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April 23, 2010 1:39 PM
A Canadian Court has refused to allow a Sikh religious leader to enter into the courtroom with kirpan, a symbol of Sikh religion, saying it could be used as a weapon. Superior Court Justice Steven Rogin refused to allow Sukdev Singh Kooner to enter into courtroom with kirpan. The Judge said, althoug...
April 23, 2010 1:37 PM
In Sri Lanka, a new cabinet is being sworn-in today. Sources say the president Mahinda Rajapakse is likely to limit his new Council of Ministers to 40 as pledged by him during his election campaign. On Wednesday Mr. Rajapaksa appointed Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (79), a founder member of th...
April 23, 2010 11:09 AM
The U.S. Air Force on Thursday launched a space plane, an unmanned spacecraft designed to fly in low orbit for as long as nine months. The plane, code-named X-37B, has blasted off with a rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Its mission will be controlled by Air Force Space Co...
April 23, 2010 9:51 AM
NATO Foreign ministers have agreed to launch a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Bosnia-Hercegovina, a penultimate step to joining the military alliance. Alliance spokesman James Appathurai said at a NATO summit in Tallinn, Estonia that MAP has been granted to Bosnia but with clear conditions. He sai...
April 23, 2010 9:47 AM
The U.S Coast Guard has said that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caught fire after an explosion on Tuesday night has now sunk. A search is continuing for 11 missing workers after the blast at the Deepwater Horizon rig. The other workers on the rig, off Louisiana, were evacuated to the U.S. Th...
April 22, 2010 7:37 PM
In Pakistan, at least 25 militants were killed and 23 others injured in the latest military operation in northwest Orakzai tribal agency today. Army sources said, during the clashes with militants in Lower Orakzai area, one soldier was killed and three others injured. Three militants were arrested d...
April 22, 2010 6:32 PM
Sri Lanka's former army chief and newly-elected opposition MP Sarath Fonseka today said he is a victim of illegal detention and sought the rule of law, shortly after being taken to Parliament from custody for its inaugural session.He said, the nation requires democracy, rule of law, personal fr...
April 22, 2010 5:13 PM
In Afghanistan, police and NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) have regained the control of a key district in southern Uruzgan province, which was so far under Taliban control. <br/> <br/>A police commander said the combined force arrested four militant'...
April 22, 2010 5:11 PM
Chamal Rajapaksa, former Ports and Aviation Minister and elder brother of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been elected as Speaker at the inaugural session of the 14th parliament on Thursday. Priyankara Jayaratne was elected as Deputy Speaker. He held this post in the previous parliament a...
April 22, 2010 2:34 PM
Chamal Rajapaksa, former Ports and Aviation Minister and elder brother of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been elected as Speaker at the inaugural session of the 14th parliament on Thursday. Priyankara Jayaratne was elected as Deputy Speaker. He held this post in the previous parliament a...
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