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May 20, 2010 8:28 PM

Violence continues in Thailand: protestors defy emergency in 23 provinces

Thailand's conflict has spread to the rural northeast, where four provincial halls have been torched and some 13,000 anti-government protesters have rallied. <br/>The protesters known as Red Shirts campaigners in the region are defying a state of emergency that has been declared in 23...

May 20, 2010 6:14 PM

John Shepherd-Barron, inventor of ATM dies

India-born Scot John Shepherd-Barron, the man who invented the ATM, has died after a short illness. He was 84. Barron, who had been living in Portmahomack in Ross-shire, died at a Hospital in northern Scotland.<br/><br/>The businessman, who worked for the printing firm De La Rue ...

May 20, 2010 5:35 PM

Security forces kill 13 militants in Pak

In Pakistan, thirteen militants were killed on Thursday in an operation by the security forces in the upper Orakzai agency.<br/><br/>The army targeted the hideouts of the militants at Dray Ser area of Daboori using gunship helicopters during the operation.<br/>

May 20, 2010 5:35 PM

Afghan govt. & Taliban to hold talks in Maldives

Afghan government and Taliban representatives are set to hold talks at an undisclosed place in the Maldives on national reconciliation. This will be their second such meeting this year. President Mohammaed Nasheed's Press Secretary Mohamed Zuhair confirmed this saying that talks are being held ...

May 20, 2010 5:34 PM

Five paintings stolen from Paris Mueseum

Five paintings by Picasso, Matisse and other great artists have been stolen from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Police sources said the paintings are estimated to be worth some 618 million dollars. Officials at the museum discovered the theft this morning when they found a window and a lock had ...

May 20, 2010 5:29 PM

Afghan govt. & Taliban to hold talks in Maldives

Afghan government and Taliban representatives are set to hold talks at an undisclosed place in the Maldives on national reconciliation. This will be their second such meeting this year. President Mohammaed Nasheed's Press Secretary Mohamed Zuhair confirmed this saying that talks are being held ...

May 20, 2010 5:29 PM

Security forces kill 13 militants in Pak

In Pakistan, thirteen militants were killed on Wednesday in an operation by the security forces in the upper Orakzai agency.The army targeted the hideouts of the militants at Dray Ser area of Daboori using gunship helicopters during the operation.

May 20, 2010 5:28 PM

Five paintings stolen from Paris Mueseum

Five paintings by Picasso, Matisse and other great artists have been stolen from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Police sources said the paintings are estimated to be worth some 618 million dollars. Officials at the museum discovered the theft this morning when they found a window and a lock had ...

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