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March 24, 2010 8:09 PM

Sri Lanka confirms denial of visa to US singer Akon

Sri Lanka has confirmed that it has decided to deny visa to well known US singer Akon after an unidentified group of people attacked the premises of a media group sponsoring the event.In a separate development the JS Tissanayagam , the Tamil journalist from Sri Lanka sentenced to 20 years of rigorou...

March 24, 2010 7:32 PM

Saudi arrests 100 al- Qaeda suspects

Saudi Arabia has arrested about 100 suspected militants linked to al-Qaeda. The suspects were said to be planning attacks on oil installations in the world's biggest oil exporter. Reports said the suspects included Saudi nationals and foreigners. Weapons, cameras, documents and computers were s...

March 24, 2010 7:27 PM

Iraqi election results in two days

Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission has announced that it will declare poll results in 2 days. IHEC member Saad Al Rawi told Iraq's Alsumaria channel that commission has dealt with 80 percent of political coalitions' complaints. He said within the IHEC will complete procedures of complaints...

March 24, 2010 6:54 PM

Pak court defers judgement on petition seeking questioning of A Q Khan

A Pakistani court today reserved its judgement on a government petition seeking permission to question disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan over media reports about his alleged role in transferring sensitive atomic technology to Iran and Iraq. A bench of the Lahore High Court, which is hearing the m...

March 24, 2010 6:28 PM

Pak court defers judgement on petition seeking questioning A Q Khan

A Pakistani court today reserved its judgement on a government petition seeking permission to question disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan over media reports about his alleged role in transferring sensitive atomic technology to Iran and Iraq. A bench of the Lahore High Court, which is hearing the m...

March 24, 2010 6:22 PM

Somali pirates hijack Bermuda cargo ship

Somali pirates have hijacked a Bermuda-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden with 25 crew members on board. The East Africa coordinator of Seafarers Assistance Programme (SAP) Andrew Mwangura today confirmed the Virgin Islands-owned cargo ship MV Talca was hijacked in Gulf of Aden on Tuesday aftern...

March 24, 2010 5:58 PM

Insurgents kill five soldiers in Iraq

In Iraq, at least five soldiers were killed in an attack by insurgents in the capital city of Baghdad today. <br/><br/>According to security sources, the incident took place at an army check point in the south west of Baghdad.

March 24, 2010 4:37 PM

Exchange of fire kills five in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, five people including three policemen and two militants have been killed in exchange of fire at a police checkpoint in Ghazni province. Provincial police chief Khayalbaz Shirzai today said the Taliban militants raided a police checkpoint in Nani village of Andar district late last ni...

March 24, 2010 4:12 PM

Suspected pirate shot dead off Somalian coast

A suspected pirate was shot dead as private guards repelled an attack on a cargo ship off Somalia. The European Union naval force said the suspect was found dead by a team from an EU warship which was responding to a distress call from the cargo ship. It said guards aboard the Panamanian-flagged MV ...

March 24, 2010 2:13 PM

Fourteen US states file lawsuit against health reform law

Fourteen U.S. states have filed lawsuits challenging the health insurance reform law signed by President Barack Obama, claiming the law violates the constitution. Thirteen state attorneys general, led by Florida's Bill McCollum, who is running for governor, filed a collective lawsuit, claiming ...

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