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Sri Lanka takes over the chair of G-15 from Iran

May 17, 2010 8:54 PM

Sri Lanka takes over the chair of G-15 from Iran

Sri Lanka has taken over the chair of the Group of 15 from outgoing chairman Iran during the summit in Tehran today.Handing over the chair to Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajpaksa, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the world is in dire need of new ideology and path for progress and las...

Afghan passenger plane carrying 43 people, including six foreigners missing

May 17, 2010 8:35 PM

Afghan passenger plane carrying 43 people, including six foreigners missing

Afghan passenger plane carrying 43 people, including six foreigners, is missing since this morning. The search for the flight is continuing. The flight was on route from northern town of Kunduz to capital Kabul. Kunduz governor told media that the plane was carrying 43 people including five crew mem...

Iran releases French woman held on spying charges

May 17, 2010 8:10 PM

Iran releases French woman held on spying charges

Iran has released a French woman held in the country on spying charges. <br/><br/>Clotilde Reiss, 24, was arrested on July 1 and was charged with acting against national security. <br/><br/>After several trials without conviction, she was put under house arres...

Nepal registers bill in Parliament for amendment of Interim Constitution

May 17, 2010 7:28 PM

Nepal registers bill in Parliament for amendment of Interim Constitution

The Nepal government today registered a bill in the parliament for amendment of the Interim Constitution proposing to extend the term of the Constituent Assembly (CA) by one year.Earlier today, the cabinet decided to register the amendment bill that proposes to amendment the Article 64 of the consti...

Gunmen in northwest Pak release last remaining hostages

May 17, 2010 7:28 PM

Gunmen in northwest Pak release last remaining hostages

Gunmen in northwest Pakistan today released the last remaining hostages kidnapped two days ago in a tribal region near the Afghan border. Dozens of militants abducted 13 travellers at gunpoint on Saturday in Kurrram tribal region while they were driving from Pakistan's main northwestern city of...

Roadside bomb explosions kill 4 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

May 17, 2010 7:22 PM

Roadside bomb explosions kill 4 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, four NATO soldiers died today in separate incidents of roadside bomb explosions.<br/><br/>Three soldiers were killed in west of Afghanistan while another died in southern part of the country. <br/><br/>NATO-led alliance did not reveal the natio...

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