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February 6, 2010 11:28 AM

8 killed in Iran

In Iran, at least eight persons, including a woman were killed in an avalanche between the two ski resorts near Tehran. The accident happened on a road between the ski resorts north of Tehran. Emergency crews rescued another forty-nine people, including three foreigners.

February 6, 2010 11:27 AM

18 killed in Mexico flood

Eighteen people have been killed after in torrential rains triggered floods in Mexico city and in the western states of the country. Troops are helping with rescue workers in the capital, the authorities have declared zones of emergency around the city. Officials said the rain was the heaviest in th...

February 6, 2010 11:27 AM

G-7 ministers meet to discuss economic crisis

Finance Ministers from the G-7 leading developed countries are meeting in Canada to discuss keeping recovery from the global economic crisis on track. At the top of their agenda are the problems in the Euro zone with the economies in Greece, Spain and Portugal under strain. They will also be discuss...

February 6, 2010 11:09 AM

Obama pays tribute to killed CIA officers

US President Barack Obama paid tributes to the seven CIA officers killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan, at a rare memorial service at the spy agency headquarters in Virginia. In a break with tradition, the President delivered the eulogy to an audience of about 1,000 CIA employees, relatives of ...

February 6, 2010 9:21 AM

Britain, Ireland ink pact on power-sharing

British and Irish Prime Ministers have unveiled an agreement in Northern Ireland to save the Province's power-sharing agreement. The deal was reached between Northern Ireland's two main political parties Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party. They agreed that policing and justice pow...

February 6, 2010 9:21 AM

Portuguese Parliament passes Bill on regional finances

The Portuguese Parliament has passed a Bill on regional finances which could make it harder for the Government to introduce austerity measures and reduce Portugal's budget deficit. Correspondents say the move could cause further worries on world financial markets which have alreay fallen becaus...

February 6, 2010 9:02 AM

SAARC Home Ministers’ meet postponed

The meeting of SAARC Home Ministers scheduled for February 26 to 28 in Islamabad has been postponed. Confirming the postponement, official sources in New Delhi said that the dates did not suit the Nepalese Home Minister and this was the sole reason for putting the event on hold.The Home Minister Mr....

February 6, 2010 9:01 AM

41 killed in twin Iraq blasts

In Iraq, 41 people were killed and more than 144 injured in two car bomb blasts in Karbala on Friday. According to Voice of Iraq news agency, the attacks were carried out on a crowd as the pilgrims headed home from the shrine city, south of Baghdad, where more than a million devotees had gathered to...

February 6, 2010 9:00 AM

Will hit back in case of attack: Russia

Lowering the threshhold for the use of nuclear weapons, Russia has said it reserves the right to hit back with nukes in case of an aggression. This was disclosed in a new doctrine signed by President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow. Some foreign diplomats believe that the lowering of threshold for the nuc...

February 6, 2010 9:00 AM

South Korea to host G-20 in Nov

South Korea has announced that it will host the summit of the world's 20 major economies on 11 and 12 of November. This was announced by the Presidential Committee for the event. In September last year, South Korea was selected as the host country of the fifth G-20 summit for the 20 advanced an...

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