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February 11, 2010 6:25 PM
Officials in Afghanistan say they fear the number of people killed in the avalanche in the north-east of the country could continue to rise. At least 166 people were killed by snow falling off mountains in the Salang Pass north of Kabul, triggering a massive rescue operation. <br/><br...
February 11, 2010 1:52 PM
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his concerns to the President of Sri Lanka about recent developments, where a defeated presidential candidate has been arrested. Ban said that he plans to dispatch his top political official to the island nation for further dialogue.A U.N. statement said th...
February 11, 2010 1:32 PM
Former President of Uruguay Juan Maria Bordaberry has been sentenced to thirty years in prison for his involvement in a coup and the killing of his opponents. He is the second Uruguay's ruler to be sentenced in the last three months.
February 11, 2010 1:32 PM
A Chinese court today upheld an 11-year prison sentence for prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo for writings that called for multi-party democracy. Liu's lawyer told newsmen that his client's appeal to the High Court had been rejected with no change in his sentence, which was meted out in Decem...
February 11, 2010 1:32 PM
A new study has claimed that it is harder than experts thought to predict when sudden shifts in earth's natural systems will occur. Researchers at University of California, Davis, said many scientists are looking for the warning signs that herald sudden changes in natural systems, in hopes of f...
February 11, 2010 12:57 PM
Iran is celebrating anniversary of its 1979 Islamic revolution today. According to Iran's IRIB channel a wide array of activists, social and political bodies unanimously called for Iranians to take part in rallies organised on the occasion.<br/> <br/>Meanwhile opposition leaders ...
February 11, 2010 12:05 PM
In South Africa, celebrations are to be held to mark 20 years since the release from prison of Nelson Mandela, a key step towards ending apartheid. In Cape Town, his former wife Winnie will lead a march from the prison where he spent the final months of his 27-year imprisonment. Mr Mandela, now a fr...
February 11, 2010 12:05 PM
In Indonesia, a moderate but shallow earthquake struck off the coast in the Molucca Sea today. The US Geological Survey said the quake with a magnitude 5.6 on the rchter scale struck at 4:46 am at a depth of eight kilometres and was centred 144 kilometres southwest of Ternate, Moluccas. There was no...
February 11, 2010 12:04 PM
Admitting that the statistics of the attacks on Indians in Australia were problematic, Victorian police chief Simon Overland has refused to release the details saying it can be misinterpreted.<br/><br/>Overland said information about a victim's race was based on a subjective...
February 11, 2010 11:38 AM
Iran has rejected a US offer to supply it with medical isotopes if it stops further enriching uranium. A foreign ministry spokesman said in Tehran that the offer is not logical as shutting down their reactor or stopping the production of medicine is not the solution.Meanwhile, Washington has extende...
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