mahmood Ahmadinejad during his visit to a western Iranian city yesterday.Iranian media reports had reported the incident, in which Ahmadinejad was unhurt. But Iran's presidential office denied there was an attack. Media...

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