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March 22, 2010 11:30 AM

Iraq vote results on March 26: IHEC

<br/>Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has said that the final results of Iraq's legislative elections will be announced on 26th of this month.<br/><br/>This was announced by the chief of IHEC, Faraj al-Haydari in a press conference in Baghdad last eve...

March 22, 2010 10:54 AM

Two pilots dead in Australia plane crash

Australia, two pilots have died after their plane crashed at the RAAF base in Darwin on Monday. Police say the 30-seater Airnorth Embraer 120 had just taken off when it banked sharply to the left and crashed onto the RAAF runway. It immediately burst into flames.Fire crews have been working to put o...

March 22, 2010 10:47 AM

Diplomatic efforts underway to resume Middle East peace talks

Diplomatic efforts are underway to resume Middle East peace talks, which were collapsed during Gaza war last year. US middle East Envoy George Mitchell, who has arrived in the region on a visit yesterday, will hold talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Monday.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moo...

March 22, 2010 9:23 AM

‘Thousands bid farewell to former Nepal PM

In Nepal, thousands of mourners bade a tearful farewell to former Prime Minister and the President of Nepali Congress and as his body was consigned to flames at the Pashupati Aryaghat with full state honour on Sunday evening. Sujata Koirala, the daughter of late Girija Prasad Koirala lit the funeral...

March 21, 2010 9:11 PM

Air strikes kill 19 Taliban fighters in Pak

At least 19 Taliban fighters were killed in air strikes by fighter jets and gunship helicopters in the tribal belt in northwest Pakistan on Sunday. Officials said ten militants were killed when gunship helicopters bombed rebel hideouts at Marghan Kandao and Nika Ziarat areas of Kurram tribal region....

March 21, 2010 7:24 PM

India, Britain to deepen anti-terrorism cooperation

India and Britain will seek to deepen bilateral anti-terrorism cooperation as Home Minister P Chidambaram will meet his British counterpart and top intelligence officials in London on Monday.<br/><br/>Chidambaram, who arrived in London on Saturday night on a three-day official vi...

March 21, 2010 7:24 PM

Suspected Taliban militants kill six in N Waziristan

In Pakistan, suspected Taliban militants shot dead six persons in the North Waziristan tribal region after accusing them of being U.S. spies. A local tribal leader today said bodies of four executed persons were found along a road near Mir Ali and two other bodies near Miranshash. Locals said the sl...

March 21, 2010 7:00 PM

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon criticises Gaza blockade

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has criticised Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. He told reporters during the visit of Gaza, today that it caused unacceptable sufferings to human beings in the enclave. He added that Israeli policy of closure is not sustainable and that it's wrong.&#060...

March 21, 2010 6:50 PM

3 killed, 14 injured in bomb blast in Pakistan

In Pakistan, three persons, including two policemen, were killed and 14 others injured on Sunday when bomb attached to a bicycle went off in Quetta city. <br/><br/>Police said some unidentified men attached the remote-controlled bomb to a bicycle and parked it on the Road. <...

March 21, 2010 6:03 PM

3 killed 16 inured in bomb blast in Pakistan

In Pakistan, at least three persons have been killed and sixteen others wounded in a bomb blast on Kawari road in Quetta. The blast damaged several vehicles and smashed windowpanes of nearby buildings. The bomb was planted in a bicycle and detonated with remote control device.

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