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May 17, 2010 2:25 PM
In Afghanistan, three suicide attackers were killed in the southern city of Kandahar late on Sunday when they attacked a border police checkpoint. Four policemen were injured when a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle detonated himself near the checkpoint. Kandahar's provincial border police sai...
May 17, 2010 2:24 PM
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed the eight member 'Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation' Commission with Chitta Ranjan de Silva Esquire, PC as Chairman, to report on the lessons to be learnt from the events in the period from Feb 2002 to May 2009. The appointment of this Commission ...
May 17, 2010 2:14 PM
The Iranian nuclear standoff is expected reach an end with Tehran agreeing to ship its domestic low-enriched uranium to Turkey. The breakthrough reached after several hours of intense negotiations, which resulted in the trilateral meeting between Iran, Brazil and Turkey. <br/> <br/�...
May 17, 2010 11:52 AM
Today is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. This day is celebrated to help raise awareness of the possibilities the use of internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs). This theme this year is Better City, Better Life with ICTs. The Minister of Communication...
May 17, 2010 11:41 AM
In violence hit Thailand, the renegade General who was at the centre of violent anti-government protests in Bangkok has died in hospital. Major-General Khattiya Sawasdipol, known as Seh Daeng, had been in a coma after being shot in the head by a sniper last week. Clashes between the protestors and t...
May 17, 2010 10:12 AM
Bangladesh has decided to control the movement of people during night time in areas along the India- Bangladesh border. The decision was taken following an inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Bangladesh Home Minister Sahara Katun which reviewed the situation along the border.Talking to reporters in...
May 17, 2010 9:57 AM
In Somalia, Islamist rebels attacked Parliament as it met for the first time this year, in clashes which led to the deaths of at least 11 people. Insurgents fired mortar bombs at the building in Mogadishu, triggering retaliatory shellfire from African Union peacekeepers. There were rowdy scenes in t...
May 17, 2010 9:55 AM
Turkey has hinted that it is closed to a deal with Iran on its nuclear fuel which could help Tehran avert new United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme. The Turkish Foreign Ministry says a formal announcement might be made on Monday. Iranian officials have been negotiated in Tehran with Tu...
May 17, 2010 9:55 AM
In Brazil, a leading collection of dead snakes, spiders and scorpions housed at a research centre in Sao Paulo, has been destroyed by fire. The curator of the Butantan Institute said the destruction of the entire collection was a loss to humanity. Nearly 80,000 preserved snakes and the thousands of ...
May 17, 2010 9:48 AM
In Pakistan, a local TV channel reported on Monday morning that the number of militants killed in an airstrike launched on Sunday by the army in the country's northwest tribal area of Orakzai has risen to 60. According to local media reports, the Pakistani air force launched the airstrike over ...
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