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February 17, 2010 9:49 AM

India offers financial help to Nepal for developmental work

India offered 250 million dollars line of credit to Nepal to enhance its development process. Official sources said that New Delhi will also supply 50 thousand tonnes of wheat and 20 thousand tonnes of rice and ten thousand tonnes of yellow peas to the Himalayan nation. Sources said, the Prime Minis...

February 17, 2010 9:09 AM

A top militant commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrested from Karachi

In a major success, a top militant commander who is said to be second-in-command to elusive Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Mohhamad Omar was captured from Pakistan's port city of Karachi.Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was arrested in a secret joint operation of ISI and CIA operatives. He is also said ...

February 16, 2010 8:55 PM

EU extends sanctions against Zimbabwe for another year

The European Union has renewed its sanctions against Zimbabwe for another 12 months. It said the extension was due to a lack of progress in the implementation of the country's power-sharing deal. More than 200 people and 40 firms with links to President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party are su...

February 16, 2010 8:45 PM

Cockpit voice recorder of crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight recovered

The search teams has recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of last month's crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight 409. Minister of Lebanon's Public Works and Transportation Ghazi Aridi today said the CVR was found off the coast of Naameh, south of Beirut. He said the device will be transpo...

February 16, 2010 8:24 PM

Russia urges Iran to improve cooperation with IAEA

Russia today urged Iran to improve its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and warned of sanctions if it failed to fulfill its obligations. <br/><br/>According to a Kremlin spokeswoman, President Dmitry Medvedev told visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benj...

February 16, 2010 8:22 PM

Commonwealth report holds SL elections largely peaceful

Even as the defeated opposition Presidential Candidate Retired General Sarath Fonseka today moved a petition at the Sri Lankan Supreme Court challenging the victory of the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the just concluded election, the Commonwealth released its report ruling that election ...

February 16, 2010 7:55 PM

EU extends sanctions against Zimbabwe for another 12 months

The European Union has renewed its sanctions against Zimbabwe for another 12 months. It said the extension was due to a lack of progress in the implementation of the country's power-sharing deal. More than 200 people and 40 firms with links to President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party are su...

February 16, 2010 7:50 PM

Iran to review new proposals submitted to IAEA

Iranian foreign Manouchehr Mottaki has said that Iran will review the new proposals submitted by United States, France and Russia to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Speaking at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Davutoglu in Tehran today he said that while we are co...

February 16, 2010 7:49 PM

Viktor Yanukovych to be sworn- in as Ukraine's Prez

In Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych will be sworn-in as the country's President on February 25. A total of 238 members today voted a Paliamentary motion in favor of the date. <br/><br/>Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who lost the February 7 presidential runoff to Mr. Yanukovych, ...

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