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February 15, 2010 5:23 PM

Train head-on collision kills 20 in Belgium

In Belgium, at least 20 people have been killed in a head-on collision between two trains outside the capital, Brussels. Reports say, the two trains collided during the morning rush hour at Halle, south-west of Brussels. Belgian media said the trains collided in snowy conditions. Railway services in...

February 15, 2010 5:18 PM

NATO, Afghan troops capture two suspected Taliban Commanders

In Afghanistan, NATO and Afghan troops have captured two suspected local Taliban commanders in Kandahar. A press release issued by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) today said an Afghan-international joint security force on tip-off searched a compound south of the village o...

February 15, 2010 4:25 PM

Australian Court jails five muslim extremists for up to 28 years

Five Muslim extremists were today jailed up to 28 years by an Australian court for plotting violent attacks to protest the country's involvement in War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq. New South Wales Supreme Court Justice Anthony Whealy handed out the sentence to the five men found guilty in...

February 15, 2010 2:53 PM

UN climate change panel admits new error

The UN climate change panel has admitted to a new error in key climate report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, admitted in a note sent to AFP on Sunday that the 55 per cent figure was actually the portion of The Netherlands at risk of being flooded. It insisted that the impressi...

February 15, 2010 2:37 PM

Hillary Clinton visits Saudi Arabia

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is reaching Saudi Capital Riyadh today to meet King Abdullah in an effort to bring Saudi leadership on board over Iranian nuclear issue and discuss Middle East peace process. In Doha on Sunday, speaking at a US-Islamic World Forum, she said that US and its a...

February 15, 2010 2:35 PM

Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan apologises

The Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan has apologised after rockets fired during an offensive in Helmand province killing 12 civilians. Gen Stanley McChrystal said he deeply regretted this tragic loss of life and suspended use of the rocket launching system pending a thorough review. It ...

February 15, 2010 2:34 PM

UNHR representative in Myanmar

A special United Nations Human Rights representative is in Myanmar on a five day trip. Ahead of his third visit to the country since being appointed, Tomas Ojea Quintana, said Myanmar is facing a critical year. His visit comes after the release on Saturday of a leading pro-democracy campaigner Tin O...

February 15, 2010 2:17 PM

Pak SC blocks appointment of two new judges

Pakistan Supreme Court has blocked the order of President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint two judges; one each to the Supreme Court and the other to the Lahore High Court. The Supreme Court, struck down the order, saying it appeared to violate the constitution as the President had not consulted the cour...

February 15, 2010 1:45 PM

UN climate change panel has admittes new error

The UN climate change panel has admitted to a new error in key climate report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, admitted in a note sent to AFP on Sunday that the 55 per cent figure was actually the portion of The Netherlands at risk of being flooded. It insisted that the impressi...

February 15, 2010 1:45 PM

Campaign against attacks on Indian community in Australia,

In Australia, in a bid to show their solidarity and denounce spate of attacks against Indian community, over 10,000 people have signed up on internet for the 'vindaloo against violence' campaign. According to a local daily, the signing campaign is being spearheaded by Melbourne-based web d...

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