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February 8, 2010 6:10 PM

China shuts down hacker training company

In China, the police have shut down a hacker training company that taught thousands of people how to launch cyberattacks and provided them with spy software. The reports come amid growing accusations of organised computer hacking originating from China that has chilled ties with the United States, a...

February 8, 2010 6:09 PM

Heaviest snowfall paralyses eastern parts of US

In the United States, eastern parts remain largely paralysed for a third day after some of the heaviest snowfalls in decades. Transport links in Washington DC and nearby states have been severely disrupted and hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. Federal government offices and mo...

February 8, 2010 6:02 PM

Close confidant of 'Frontier Gandhi' Ajmal Khattak passes away

Ajmal Khattak, a veteran Pakistani politician and once a close confidant of 'Frontier Gandhi' Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and a member of the Quit India Movement, has died at the age of 85 after a prolonged illness. Khattak, who was a former president of the Awami National Party, was laid to ...

February 8, 2010 2:09 PM

Ahmadinejad orders increase in uranium enrichment to 20 percent

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked the country's atomic chief with enriching uranium to 20 percent.<br/><br/>Speaking at the exhibition of Laser Science and Technology Achievements in Tehran, Mr. Ahmadinejad called on country's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi...

February 8, 2010 1:10 PM

Blast in US power plant, 5 dead

In United States, a powerful explosion blew out the outer walls of an unfinished natural-gas plant in Middletown, Connecticut, killing five persons and wounding dozen others. Rescuers were hunting for survivors and dead in the Kleen <br/><br/>Energy Plant as officials cautioned t...

February 8, 2010 1:09 PM

Ahmadinejad orders increase in uranium enrichment to 20 percent

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked the country's atomic chief with enriching uranium to 20 percent.<br/><br/>Speaking at the exhibition of Laser Science and Technology Achievements in Tehran, Mr. Ahmadinejad called on country's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi...

February 8, 2010 12:07 PM

Afghan villagers leave home ahead of major NATO offensive against Taliban

In Afghanistan, hundreds of villagers living in a Taliban-controlled area of southern region are leaving before a major Nato-led offensive gets under way.<br/><br/>It is expected to be one of the largest counter-insurgency operations since the Afghan conflict began in 2001.<...

February 8, 2010 9:19 AM

Blast in US power plant, 5 dead

In the United Stares, at least five people were killed when a massive explosion rocked a gas power plant being built in Middletown, Connecticut on Sunday.Fire officials said, they suspect a natural gas leak caused the blast at the Kleen Energy Systems plant and that some of the 51 construction worke...

February 7, 2010 8:53 PM

Iranian President orders enrichment of uranium to 20 per cent

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has tasked the country's atomic chief with enriching uranium to 20 percent. Speaking at the exhibition of Laser Science and Technology Achievements in Tehran, Mr. Ahmadinejad called on country's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi, to start the process. He h...

February 7, 2010 7:10 PM

Iranian Prez tasks atomic chief with enriching uranium

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has tasked the country's atomic chief with enriching uranium to 20 percent. Speaking at the exhibition of Laser Science and Technology Achievements in Tehran, Mr. Ahmadinejad called on country's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi, to start the process. He h...

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