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March 29, 2010 12:45 PM

17 Indians sentenced to death in UAE for killing Pakistani

<br/>Seventeen Indians have been sentenced to death by Sharjah's Shariah Court for killing a Pakistani man and injuring three others in a vicious attack last year. Judge Yousuf Al Hamadi sentenced the 17 men to death after all evidence, including DNA tests, showed they had knifed the ...

March 29, 2010 12:36 PM

40 killed, 22 injured in twin blasts in Moscow's metro

In Russia, at least 40 people have been killed and 22 others injured in two explosions on the Metro system in central Moscow. Russian prosecutors say early reports indicate that both of the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers. <br/><br/>Rescuers of the Moscow emergencies ...

March 29, 2010 12:24 PM

40 killed in twin blasts on Moscow metro

In Russia, at least 40 people have been killed and 22 others injured in two explosions on the Metro system in central Moscow. Russian prosecutors say early reports indicate that both of the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers. Rescuers of the Moscow emergencies department and firefighters ar...

March 29, 2010 12:24 PM

ISAF Helicopter Crashes in Zabul Province

In Afghanistan, a helicopter of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) crashed in Zabul province today. <br/><br/>A press release issued by the ISAF said no one was killed in the crash and all on board have been taken to a nearby ISAF medical facility. The ca...

March 29, 2010 11:18 AM

G-8 meeting begins in Canada

A meeting of the Foreign Ministers of eight developed countries begins in Canada today to discuss global security, nuclear proliferation and terrorism. <br/><br/>Correspondents say, Iran and North Korea's nuclear ambitions, coordinating efforts to stamp out terrorist bases i...

March 29, 2010 11:07 AM

150 trapped in flooded China coal mine

<br/>In China, about 150 workers were trapped by a flood at a vast coal mine under construction in northern China yesterday, the latest in a long list of accidents in the country's notoriously dangerous mining sector. Water gushed into the Wangjialing mine in Shanxi province as 261 pe...

March 29, 2010 11:05 AM

Twin blasts in Moscow metro kills 37

Two successive blasts in the Russian capital's crowded subway rail system killed at least 37 people on Monday morning and injured over 10 others. Officials said in Moscow that the first explosion hit the second carriage of a train at the central Lubbyanka station killing some 25 people. Scores ...

March 29, 2010 10:29 AM

Obama vows to deny al-Qaeda safe haven in Afghanistan

US President Barack Obama has vowed to deny al-Qaeda safe haven and reverse Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan. Obama who made a surprise visit to Kabul and met President Hamid Karzai yesterday said, the mission of America is to disrupt and dismantle, defeat and destroy al-Qaeda and its extremis...

March 29, 2010 9:59 AM

Bomb attacks kill five in Iraq

<br/>Five people have been killed and 33 injured in a bomb attack targeting a tribal leader's house in western Iraq. Several improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were reportedly placed in debris near the house in Qaim, in Anbar province, which was under construction. <br/>&#0...

March 29, 2010 8:59 AM

Barack Obama pays surprise visit to Afghanistan

US President Barack Obama paid a surprise visit to Kabul yesterday where he met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and spoke to American troops, saying difficult days lie ahead in the bloody eight-year-old war. The visit, which came three months after he ordered a surge of 30,000 troops, was shrouded in ...

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