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April 23, 2010 8:09 PM
In Chile, a strong earthquake with a magnitude 6.1 hit central Chile today. No immediate casualties or damage were reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said, the quake took place at 1003 GMT, and the epicenter of the quake was 65 km south of Concepcion, Chile's second largest city. A series of ...
April 23, 2010 8:08 PM
In Thailand red-shirt protesters have issued a conditional offer of talks with the government, amid ongoing deadlock in Bangkok. The red-shirts said that Parliament had to be dissolved in one month - a change from their previous call for immediate dissolution. They also called for an investigation i...
April 23, 2010 8:08 PM
In Iraq, at least 56 people were killed in a wave of bombings in the capital, Baghdad. More than 100 were injured. The blasts mostly occurred near Shia mosques around the time of Friday prayers. No group has claimed the responsibility of the bombings.Voice of Iraq news agency reports that a car cram...
April 23, 2010 2:19 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected US calls to halt construction in occupied East Jerusalem. He was speaking as US Middle East envoy George Mitchell arrived in the region to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. <br/> <br/>It is his first visit ...
April 23, 2010 2:19 PM
In Thailand, hundreds of riot police and thousands of anti-government red shirted protesters faced off on Friday at a key intersection in Bangkok's business district after Thursday's blasts in the area where three people were killed and seventy five others injured. <br/> <br...
April 23, 2010 2:13 PM
Foreign ministers from NATO countries and their partners in the international coalition in Afghanistan, are holding a crucial meeting in the Estonian capital Tallinn on Friday. They are expected to consider criteria for deciding how and when to hand over responsibility for Afghanistan to the governm...
April 23, 2010 2:12 PM
At least eighteen people were killed and two others injured seriously in a road accident in Papua New Guinea. <br/> <br/>The mishap occured when a 15-seater bus ran off a cliff in the remote Western Highlands after its brakes failed as it tried to negotiate a steep curve. <b...
April 23, 2010 2:06 PM
At least 16 Taliban militants were killed and a security personnel was injured on Friday in a clash in the volatile Orakzai tribal region of northwest Pakistan. Official sources said, the gun battle occurred in Feroze Khel town as security forces advanced into militant strongholds. The militants are...
April 23, 2010 2:04 PM
The U.S. military has launched an unmanned spacecraft designed to fly in low orbit for as long as nine months. The plane X-37B, blasted off with a rocket last night from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Its mission will be controlled by Air Force Space Command. The military vehicle i...
April 23, 2010 1:42 PM
US President Barack Obama has said that dealing with on Thursday's oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is a number one priority. He said, the government was providing all assistance needed in the rescue effort off Louisiana, and in mitigating any environmental impact. The Deepwater Horizon s...
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