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April 16, 2010 9:04 AM
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil had a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the IBSA and BRIC Summit in which they had detailed discussions on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues and renewed their commitment to strengthen the India-Brazil s...
April 15, 2010 9:23 PM
China today fanned out army, civil defence forces and equipment into a mountainous Tibetan region to speed up the rescue efforts in the quake hit areas. The devastating quake has left a trail of destruction with over 600 deaths and more than 10,000 injuries.Xinhua reported that the toll has risen to...
April 15, 2010 9:15 PM
In Afghanistan, at least six people have been injured after a car bomb exploded outside a hotel in the centre of the southern city of Kandahar. Witnesses said the blast had shattered the windows of the four-storey Noor Jehan Hotel, where many Afghan journalists are based. Police at the scene said it...
April 15, 2010 8:31 PM
Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is in Brasilia to attend the BRIC( Brazil, Russia, India, China) Summit has cut short his visit and will fly back home in the wake of a devastating earthquake that has left over 600 people dead. President Hu, who was slated to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Th...
April 15, 2010 8:27 PM
Iran has barred reformist former president Mohammad Khatami from leaving the country. A pro-reform website said the ban was ordered ahead of a trip he planned to make to Japan for a nuclear disarmament conference. The website did not provide details of any reasons given for the travel ban. Mr Khatam...
April 15, 2010 7:38 PM
Pakistan's upper house of Parliament on Thursday approved the renaming of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as Khyber-Pkhtunkhwa with majority vote. Official sources said during the voting session 80 percent votes were polled in favor of the name Khyber- Pukhtunkhwa and 12 percent against the...
April 15, 2010 7:37 PM
Mazda has recalled nearly 90,000 vehicles in Japan and China because of a problem with the transmission. A company spokesman on Thursday said the recall was for about 35,000 of a passenger car called the Axela in Japan. The company also recalled in China about 55,000 of the same model that is called...
April 15, 2010 7:37 PM
Russia has shut down its last weapons-grade plutonium reactor, in line with a pledge made at a nuclear security summit in Washington this week. Yelena Golovinkina, spokeswoman for the Mining-Chemical Complex in the Siberian city of Zheleznogorsk, which houses the reactor, said it was shut down today...
April 15, 2010 6:45 PM
Within a span of 24 hours two top Chinese officers have been sentenced to death by courts for bribery and other crimes, signalling a major crackdown on corruption within the Communist nation. A top cop in the southwestern province of Chongqing and a vice president of a bank were handed out death sen...
April 15, 2010 6:44 PM
In Myanmar, at least 24 people have been killed and many injured in three explosions in the former capital Rangoon. The three loud explosions heard at a pavilion alongside Kandawgyi Lake as residents marked the New Year water festival. It is not clear what caused the explosions. The government has n...
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