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February 19, 2010 11:33 AM

Dalai Lama seeks meaningful autonomy for Tibet?

<br/>Seeking a meaningful autonomy for Tibet, the Dalai Lama today asked China to shed its one-sided approach and adopt a more holistic view on the issue. The Tibetan Spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner told this to reporters in Washington today after meeting Obama and US Secreta...

February 19, 2010 11:31 AM

Russia asks Bulgaria to explain US missile shield plans

Russia says it is asking Bulgaria to explain its plans to deploy US air defence missiles on its soil. The move follows reports that talks between Sofia and Washington on hosting elements of the US missile shield in Bulgaria have already begun. Last week the Bulgarian Prime Minister said he was keen ...

February 18, 2010 8:45 PM

50 killed, hundred injured in Pak bomb attack

At least 50 people have been killed and over 100 others injured in a bomb attack in a crowded market selling hashish in north-western Pakistan. The blast occurred in the Khyber tribal region, close to the Afghan border, in an area where the Taliban is known to have a strong presence. <br/>...

February 18, 2010 8:44 PM

Passports used by assassins of Hamas Commander not fake

Dubai Police Commander-in Chief, Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim has said that the passports used by the assassins of the Hamas Commander, Mahmoud Al Mabhouh, were not fake. In a statement in Dubai today he said that Dubai immigration officers were 'trained' by European security experts to sp...

February 18, 2010 8:41 PM

37 people dies in Pak avalanche, Thirty others missing

An avalanche has killed at least 37 people in a remote mountain village in northern Pakistan where rescue workers struggled to free another 30 buried under snow and ice. <br/><br/>The disaster struck in Kohistan district, which borders Pakistan's mountainous northern areas a...

February 18, 2010 8:25 PM

7 people killed, 20 injured in Iraq bomb blast

In Iraq, at least 7 people have been killed and 20 others injured in a powerful blast, which jolted the city of Ramadi today. Voice of Iraq news agency quoting police sources has reported that the blast took place near the Anbar provincial building in central Anbar.<br/><br/>The ...

February 18, 2010 8:25 PM

B'desh considering proposal to sign free trade agreement with India

Bangladesh is actively considering the proposal to sign a free trade agreement with India. <br/><br/>Addressing an Indo-Bangla workshop in Dhaka on the significance of Prime minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India, Bangladesh Commerce Minister Mohammed Faruk Khan said that his mi...

February 18, 2010 8:24 PM

Unity in SL opposition parties begins to wither away

The rare unity shown by the mainstream Sri Lanka opposition parties in the just concluded Presidential is beginning to wither away. Come April 8 general election, the main opposition the United National Party (UNP) and the ultra-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Perumana (JVP) are all set to part ways an...

February 18, 2010 8:13 PM

50 killed, hundred injured in Pak bomb attack

At least 50 people have been killed and over 100 others injured in a bomb attack in a crowded market selling hashish in north-western Pakistan. The blast occurred in the Khyber tribal region, close to the Afghan border, in an area where the Taliban is known to have a strong presence. Witnesses said ...

February 18, 2010 8:01 PM

Malaysia to extradite nine foreigners arrested on terror charges

Malaysia is to extradite nine foreigners arrested on terror charges last month. Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the nine have links to international terror organisations and posed a very serious threat. <br/><br/>The suspects are being held under the controversial Interna...

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