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February 16, 2010 7:48 PM

First Turkey- Iraq passenger train service kicks off

The first passenger train service between Turkey and Iraq has come into operation. The semi-official Anatolia news agency said the train started its trip from Iraq's northern city Mosul today and will reach Turkey's southeastern city Gaziantep tomorrow.<br/> <br/>The ag...

February 16, 2010 7:01 PM

Car bomb blast kills two, injures 9 in Iraq

In Iraq, two persons were killed and nine others injured in a car bomb blast in eastern Mosul today. <br/><br/>Voice of Iraq news agency quoting police source has reported that the booby-trapped car went off today near the Criminal Evidence Department in eastern Mosul. <br/&...

February 16, 2010 7:00 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 6:39 PM

Remote controlled bombs hamper assault on Taliban

The US and Afghan military officials say the remote-controlled bombs are hampering progress of the assault on the Taliban bastion of Marjah in Helmand province. <br/><br/>Chief of Afghan Army Staff, Besmillah Khan told newsmen in Nad Ali that hundreds of mines and bombs have been...

February 16, 2010 6:39 PM

Belgium train collision ignites railway workers' strike

Belgium railway workers went on strike this morning morning, one day after two passenger trains crashed headon near Brussels that killed 25 people and wounded more than 150 others. The railway workers' union said the all-out strike aimed to protest the working conditions. The strike has affecte...

February 16, 2010 6:39 PM

Hillary Clinton’s remarks on Iran aimed at diverting public attention: Iran

Reacting to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks in Doha where she said that Iran is moving toward a military dictatorship, the Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki today said that her remark is aimed at diverting the attention of the public in the region to unreal and incorrect to...

February 16, 2010 6:37 PM

Toxic mining gas kills six children in China

In China, six children have died and another injured after they inhaled toxic gas while playing in a deserted mining cave in the south western Yunnan Province. <br/><br/>The government chief of the Zhenxiong County Mr.Zhang Jin said the seven children, all aged around 10, venture...

February 16, 2010 6:35 PM

Bali bombmaker convict seeks presidential clemency

A bombmaker convicted over the 2002 attacks on the Indonesian resort island of Bali which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, has filed for presidential clemency.<br/><br/>Zaenal Abidin, 39, also known as Sarjiyo and Sawad, was found guilty of assembling the bombs used i...

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