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March 17, 2010 8:25 PM

Global mobile market to grow $17.5 billion in next two years

New research suggests the global appetite for mobile applications will explode over the next two years.<br/><br/>A study done for Getjar, the world's second biggest app store, said the market will grow to 17.5 billion dollars in the next two years. <br/><br/&#...

March 17, 2010 8:24 PM

World Bank raises economic forecast for China

The World Bank has raised its 2010 economic growth forecast for China to 9.5 per cent from 9 per cent. It said consumption by both businesses and households would grow strongly, even though government stimulus measures were being pared back. <br/><br/>But the bank warned that Bei...

March 17, 2010 8:24 PM

Second court martial adjourns hearing against Foneska unanimously

The second Court Martial to hear charges of alleged contravention of military procurement procedures against Retired General Sarath Fonseka unanimously decided to adjourn its sittings and refer the composition of the tribunal to convening authorities after lawyers of Fonseka questioned the authority...

March 17, 2010 7:22 PM

Severe protest leads to tightening of security in Thailand

Security has been tightened in Thailand after thousands of protesters loyal to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, poured several jugs of their own blood at the front gate of the Government Headquarters in Bangkok.<br/><br/>The red-shirt protestors are demanding the dissolu...

March 17, 2010 7:19 PM

Alawi led coalition takes narrow lead in Iraqi election

In Iraq, the coalition led by former Prime Minister Ayad Alawi has, for the first time, taken a narrow lead in the country's parliamentary elections.<br/><br/>According to Al-Jazeera, eighty per cent of the ballots have been counted amounting to some twelve million votes and...

March 17, 2010 7:17 PM

Pak indicts five Americans on terrorism charges

Five young Americans held in Pakistan on suspicion of plotting attacks have been indicted on terrorism charges. The five men, aged 18 to 25, denied the charges at a court in a jail in the eastern city of Sargodha.<br/><br/>The US embassy in Islamabad, which has also dismissed the...

March 17, 2010 5:53 PM

Two militants shot dead by Afghan security forces

Afghanistan, the security forces have shot dead two militants who attacked a charity office in the southern city of Lashkar Gah. <br/><br/>Officials said the two men wearing burkas, were killed before they could detonate their explosives-laden vests. A woman working for the Inter...

March 17, 2010 5:53 PM

Mexican Prez urges US to share responsibility against drug traffickers

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called for the United States to share responsibility in the battle against drug traffickers in the two countries.<br/><br/>His comments came on a one-day visit to the border city of Ciudad Juarez, where three people connected to the US consul...

March 17, 2010 5:53 PM

10 people killed in Nigerian communal violence

In Nigeria, at least 10 people have been killed in an attack on a Christian village near the violence-hit city of Jos. Eyewitnesses said houses were burnt and villagers were cut down with machetes. According to the government spokesman Dan Majang, the incident took place in Royom area where the raid...

March 17, 2010 5:52 PM

80 Palestinians injured in clash with Israeli police

At least eighty Palestinians have been wounded in clashes with Israeli police in the occupied East Jerusalem. <br/><br/>Meanwhile US Secretary of state Hillary Clinton has denied suggestions that American relations with Israel are in crisis following the unrest over the Israeli g...

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