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February 27, 2010 9:26 AM
<br/>A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit off Japan's southern coast early today, shaking Okinawa and nearby islands. Japan's Meteorological Agency said a tsunami warning has been issued. The quake occurred off the coast of the island of Okinawa at a depth of 10 kilometres around two t...
February 27, 2010 9:25 AM
<br/>Thailand's Supreme Court has ruled that 1.4 billion dollars of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's family fortune should be confiscated by the state. The court agreed with prosecutors that the money was gained illegally through conflict of interest when Mr Thaksin was...
February 27, 2010 9:24 AM
<br/>In Turkey, two retired generals have been charged over an alleged plot in 2003 to overthrow the government. Reports say Cetin Dogan, former head of Turkey's First Army, and Engin Alan, a former special forces commander, were both remanded in custody pending trial. They are the mo...
February 27, 2010 9:21 AM
In Pakistan at least 17 militants were killed and security personnel was injured in clashes between Taliban fighters and security forces in northwest Pakistan today. The paramilitary Frontier Corps said in Peshawar that the skirmishes occurred in Pastawana area near the garrison city of Kohat during...
February 26, 2010 8:45 PM
Six Indians including two Army Majors were among 16 people killed as Taliban suicide bombers carried out a string of attacks in the heart of Kabul. An Italian diplomat, a French tourist and a number of policemen were also killed in the attacks.The bombers struck at a number of guest houses, particul...
February 26, 2010 8:03 PM
Turkish authorities have detained another 18 people for an alleged plot to create chaos and trigger a military coup.<br/><br/>According to local media, the suspects, 17 of whom are military officers on active duty, were rounded up in a nationwide operation. Another 49 officers we...
February 26, 2010 8:00 PM
The Supreme Court of Burma has rejected an appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi against an extension of her house arrest. Ms Suu Kyi has spent most of the past 20 years in some form of detention, despite her party overwhelmingly winning Burma's last general election.<br/>&#...
February 26, 2010 7:13 PM
Sri Lanka's detained ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka today filed nomination papers as a candidate of a new opposition alliance for the April 8 Parliamentary poll. The poll is set to witness a three-cornered fight also involving the ruling UPFA and former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe's UNF. &#...
February 26, 2010 7:13 PM
In Afghanistan, at least 17 people have been killed and 30 injured in a suicide bomb blast in the capital, Kabul. The dead include four Indians, a Frenchman, an Italian and two policemen. The main blast was followed by several smaller ones, and gunfire was heard on the streets. Afghan police say the...
February 26, 2010 6:38 PM
In Nepal, the Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today formally launched the Nepal Tourism Year -2011 amidst a colourful function in Kathmandu this afternoon with the lighting of a lamp brought from Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Gautam Buddha.<br/><br/>Speaking on the occasion,...
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