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April 1, 2010 12:23 PM

US to accept H-1B visa applications from today

<br/>The US would start accepting petitions from today for the H-1B visa applications for the fiscal 2011.The US Congress has mandated a limit of 65,000 on H-1B petitions for the year 2011. <br/><br/>Additionally, the first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of indiv...

April 1, 2010 12:16 PM

2 killed in Russian car blast

Two people were killed in Russia's North Caucasus region today after a blast ripped through their car. The vehicle was believed to have been carrying explosives. Interfax news agency quoted police as saying the car blew up near a village in western Dagestan and a third person was in hospital wi...

April 1, 2010 12:08 PM

2 killed in Russian car blast

Two people were killed in Russia's North Caucasus region today after a blast ripped through their car. The vehicle was believed to have been carrying explosives. Interfax news agency quoted police as saying the car blew up near a village in western Dagestan and a third person was in hospital wi...

April 1, 2010 11:51 AM

Peru's Machu Picchu set to reopen

Peru's most treasured archaeological site, Machu Picchu, is due to be formally re-opened after it was closed for two months. Heavy rains and landslides at the end of January destroyed rail access to the 15th Century Inca ruin - the most visited site in Latin America. Ninety percent of Peru&#039...

April 1, 2010 11:50 AM

Rajapaksa to make rare visit to Jaffna

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to make a rare visit to Jaffna. It comes a week before parliamentary elections which the president's ruling coalition is widely expected to win. But the signs are that in Jaffna the president, who belongs to the Sinhalese majority, is not popular. T...

April 1, 2010 11:50 AM

Kosovo PM dismisses 6 ministers

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaqi dismissed yesterday six ministers, in a move justified as an action of improving the government's performance. Two coalition partners -- Thaqi's PDK and President Fatmir Sejdiu's LDK -- replaced three ministers each, with no explanations on the move....

April 1, 2010 11:49 AM

Moscow prepares to hold funerals for metro dead

<br/>Moscow is preparing to hold funerals today for most of the 39 people killed in Monday's double suicide bombings on the city's Metro system. Two of the victims of the attacks were buried outside the city yesterday.<br/><br/>Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov...

April 1, 2010 11:48 AM

Iran's Chief nuclear negotiator to visit China today

Iran's Chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili is expected in China today for talks with Senior officials on his country's nuclear programme. The visit comes as the United Sates and other Western allies have accused Iran of secretly developing nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian pr...

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