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March 2, 2010 1:27 PM

Lanka CID arrests chief member of LTTE financial wing

In Sri Lanka, a chief member of the international financial wing of the LTTE has been detained by the Criminal Investigation Department.<br/><br/>He was arrested while hiding in a house in Dehiwela. The CID said the LTTE operative had arrived in the country from Geneva. <br/...

March 2, 2010 12:53 PM

JeM militant involved in Kandahar hijacking arrested

The five suspected members of Pakistan-based militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed who had been arrested in Bangladesh have been sent to police custody by two courts in Dhaka.The accused also includes top Jaish militant Nannu Mia also known as Belal Mandol, who has reportedly admitted to have played a ke...

March 2, 2010 12:24 PM

Mediterranean, low-fat and low-carb diets can help blocked arteries

Researchers say three diets - Mediterranean, low-fat and low-carbohydrate - are equally effective in helping reverse blocked arteries. Israeli researchers, who conducted the study of 140 people, found that diet could reduce the fatty build up in arteries.The findings have been published in the journ...

March 2, 2010 11:56 AM

NASA radar finds ice on Moon's North Pole

A radar experiment aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar spacecraft has identified thick deposits of water ice near the Moon's North Pole.The US space agency's, NASA, Mini-Sar experiment found more than 40 small craters containing water ice. But other compounds - such as hydrocarbons - a...

March 2, 2010 11:56 AM

Foot and mouth disease outbreak in Southern China

Chinese authorities have reported an outbreak of highly contagious foot and mouth disease in the south of the country and have destroyed more than 8,000 pigs.<br/><br/>Xinhua news agency quoted local veterinary officials in Guangdong province as saying that more than 8,380 pigs h...

March 2, 2010 11:54 AM

EQ hits Philippines

An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale occurred near northern Luzon, Philippines today. <br/><br/>According to a bulletin released by the Hong Kong Observatory, its epicenter was about 220 kilometers east of Laoag, Philippines. There are no immediate reports of any dama...

March 2, 2010 11:54 AM

Military leader Djibo forms transitional government in Niger

In Niger, the military leadership, Major Salou Djibo has formed a new transitional government of twenty ministers, including five soldiers and five women. <br/><br/>According to state radio, the Defence, sport and environment ministries, went to three generals close to the ousted...

March 2, 2010 11:53 AM

IAEA chief accuses Iran of non-cooperation

The new chief of the UN atomic watchdog, Yukiya Amano, accused Iran of not cooperating sufficiently with an investigation into its contested nuclear activities. In an opening address to an International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting in Vienna last evening, Amano said a UN-brokered ...

March 2, 2010 11:01 AM

IAEA chief accuses Iran of non-cooperation

The new chief of the UN atomic watchdog, Yukiya Amano, accused Iran of not cooperating sufficiently with an investigation into its contested nuclear activities. In an opening address to an International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting in Vienna last evening, Amano said a UN-brokered ...

March 2, 2010 10:46 AM

JeM militant involved in Kandahar hijacking arrested

Top Jaish-e-Mohammed militant Nannu Mia also known as Belal Mandol has been arrested by Bangladesh police.He has reportedly admitted to have played a key role in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane in 1999 to Kandahar.Nannu was among the five operatives of the Pakistan- based militant group Ja...

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