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March 5, 2010 8:07 PM

Eight men sentenced over plotting to assassinate leader in Fiji

In Fiji, eight men have been sentenced to between three and seven years jail over a plot to assassinate the country's self-appointed leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama. <br/><br/>All eight men were found guilty in Fiji's High Court earlier this week. They were charged w...

March 5, 2010 8:05 PM

Voting underway in Iraq

Iraqi expatriates are voting today for country's Parliamentary elections under early voting scheme in 80 cities across 16 countries and the process will continue until Sunday. Iraq's electoral commission says 14 lakh people are eligible to vote abroad.<br/><br/>In the c...

March 5, 2010 8:04 PM

Russia does not intend to beef up its nuclear potential

Russia does not intend to beef up its nuclear potential, but will keep nuclear weapons that are key to the country's independence. <br/><br/>At a meeting with Defense Ministry officials President Dmitry Medvedev today said Moscow has been seeking a policy aimed at maintainin...

March 5, 2010 8:04 PM

China put another satellite into orbit

China has successfully put into orbit another remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan IX" from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province. A statement from the center today said the satellite was sent into space aboard a Long March 4C carrier rocket and would be used to c...

March 5, 2010 8:04 PM

12-year-old girl killer executed in China

In China, a criminal who molested and killed a 12-year-old girl has been executed in northeast Jilin Province. A court statement said Han Yuewu, 31, was sentenced to death in July 2009 by Changchun Municipal Intermediate People's Court for killing the girl in his convenience store in Jiutai cit...

March 5, 2010 8:00 PM

12 killed in Pakistan suicide attack

A suicide bomber struck a convoy of vehicles in northwest Pakistan today, killing 12 people and injuring 30 others.<br/><br/>The bomber detonated his explosives when the convoy was near a market in Thal area of Hangu district in the North West Frontier Province.<br/>&#0...

March 5, 2010 7:18 PM

Ships trapped in Baltic Sea off Stockholm freed

Dozens of ships that had been trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea off Stockholm have been freed. A spokesman of the Swedish maritime authorities said the last vessel was rescued from the waters between the capital and the Aaland Islands early today. Icebreakers had to be used to free the ferry Amorella...

March 5, 2010 7:17 PM

Ukraine's new Prez in Moscow to talks with Russian Prez, PM

Ukraine's new President, Viktor Yanukovych has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and PM Vladimir Putin. Mr. Viktor Yanukovych said his visit to Moscow will mark the first step in a major improvement in relations with Russia. <br/><br/>He says...

March 5, 2010 7:17 PM

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Ships trapped in Baltic Sea off Stockholm freed

Dozens of ships that had been trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea off Stockholm have been freed. <br/><br/>A spokesman of the Swedish maritime authorities said the last vessel was rescued from the waters between the capital and the Aaland Islands early today. Icebreakers had to be u...

March 5, 2010 7:14 PM

Nothing worse than 3 years old child's murder: Oz PM

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today pledged to get to the bottom of the unnatural death of an Indian toddler, who was on a holiday there with his family. Terming it a really horrible story, Prime Minister Rudd said, if this is a case of murder, there is nothing worse than the brutal murder of...

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