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March 28, 2010 5:15 PM

Roadside bomb attacks killed 11 civilians in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, 11 civilians including five children have been killed in a string of roadside bomb attacks in insurgency-hit<br/><br/>Provinces. Authorities said five children were killed in the western province of Herat when a roadside bomb went off.<br/><br/&#062...

March 28, 2010 2:26 PM

Roadside bombs kill 6, injure 15 in Iraq

In Iraq, Six people were killed and 15 wounded when four roadside bombs exploded near the house of a member of an electoral coalition in western Anbar province. <br/><br/>The Police said, the bombs were placed near the house of Ghanim Radhi, a member of the Development and Reform...

March 28, 2010 1:16 PM

Italy going to polls in regional elections

Italians are going to the polls today in regional elections, being seen as a test of popularity for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Thirteen out of Italy's 20 regions are involved in the ballot. Mr. Berlusconi has been at the centre of a number of controversies in recent months, which may aff...

March 28, 2010 1:08 PM

6 killed, 8 injured in road accident in China

<br/>In China, six persons were killed and eight others injured in a road accident last evening. The accident happened when a truck rolled down a five metre deep gorge in a mountainous area in Guizhou Province. The injured have been admitted to a local hospital. The cause of the accident i...

March 28, 2010 1:07 PM

Bomb exploded at Nepali main opposition party's office

A bomb exploded at the office of Nepali main opposition Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on Sunday morning. Reports say the pressure cooker bomb exploded in Banke district in mid-western Nepal. No one was injured as the office was empty at the time of the explosion. Windowpanes and doors of...

March 28, 2010 12:01 PM

Abu Dhabi MD missing; search on

A search is on in Morocco for a leading member of the Abu Dhabi royal family after a glider he was in crashed into an artificial lake south of Rabat. Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al-Nahayan, a younger brother of Abu Dhabi's ruler, manages what is thought to be the world's biggest sovereign wealt...

March 28, 2010 11:56 AM

Thai PM agrees to negotiate with anti-gov't leaders?

In Thailand, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjejiva has accepted to negotiate with four anti-government core leaders, but the negotiation should be organized under a good atmosphere. Minister to the Prime Minister's Office Satit Wongnongtaey on Sunday said, the premier has accepted to negotiate with ...

March 28, 2010 11:28 AM

4 killed, 5 injured in Pak by US missiles

<br/>In Pakistan, a US drone fired two missiles into compounds in Mir Ali area of North Wazrisitan Agency (NWA), killing four people and leaving another five seriously wounded late on Saturday night. <br/><br/>Security officials said, US drone attacks target Taliban and...

March 28, 2010 10:31 AM

321 civilians killed in Congo massacre: Report

<br/>A rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 321 civilians and abducted 250 others, including at least 80 children, in a previously unreported rampage late last year. Human Rights Watch in its report said, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) carried out the brut...

March 28, 2010 10:10 AM

Israel's refusal to expand Jewish settlements provokes anger at Arab summit

Israel's refusal to stop building Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem has provoked angry reactions at an Arab summit in Libya. Addressing the conference, Turkey's Prime Minister described the Israeli position as madness. The U.N. chief Ban ki Moon urged Arab leaders to continue s...

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