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March 13, 2010 11:44 AM

10 killed in Pak suicide attack

A suicide bomber today rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a security check post in Pakistan's restive Swat valley killing at least 10 people and injuring 13 others. The suicide attacker struck the check post in Mingora, the main city in Swat district, around 9 am local time. The check pos...

March 13, 2010 10:25 AM

Gurshan’s parents to leave for India tonight

The Parents of the three-year-old Indian toddler, who was killed in Australia on the 4th of this month, will leave for India tonight with the child's body to perform the last rites. They are likely to reach tomorrow and the last rites are expected to be performed on Monday in Faridkot town of P...

March 13, 2010 9:22 AM

Pak SC orders reopening of corruption cases against Zardari

Pakistan's Supreme Court has directed the country's anti-corruption watchdog to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and 8,000 others that were quashed under the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance.<br/>A three-judge bench directed the National Accountabil...

March 13, 2010 9:22 AM

Pak SC orders reopening of corruption cases against Zardari and 8,000 others

Pakistan's Supreme Court has directed the country's anti-corruption watchdog to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and 8,000 others that were quashed under the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance.A three-judge bench directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB...

March 13, 2010 9:09 AM

Chile reconstruction to cost 30 billion Dollars: Pinera

Chile's new President, Sebastian Pinera, has said it will cost at least 30 billion Dollars to rebuild the country after last month's earthquake. Speaking to reporters in Santiago on his first day in office,he said loans and budgetary savings would be used to rebuild infrastructure, homes a...

March 13, 2010 9:08 AM

Iraqi PM locked in tight contest with former PM Iyad Allawi

In the Iraqi parliamentary elections, early results show that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been locked in a tight contest with former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission announced initial results from four of the country's 18 provinces; show that ...

March 13, 2010 9:07 AM

Veteran anti-apartheid activist Meer dies at 81

Veteran anti-apartheid activist Fatima Meer, died at Johannesburg in South Africa yesterday after a prolonged illness. She was 81.<br/>The outspoken African National Congress (ANC) leader, Meer was close confidantes of Nelson Mandela.She was one of recipients of the annual Pravasi Bharatiy...

March 13, 2010 9:06 AM

45 killed, 100 injured in Lahore suicide bombings

In Pakistan, at least 45 people, including ten soldiers, were killed and 100 others injured in twin suicide attacks by Taliban terrorists targeting an army patrol within the heavily-guarded cantonment in Lahore yesterday.Hours later, five blasts in quick succession rocked two crowded localities in t...

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