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March 5, 2010 1:03 PM

Shooting reported at Washington underground station

A shooting has been reported at a Washington underground station that serves the US Department of Defence. Police has identified the alleged gunman who shot two Pentagon police officers at the station, called Pentagon Metro. Pentagon police spokesman Chris Layman said the suspect, Patrick Bedell, 36...

March 5, 2010 1:02 PM

Autopsy fails to determine cause of death of Indian boy Gurshan in Melbourne

The much-awaited autopsy has failed to determine the cause of death of three-year-old Indian boy Gurshan Singh, whose body was found near Melbourne after he went missing from his house. Victoria Deputy Police Commissioner Sir Ken Jones said there is no visible sign of the cause of death and added th...

March 5, 2010 1:00 PM

Human activities causing climate change: UK Met Office

A review from the UK Met Office says it is becoming clearer that human activities are causing climate change. It says the evidence is stronger now than when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change carried out its last assessment in 2007. The analysis, published in the Wiley Interdisciplinary R...

March 5, 2010 1:00 PM

Nirupama Rao to visit Lanka tomorrow

The Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will visit Sri Lanka from tomorrow on a 3-day official visit. During her visit she will meet President Mahinda Rajapakse, some of his cabinet colleagues and other senior officials. Her visit comes at the invitation of the Sri Lankan government.

March 5, 2010 1:00 PM

EQ hits Chile again

Chile has again been shaken by a strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake. The quake struck at 7:39 pm (local time) and its epicentre was 105 kilometers below the Andes mountains, north-east of Calama. The head of the National Emergency Carmen Fernandez said no damage has been reported but obviously there is...

March 5, 2010 10:51 AM

Gordon set to give Iraq war evidence

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will give evidence in public later about his role in the events that led to the Iraq war. As then-chancellor, inquiry witnesses have said he played a key role. It has also been claimed he cut defence funding after the 2003 invasion. Mr. Brown said last month that ...

March 5, 2010 10:50 AM

Voting begins for Iraqi Parliamentary elections

In Iraq, voting has begun for Parliamentary elections. More than half a million members of the Iraqi armed forces are voting early to free them for security duties on the main polling day on Sunday. At least fourteen people including seven soldiers were killed in attacks at polling stations.

March 5, 2010 10:21 AM

Long way to go in war against terror: US

The US said, despite the advances made against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan and arrest of top militant leaders in Pakistan, there is a long way to go in the war against terror. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in Washington that it will be a long road in Afghanistan. He, however ...

March 5, 2010 9:36 AM

Shooting reported at Washington underground station

A shooting has been reported at a Washington underground station that serves the US Department of Defence. A Pentagon spokesman refused to comment on the incident but said a security lockdown was imposed on the building for a while. Shots were fired and local media reports said three people had been...

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