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March 16, 2010 6:06 PM
The US special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell has decided to postpone his visit to the region slated for Tuesday.<br/><br/>According to reports Mitchell held his visit in view of the tension between the US administration and Israel which started following Israel's ...
March 16, 2010 6:05 PM
Sri Lankan police today said that a Tamil Tiger rebel wanted for the suicide bombing of a 5- star-hotel in Colombo has been arrested. <br/><br/>The 72-year-old suspect was arrested in the eastern Batticaloa district's Eravur area for the 1997 bombing of the Hotel Galadari in...
March 16, 2010 6:04 PM
Former Sri Lankan Army Chief Gen Sarath Fonseka, who led his forces to a victory over the LTTE, faced a court martial in Colombo today. Facing charges of engaging in politics while in service, disputed the proceedings as "illegal" and refused to reply to charges.Fonseka said he did not acc...
March 16, 2010 6:04 PM
In Pakistan, eleven persons were killed and two others injured in a US missile strike in North Waziristan today.<br/><br/>Reports said the US drone fired four missiles at militants hideout in Dattkhel area. Two dens of militants were also destroyed in the attack.
March 16, 2010 3:40 PM
Nepal police have arrested a Pakistani woman with fake Indian currency notes worth three million rupees at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu last evening. Nepal Police Spokesperson Bigyan Raj Sharma told our Kathmandu Correspondent that, notes of 1000 and 500 rupee denominations wer...
March 16, 2010 12:54 PM
Partial results for Iraq's elections show Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's coalition is ahead in seven provinces including Baghdad and Basra, apart from predominantly-Shiite provinces of Babel, Najaf, Wassit, Diwaniya and al-uthanna. Former Prime Minister Iyad llawi's secular Iraqiya ...
March 16, 2010 11:36 AM
In Sri Lanka a military trial has begun of the former head of the army General Sarath Fonseka on charges including getting involved in politics while in uniform. The General was detained shortly after being defeated in the Presidential election in January. His supporters say the charges are politica...
March 16, 2010 11:32 AM
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has ruled out resumption of composite dialogue with Pakistan till the time Islamabad guarantees that terrorism can be controlled by its authorities. Speaking at the Widrow Wilson Centre, a Washington-based think-tank, Mrs Nirupama Rao said India has made several genuin...
March 16, 2010 11:21 AM
Brazil has given its final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc. According to a statement of Israeli foreign ministry, this was announced by Brazilian President Lula da Silva when Israeli President Peres and President Lula opened an economic conference in Tel Aviv...
March 16, 2010 11:04 AM
In China, twenty-five people have been killed in a coal mine fire. The Information office of the Zhengzhou City government said today, cables caught fire in a main pit of Dongxing Coal Mining Co. in Xinmi City in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, when 31 workers were working underground. Six min...
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