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March 23, 2010 2:39 PM
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake has hit off the northern coast of the Philippines today. The United States Geological Survey said its epicentre was in Luzon, 42 kilometres north-east of Laoag, at a depth of 42.5 kilometres below the seabed. A magnitude-5.9 quake is capable of causing considerable damage,...
March 23, 2010 2:38 PM
The Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq Kayani met US defence chiefs in Washington ahead of a week-long strategic dialogue between the two countries. He held talks with Defence Secretary Robert Gates and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. Earlier Gen Kayani met with the head of US...
March 23, 2010 1:57 PM
<br/>The United States has denied reports that it is mulling negotiations on a civil nuclear agreement with Pakistan. This was stated by a spokesman of the US Embassy in Islamabad yesterday. The spokesman clarified that the United States has not entered into any negotiations on a civil nuc...
March 23, 2010 12:28 PM
The United States has cautiously welcomed the talks between Hezb-e-Islami and Afghan government. A US State Department spokesman said in Washington we support the Afghan government's interest in reaching out to members of these groups. Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, two NATO soldiers have been kill...
March 23, 2010 12:27 PM
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has threatened to kick out foreign election monitors, after they suggested next month's vote should be delayed. Mr Bashir said if the observers intervened in Sudan's affairs, we will cut off their fingers and crush them under our shoes. The US-funded Carte...
March 23, 2010 12:27 PM
<br/>In China, eight primary school children have been stabbed to death and five others injured in a knife attack in Fujian province. A statement said the injured children have been admitted to a hospital and are in a stable condition. It added that the police have detained a former commun...
March 23, 2010 12:22 PM
<br/>In Australia, a freak storm has left tens of thousands of homes without power in the city of Perth on Monday night. Western Australia premier Colin Barnett estimated a damage of hundreds of millions of dollars after the wild weather smashed into the city yesterday, paralysing flights ...
March 23, 2010 12:20 PM
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake has hit off the northern coast of the Philippines today. The United States Geological Survey said its epicentre was in Luzon, 42 kilometres north-east of Laoag, at a depth of 42.5 kilometres below the seabed. A magnitude-5.9 quake is capable of causing considerable damage,...
March 23, 2010 12:17 PM
The Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq Kayani met US defence chiefs in Washington ahead of a week-long strategic dialogue between the two countries. He held talks with Defence Secretary Robert Gates and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. Earlier Gen Kayani met with the head of US...
March 22, 2010 9:39 PM
Russia and the United States will complete talks on a new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) within days. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters today that both the countries are literally on the verge and he believed that this will end within days, adding that it is stil...
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