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April 7, 2010 12:42 PM

Protesters surround Thai parliament

In Thailand, anti-government protesters today surrounded parliament, causing the session to be halted early after many lawmakers fled the building. Officials said, about 5,000 red-shirted demonstrators, many of whom support fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, massed outside parliament's...

April 7, 2010 12:42 PM

Israel cannot agree to freeze construction in Jerusalem: Liberman

<br/>Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman has said that Israel cannot agree to freeze construction in Jerusalem, either west or east as this simply means a waiver of independence in the context of Israel's sovereignty.<br/><br/> According to a statement if Israeli f...

April 7, 2010 11:31 AM

Earthquake of 7.8 Magnitude hits Indonesia's Sumatra Island

In Indonesia, a tsunami alert has been lifted after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the island of Sumatra. The quake's epicentre was 204 kilometer northwest of Sibolga on Sumatra's coast, at a depth of nearly 48 kilometre. Three aftershocks were reported in the northern province ...

April 7, 2010 11:31 AM

17 Indians facing death penalty to appeal in Sharjah Court

An appeal will be filed in a Sharjah Court of Appeals today against the capital punishment to 17 Indians, who were recently found guilty by the Sharjah Shariah Court of killing a Pakistani national and injuring three of his compatriots.<br/><br/> The diplomatic sources told AIR i...

April 7, 2010 11:02 AM

US citizen sentence to hard labour in N Korea

North Korea has sentenced a US citizen to eight years' hard labour for illegally entering the country. State news agency KCNA said 30-year-old Aijalon Mahli Gomes, from Boston, admitted his wrongdoing in court. <br/><br/>Gomes had worked as an English teacher in South Korea,...

April 7, 2010 10:40 AM

Lankans go to polls tomorrow

<br/>Sri Lankans go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new Parliament. The Election Secretariat says that all measures have been finalized to ensure a free and fair poll. Seven thousand six hundred and twenty candidates from 36 political parties and 301 independent groups are in the fray for...

April 7, 2010 10:39 AM

Afghan and foreign troops kill 30 Taliban

Afghan and foreign troops killed 30 Taliban in a fierce firefight in western Afghanistan last evening to prevent them disrupting a key infrastructure project. A military commander said in Kabul that US Special Forces, Marines and Afghan soldiers fought insurgents for 13 hours in Bagdhis province. Af...

April 7, 2010 9:25 AM

Chinese-based electronic spy ring stole Indian secrets:Researchers

<br/>Canadian computer security experts say a Chinese-based electronic spy ring stole secret and confidential information from the Indian Government and the Dalai Lama. A report by the investigators at the University of Toronto yesterday said, the hackers used popular Internet sites, Tweet...

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