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May 23, 2010 7:06 PM

Truck and coach collide, leaves 32 dead in China

In China, at least 32 people were killed when a truck and coach collided on an expressway in northeastern province Liaoning today. State-run Xinhua news agency reported, the accident occurred on a section of an expressway that was undergoing maintenance in the city of Fuxin. No other details were gi...

May 23, 2010 12:45 PM

Japan, US agree to relocate US Marine Corps Futenma base

Japan and the United States have agreed on a fresh agreement to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma base the coast of Henoko, Nago City in Okinawa Prefecture, Kyodo News today reported, citing sources, that the pact, to be announced on May 28, was reached by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, U.S. A...

May 23, 2010 12:31 PM

Order restored in Thailand after unrest says Thai PM Abhisit

In Thailand, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says order has been restored to the capital, Bangkok and throughout the country. Mr Abhisit said the government would move swiftly to restore normalcy following a week of violence which left more than 50 people dead. In a televised address today he defen...

May 23, 2010 12:01 PM

Militants attack Kandahar airfield with rockets

In Afghanistan, militants attacked Kandahar airfield in south with rockets and indirect fire last night leading to many injuries. A NATO statement said five rockets were fired at the base and a number of insurgents attempted to enter the base on the north side. It said though no insurgents penetrate...

May 23, 2010 12:00 PM

Ethiopia goes to polls today

Ethiopia is going to the polls today in the first election since a disputed 2005 poll ended in violence. Polls opened at 6 a.m. local time. Some 32 million Ethiopians will make their choices at more than 43,000 polling stations across Africa's second most populous country. According to reports,...

May 23, 2010 11:04 AM

32 killled in China road accident

In China, at least 32 people were killed when a truck and coach collided on an expressway in northeastern province Liaoning today. State-run Xinhua news agency reported, the accident occurred on a section of an expressway that was undergoing maintenance in the city of Fuxin. No other details were gi...

May 23, 2010 11:03 AM

At least 10 people killed in China as train derails in Jiangxi

In China, a passenger train has derailed in a mountainous area of Jiangxi province, killing at least 10 people and dozen other injured. Xinhua news agency reported that the train which was heading from Shanghai for the tourist city of Guilin in southern China, knocked off the tracks by a landslide e...

May 23, 2010 10:05 AM

UK coalition Govt not to set deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan

Britain's new coalition government will not<br/>set a deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan's nine-year-war or lessen its commitment to aid. The decision follows after a meeting between a team of British ministers and Afghan leaders in Kabul on Saturday. After the meeting the ...

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