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March 2, 2010 10:44 AM

4 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack

Twin car bombs and multiple other attacks killed four NATO soldiers and 10 Afghans last evening, taking foreign troop deaths this year well above the level for the first two months of 2009.The NATO deaths in southern and western Afghanistan mean 105 foreign soldiers have been killed this year -- twi...

March 2, 2010 10:40 AM

Chile calls for international aid following earthquake

Chile called for international aid today as the anguished calls of trapped quake survivors pierced the rubble and police had to arrest 160 looters for defying overnight curfews.Troops deployed alongside police in Concepcion, the country's second city and the worst-hit urban area, while the toll...

March 2, 2010 9:11 AM

Chilean troops head towards earthquake zone to restore order

The President of Chile Michelle Bachelet said that thousands of Chilean troops are heading to the country's devastated earthquake zone as reports emerge of desperate survivors turning to looting and arson.President Michelle Bachelet said a total of seven thousand troops would soon be in place i...

March 2, 2010 9:04 AM

Iran: reformist newspaper banned

The authorities in Iran have closed down the country's biggest-circulation reformist newspaper Etemaad accusing it of breaching media laws.<br/><br/>They also suspended publication of a weekly reformist paper whose Managing Director is the son of one of Iran's oppositio...

March 2, 2010 9:04 AM

Congo Human rights groups lodge complaint against army officer

Human rights groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo have lodged a formal complaint with the government against a senior army officer. <br/><br/>The groups accuse troops under the command of Colonel Innocent Zimurinda of mass killing and rape of civilians. The call for his sus...

March 2, 2010 9:03 AM

Mujica sworn in as Uruguay's President

Uruguay's former guerrilla leader Jose Mujica has been sworn in as the country's new President. Mr. Mujica, who was elected in November, said his priorities would be to improve education, guarantee energy supplies and maintain security. He also expressed support for the regional economic b...

March 2, 2010 9:03 AM

Former Bosnian leader held at Heathrow

A former member of Bosnia's wartime presidency has been held at Heathrow Airport over alleged war crimes. <br/><br/>The Metropolitan Police said that Ejup Ganic, 63, was arrested in London after Serbia issued an extradition warrant. <br/><br/>He and 18 ot...

March 2, 2010 9:02 AM

US plans dramatic reductions in country's nuclear arsenal

The U.S President Barack Obama is planning dramatic reductions in the country's nuclear arsenal.<br/><br/>A senior US administration official has said that this would come as part of a sweeping policy review designed to prevent the spread of atomic weapons. <br/>&#...

March 2, 2010 9:00 AM

19 killed in Pak violence

In Pakistan, at least nineteen people, including two security personnel and 17 militants, have been killed in violence in northwest part of the country. The government officials said that two security personnel have been killed and another was injured when an improvised explosive device went off in ...

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