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February 17, 2010 6:45 PM
Sri Lankan government today asked the Media not to behave in a manner that would be harmful to norms of democracy. A Minister L Y Abeywardana said that there is no move to curb media freedom in the country. <br/><br/>He said, the media has been given unprecedented freedom by the ...
February 17, 2010 6:42 PM
The United Nations has announced that a 30th country had signed on to the international convention banning cluster bombs, paving the way for the document to come into force on August 1. In a press statement on Convention on Cluster Munition Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed this major advance o...
February 17, 2010 6:01 PM
US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns arrived in Damascus today. He is slated to hold talks with the Syrian leaders. Burns' trip came as the White House is in the process of resending an ambassador to Damascus. President Barack Obama yesterday nominated Robert Ford as t...
February 17, 2010 4:51 PM
US Marines battling the Taliban in southern Afghanistan have had to call in helicopter gunships for support, as a major offensive enters its fifth day today. <br/><br/>The marines have faced sustained and heavy machine-gun fire from fighters hiding in bunkers, as they try to gain...
February 17, 2010 4:46 PM
The Pakistan military has now confirmed that a senior Afghan Taliban Commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was captured last week in Karachi. <br/><br/>Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is reported to be the second in command of the Afghan Taliban and is said to have overseen military op...
February 17, 2010 4:45 PM
In Lebanon, the Hezbollah's leader Hasan Nasrallahha warned Israel that they would fire rockets at Tel Aviv airport and other strategic targets if Israel's military strikes Lebanese infrastructure. <br/><br/>According to Naharnet news agency, he told this in speech via ...
February 17, 2010 12:47 PM
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia's Sumatra Island early this morning. The quake struck at 2:08 am (local time) about 269 kilometers west of Banda Aceh at a depth of 1.6 kilometers. There are no immediate reports of any damage or casualties; no tsunami warnin...
February 17, 2010 11:41 AM
U.S. President Barack Obama has offered eight billion dollars in government loan guarantees to support the construction of the first civilian nuclear reactors in the United States, since three decades. Mr. Obama said nuclear power was essential to meet U.S. energy needs and fight global warming. The...
February 17, 2010 11:40 AM
The United States has strongly condemned the Pune bombing and said that cooperation in counter-terrorism is a key element of Washinton's bilateral relationship with New Delhi. The US State Department Acting Spokesman, Gordon Duguid, speaking in Washington, expressed condolences to the families ...
February 17, 2010 11:40 AM
In Pakistan, four militants were killed today in a US drone strike at a compound in northwest Pakistan's lawless tribal region of Miranshah bordering Afghanistan. The attack was the third since Sunday in North Waziristan district, infested with Taliban and Al-Qaeda-fighters. Officials said, the...
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