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March 11, 2010 9:58 AM

Half of food aid in Somalia goes to corrupt contractors, militants: UN

A United Nations report says more than half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors, Islamist militants and local UN workers. The report by the UN Monitoring Group in Somalia is particularly critical of the UN's own World Food Programme, WFP.<br/><br/...

March 11, 2010 9:23 AM

Iraqi EC to announce preliminary results of Parliamentary polls today

The preliminary results of the parliamentary elections in Iraq is expected to be announced on Thursday. This was disclosed by Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Iraq (SRSG), Ad Melkert in a joint press conference with Iraq's Head of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC...

March 10, 2010 8:13 PM

Egypt condemns Israel building settlemenet units in East Jerusalem

Egypt has condemned Israel's decision to build 1,600 new settlement units in East Jerusalem. A Foreign Ministry spokesman today said Israel's decision to build the settlement units in the holy city of East Jerusalem is a real peril to peace efforts which have not started seriously yet. He ...

March 10, 2010 8:12 PM

Egypt's renowned cleric Tantawi died while on visit to Saudi Arabia

Egypt's foremost Muslim cleric, Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi has died while on a trip to Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Tantawi 81, died of a heart attack in the Saudi capital Riyadh, where he was attending a prize-giving ceremony. He was was the Grand Imam of the al-Azhar mosque and head of the al-Azha...

March 10, 2010 8:10 PM

Iraqi parliament preliminary results announcement tomorrow

Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Iraq (SRSG), Ad Melkert, has said that the preliminary results of the elections will be announced tomorrow morning. Earlier Iraq's the Independent High Electoral Commission was schedule to announce it today.According to Voice of Iraq news a...

March 10, 2010 7:38 PM

China keen to cooperate India on climate change negotiations

China today said it would work closely with India in future negotiations on Climate Change and is keen to step up cooperation with New Delhi in areas of forestry, energy efficiency and renewable energy. The two countries had yesterday formally backed the Climate Change Accord hammered out in Copenha...

March 10, 2010 5:23 PM

Ahmadinejad accuses US of playing double game in Afghanistan

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the US of playing a double game in Afghanistan . He said the US had created the terrorists they now say they are fighting . <br/><br/>At a joint press conference with Mr Karzai in Kabul today, Mr Ahmadinejad rejected the presence ...

March 10, 2010 3:47 PM

Police arrests four Taliban militants for alleged involvement in Lahore blast

Four members of Pakistani Taliban militant group have been arrested in Lahore in connection with Monday's suicide car bomb attack that killed 14 people. The men arrested by the Crime Investigation Agency are Mohammad Yasin, Mohammad Kamran, Abu Bakr and Khurshid Ali. Lahore police chief Pervez ...

March 10, 2010 3:45 PM

Militants storm US-based NGO office in Pak killing six persons

Militants today stormed into the offices of a US-based NGO in Mansehra area of northwest Pakistan, killing six persons, including two women. Police said, eight to 10 militants struck the premises early this morning, lobbing grenades and firing from their automatic weapons. Six persons were also inju...

March 10, 2010 3:01 PM

India denies involvement in Lahore blast

New Delhi has rejected Islamabad's allegations of India being involved in Lahore blasts. Denying the charge, External Affairs Minister Mr S M Krishna said that the allegations are most unthinkable and falsehood is being spread. He was talking to reporters outside Parliament. Saying that these i...

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