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March 12, 2010 9:16 PM

Rajapaksa to appoint committee on ethnic conflict

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has resolved to constitute a committee to take stock of the 'lessons learnt' in the aftermath of the defeat of the LTTE and the way the ethnic conflict evolved in the island nation since 1975.<br/><br/>Briefing the media today, Minister of D...

March 12, 2010 9:15 PM

Eleven rare Siberian tigers died in China

In China, eleven rare Siberian tigers have died over the last three months at the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in the north-eastern Province of Liaoning. <br/><br/>The local authorities believe that lack of food contributed to their deaths. <br/><br/>The ne...

March 12, 2010 8:55 PM

Ten soldiers including 45 killed in Lahore twin blasts

In Pakistan, at least 45 people, including ten soldiers, were killed and 100 others injured today in twin suicide attacks targeting an army patrol within the heavily-guarded cantonment in Lahore.The bombers, who were on foot, targeted vehicles of the Garrison Security Force that were patrolling the ...

March 12, 2010 8:17 PM

Iraq high EC, says it would investigate any election complaints

Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission has said that it would investigate any election related complaints it received. The commission however added that the claims of fraud were either politically motivated or fuelled by a misunderstanding of the counting procedures.The election commission's r...

March 12, 2010 6:38 PM

IEA hikes its global oil demand forecasts for 2010

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has increased its global oil demand forecasts for 2010 by 1.8 per cent to 86.6 million barrels per day. IEA said emerging markets are boosting demand, especially in China where it surged an astonishing 28 per cent in January compared with the same month a year e...

March 12, 2010 6:37 PM

Two suspected militants killed in Indonesia

In Indonesia, two suspected militants were killed after a gunfight in Aceh province today. According to reports, the gunfight started when the police ordered the suspected militants to stop at a check-post, which they disobeyed and opened fire on police.<br/>

March 12, 2010 6:36 PM

Pakistan conducts missiles and torpedoes test

Pakistani Navy today conducted missiles and torpedoes test in the Arabian Sea. According to a statement from Inter Service Public Relations(ISPR), the missiles and torpedoes were fired from F22 Frigate, P3c and Agosta 90 b submarine. <br/><br/>Pakistan's Naval Chief Admiral ...

March 12, 2010 6:35 PM

50 killed in Somalia Islamist insurgent’s attacks

In Somalia, at least 50 people have been killed in three days of Islamist insurgents attacks in the capital Mogadishu. City Mayor Abdurisaq Mohamed Nor has told residents to leave the capital's war zones amid fierce battles with insurgents. <br/><br/>He said the long-anticip...

March 12, 2010 3:36 PM

Security beefed up in Thailand ahead of opposition’s protests

Thailand has mobilised about forty thousand security personnel ahead of mass rallies by red shirt opposition protesters over the coming days. The demonstrators plan to meet around the country before converging on the capital, Bangkok, on Sunday.<br/><br/>They are mainly supporter...

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