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May 12, 2010 8:33 PM
Today as Sri Lanka started its week long celebration for the commemoration of the war heroes and also to mark the completion of one year of its victory over LTTE, in an ironical twist of fate, the man who led the successful onslaught of the Sri Lankan Army against the Tiger rebels and later hailed a...
May 12, 2010 8:28 PM
In Thailand, the government is not to negotiate with the Red Shirts opposition protestors and has cancelled a proposed November 14 election.Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had proposed to hold an election on November 14 under a reconciliation plan aimed at ending a two-month political crisis that h...
May 12, 2010 8:22 PM
Conservative leader David Cameron, who favours a new special relationship with India, took charge as Britain's youngest Prime Minister in nearly 200 years. He heads a coalition with the support of centrist Liberal Democrats, and vows to put aside party differences and provide a strong and decis...
May 12, 2010 7:34 PM
Somali pirates seized a Greek cargo ship sailing with Liberian flag in the Gulf of Aden this morning. The Greek Coast Guard said the ship, Eleni P, had 24 crew members. <br/><br/>According to unconfirmed sources, the ship was sailing from Ukraine to China carrying iron. The cargo...
May 12, 2010 5:51 PM
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in Ankara on state visit to Turkey. He will hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Tayyip Edrogan.<br/><br/>Both the countries will sign twenty agreements including the one pertaining to construction o...
May 12, 2010 5:18 PM
In Pakistan, two children were killed and two others injured this morning in a hand grenade attack at Ramkushan area in the suburbs of Peshawar. <br/><br/>According to Police sources, unidentified miscreants hurled a hand grenade at the victims' house which caused death of t...
May 12, 2010 5:10 PM
In Indonesia, two rebels have been killed during an anti-terror police raid in West Java. <br/><br/>According to local media, the raid took place today in a rented house thought to be a militant hideout. It said three others were arrested by police adding that there was gunfight ...
May 12, 2010 5:04 PM
The European Union's foreign policy chief says she does not anticipate difficulties working with a Conservative-led government in Britain. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters in London, Lady Baroness Ashton dismissed speculation that hostile Conservatives might try to oust her. S...
May 12, 2010 5:03 PM
US has welcomed the resumption of talks between India and Pakistan which begin in Islamabad between the foreign ministers of two countries in July. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters in Washington, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P J Crowley again ruled out any third-...
May 12, 2010 3:19 PM
India has advocated an early adoption of the long-pending international convention on terrorism as it would provide impetus to multilateral counter-terror actions. The Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) is a proposed treaty which intends to criminalise all forms of internatio...
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