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May 12, 2010 11:56 AM

Seven children hacked to death in China

In China, seven children were hacked to death and at least twenty others were wounded in the city of Hanzhong in Shaanxi province in northern China today. The attack was the fifth violent assault on school children in less than two months, and comes despite a push to boost security in and around sch...

May 12, 2010 11:55 AM

Afghani attacks Pakistani Ambassador to Tehran

Pakistani Ambassador to Tehran was attacked by an unarmed Afghan citizen on Tuesday. According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mihman-Parast said that ambassador was attacked when he was walking back from a swimming pool. He added that the ambassador is in good cond...

May 12, 2010 8:48 AM

US welcomes resumption of peace talks between India and Pakistan

The United States has welcomed the resumption of peace talks between India and Pakistan. US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, P.J. Crowley said it is for Indian and Pakistani governments to decide the pace, the scope and the character of that dialogue. <br/>

May 12, 2010 8:46 AM

Chile arrests a Pakistani

A Pakistani man has been arrested in Chile after he tested positive for explosives as he went into the American embassy in the capital Santiago. Police say he was stopped at the Embassy on Monday when traces of explosives were detected on his hand, mobile phone, bag and ID. He is being held at High ...

May 12, 2010 8:45 AM

US cooperating at highest level to provide India access to Headley

The US has reiterated that it is cooperating at the highest level to provide India access to Mumbai attack accused David Headley. US Ambassador to India, Timothy J. Roemer also said that Pakistan has to do more to fight terror. He was talking to reporters after paying tributes to the 26/11 attack ma...

May 11, 2010 9:18 PM

Suu Kyi appeals to overturn guilty verdict for her breach of security law

Myanmar's nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has lodged an appeal with the country's top court in a bid to overturn a guilty verdict for her breach of a security law last year. Ms Suu Kyi's legal team submitted the appeal to a special three-judge panel of the Supreme Court and hopes to h...

May 11, 2010 9:12 PM

Lanka gets ready to celebrate 1st Anniversary of LTTE defeat

As Sri Lanka gets ready to celebrate the first anniversary of the military defeat of the LTTE and the end of the three decade-long war on terrorism, the pro LTTE Tamil National Alliance (TNA) party yesterday called on the Tamil people to mourn and hold silent prayers on the morning of May 17 to mark...

May 11, 2010 9:11 PM

Death toll from Russian coal mine accident rises to 52

The death toll from a Russian coal mine accident has reached 52, with 38 people still missing. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry today said the rescue operation to locate and recover the missing people is being carried out round the clock. Emergency Situation Minister Sergei Shoigu said more...

May 11, 2010 9:04 PM

1 killed,3 trapped in Bangladeshi coal mine accident

In Bangladesh, one miner has died and three more remain trapped inside a tunnel of the Barapukuria coal mine which caved in this morning. <br/><br/>According the officials of the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited a portion of a tunnel 1300 feet underground had caved in at 1...

May 11, 2010 7:53 PM

UK faces limbo as hung parliament looms

Five days after the general election threw up a hung verdict; uncertainty loomed over who will form the next government in Britain. Meanwhile, kingmaker Liberal Democrats, who are bargaining hard with the Conservatives and Labour, said that power-sharing talks are approaching a critical and final ph...

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