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March 4, 2010 8:42 PM

Terrorist may attack on Malacca oil tankers: Singapore Navy

Singapore Navy has warned that a terrorist group might be planning attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.<br/><br/>An advisory issued by the Singapore Navy Information Fusion Centre (IFC) today said the terrorists' in...

March 4, 2010 8:41 PM

11 suspects arrested in Yemen for plotting attacks

Yemeni security forces have arrested 11 men in the capital Sanaa on suspicion of plotting attacks for Al-Qaeda. A security source today said during a raid in a residential area of the capital one man was also killed.<br/><br/>The source said the man killed in the raid, who was th...

March 4, 2010 8:41 PM

UNMIN chief calls Nepal PM

In Nepal, the Chief of UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Karin Landgren called on the Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal in Kathmandu today, amidst concerns expressed by the government on UNMIN's refusal to provide information on the actual number of Maoist combatants living in the UN monitored canton...

March 4, 2010 8:22 PM

14 killed in two suicide bombings in Iraq

In Iraq, at least 14 people have been killed in two suicide bombings. The blasts, also wounded 48 people, including 25 Iraqi troops. <br/><br/>The first suicide bomber blew himself up at a school being used as a polling centre in the upscale west Baghdad neighbourhood of Mansur t...

March 4, 2010 8:21 PM

Son-in-law of Afghan Taliban chief arrested

Son-in-law of Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Muhammad Omar has been arrested in Pakistan's port city of Karachi. <br/><br/>A local TV channel quoting intelligence sources said Motasim Agha Jan was captured today during a raid on a tip off on a house at Ehsan Abad area of the ci...

March 4, 2010 7:38 PM

Five Pak workers killed in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, five Pakistani construction workers were killed and one injured by some unknown miscreants in Kandahar city today. Kandahar's deputy police chief, Mohammad Shah Farooqi said when the workers were going to their work place, two gunmen opened fire on them.<br/>

March 4, 2010 7:30 PM

Eight killed in two separate suicide attacks in Iraq

In Iraq, eight people have been killed and 25 others injured in two separate suicide bomb attacks in the capital city of Baghdad. The attackers targeted polling stations as early voting has begun for hundreds of thousands of government employees in the country's parliamentary elections. There w...

March 4, 2010 7:30 PM

Philippines Govt, MILF talks begin today

In the Philippines, talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) resumed today. The Philippines government's peace negotiating panel was led by Foreign Ministry official Rafael Seguis and the MILF delegation was led by MILF chief peace negotiator Mohagher Iqbal.&#06...

March 4, 2010 6:43 PM

Pak forces kill 30 Taliban fighters

In Pakistan, security forces killed up to 30 Taliban fighters in a counter-offensive after coming under attack in a volatile tribal area on the Afghan border. <br/><br/>Military officials said, militants killed one soldier and injured four others in an early morning attack on a m...

March 4, 2010 6:24 PM

China surpass Japan as world no.2 manufacturer: UNIDO

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization says China has pipped Japan to become the second largest industrial manufacturer in the world. According to the International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2010, of UNIDO, China's share of the global total of manufacturing value stood a...

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