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March 4, 2010 6:24 PM
Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi has warned against imposing sanctions on her country, saying it would harm the population not the government. Speaking at the Asia Society in New York she said international sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme would backfire. <br/><br/>...
March 4, 2010 6:21 PM
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said sanctions against Zimbabwe should not be lifted until concerns about human rights violations and media restrictions in the country are addressed. <br/><br/>After talks with South African President Jacob Zuma in London, Mr Brown said Zi...
March 4, 2010 6:21 PM
Doctors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are reporting a high level of birth defects, with some blaming weapons used by the US after the Iraq invasion. The city witnessed fierce fighting in 2004 as US forces carried out a major offensive against insurgents. British-based Iraqi researcher Malik Hamdan s...
March 4, 2010 5:21 PM
Japan called on China today to increase the transparency of its rising military spending after Beijing announced it would raise its defence budget by 7.5 per cent this year.<br/><br/>Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano told reporters that their careful monitoring...
March 4, 2010 1:47 PM
In Uganda, the Red Cross has launched an appeal to help survivors of mudslides which swept away three villages near the eastern town of Bududa. More than 80 bodies have been recovered from the mud which engulfed villages on the slopes of Mount Elgon. At least 250 people are still missing. The Red Cr...
March 4, 2010 1:13 PM
China says it plans to increase its Defence budget by 7.5 per cent in 2010, ending a long run of double-digit growth. It is only about half of last year's planned growth of 14.9 per cent. A Parliament spokesman today said the planned defence budget is 532.115 billion Yuan (about 78 billion U.S....
March 4, 2010 1:13 PM
The UN has said it has begun discussions with the Democratic Republic of Congo government on withdrawing peacekeeping troops. The UN's mission in the country, Monuc, has the largest number of peacekeepers of any UN operation worldwide. Its current mandate is due to expire at the end of May and ...
March 4, 2010 1:12 PM
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. Military officials said, militants killed one soldier and injured four others in an early morning attack on a military check post in Mohmand ...
March 4, 2010 11:11 AM
Brazil has rejected the American appeal for new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme. The Brazilian President called for a negotiated settlement of the issue. The American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday in the Brazilian capital Brasilia, that any talks with Iran over i...
March 4, 2010 11:11 AM
In Australia, Victorian government today announced 1000 dollar on-the-spot fine for people caught carrying knives. It also gave more powers to police to conduct random weapon searches in Victoria that saw a spate of attacks on Indians. Under the three-point plan, minors will be banned from buying pr...
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