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May 18, 2010 8:01 PM

18 killed, more than 50 injured in Afghan suicide attacks

In Afghanistan, at least 18 people including six foreign soldiers were killed and more than 50 injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives laden vehicle near an army recruitment centre in the west of capital Kabul on Tuesday morning. Interior ministry said in a statement that 12 civilians...

May 18, 2010 7:54 PM

Hillary Clinton to visit Seoul next week

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Seoul next week for talks with members of South Korean government. <br/><br/>In a statement, the White House said, in a call with President Lee Myung-Bak of South Korea, US President Barack Obama confirmed that Secretary Clinto...

May 18, 2010 7:53 PM

WB agrees to provide Rs 3.01 billion for rail projects in Nepal

The World Bank has agreed to provide an additional assistance amounting to 3.01 billion rupees to Nepal to help scale its efforts at improving the rural road network. A press statement issued by the global body said Nepal's road network and quality are among the lowest in South Asia region with...

May 18, 2010 7:31 PM

US astronauts complete first space walks from Atlantis

US astronauts completed the first of three planned space walks from the shuttle Atlantis after the craft docked with the International Space Station. <br/><br/>Astronauts Garrett Reisman and Stephen Bowen finished the seven-hour, 25-minute space walk after installing a second spa...

May 18, 2010 7:16 PM

US rushes top officials to Pak for probing Times Square bombing

US has rushed two top security officials to Pakistan to press the government to intensify efforts to investigate the failed Times Square bomb plot. National Security Adviser James L Jones and CIA chief Leon E Panetta are likely to land in Pakistan today, in the highest-level American visit to Pakist...

May 18, 2010 7:00 PM

Yemen court sentences six Somali pirates to death

A Yemeni court has sentenced six Somali pirates to death for hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker and killing two cabin crew last year. Another six pirates have received jail sentences of 10 years for their role in the hijacking. Yemeni forces took control of the oil tanker, Qana, one day after the it was ...

May 18, 2010 5:53 PM

Thai death toll rises to 37 as red-shirt protesters clash with troops

The death toll from clashes between the government troops and red-shirt protesters in Thai capital since May 14 has risen to 37. <br/><br/>According to the Erawan emergency center of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, so far 37 people were killed and a total of 282 people w...

May 18, 2010 5:38 PM

France releases killer of ex-Iran PM

A French court has ordered the release of an Iranian convicted for the 1991 murder of Iran's ex-Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar. His lawyer said Ali Vakili Rad was expected to be released from prison and flown home to Tehran. <br/><br/>Vakili Rad was convicted in 1994 for as...

May 18, 2010 4:07 PM

Afghan plane goes missing, 43 feared to be dead

At least 43 people are feared dead as Afghan passenger plane went missing yesterday. <br/><br/>The search and rescue operations resumed this morning. <br/><br/>The plane flying from northern city of Kunduz to capital Kabul, was carrying 43 people including fiv...

May 18, 2010 4:06 PM

6 dead in blast near army recruitment center in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, at least twenty people were killed and more than 20 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near an army recruitment centre in the west of capital Kabul today morning. Abdul Ghafor Sayedzada, chief of criminal investigation for the Kabul police, said that initia...

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