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February 2, 2010 11:34 AM

US Defence Secretary fires general in charge of strike fighter program

U.S Defence Secretary Robert Gates has sacked the marine general overseeing a 40 billion dollar project to build the next generation strike fighter jet.<br/><br/>Mr Gates said the F-35 programme had been plagued by problems and failed to hit performance targets.<br/>&#0...

February 2, 2010 11:33 AM

Haiti's PM condemns US missionaries child 'kidnappers'

Haiti's Prime Minister Max Bellerive has criticised 10 US missionaries who were arrested as they tried to take 33 Haitian children out of the earthquake-hit country.<br/><br/>Max Bellerive told newsmen that they knew what they were doing was wrong. He said some of the childr...

February 2, 2010 11:32 AM

Obama presents 3.8 trillion dollar budget

The U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a 3.8 trillion dollar budget to Congress for the fiscal year that begins on October first. It is the first step in what is expected to be a long, contentious budget process.President Obama is walking a fine line in his 2011 budget. He is seeking 100 billion d...

February 2, 2010 11:32 AM

ANC defends Jacob Zuma over child outside marriage issue

South Africa's governing African National Congress has defended President Jacob Zuma over claims that he fathered a child outside marriage.<br/><br/>The ANC said Mr Zuma had broken no laws and that there was nothing shameful in a relationship between two people.<br/&#06...

February 2, 2010 11:31 AM

55 countries pledge to curb greenhouse gas emissions

Fifty-five countries have submitted pledges for curbing greenhouse gas emissions to the UN climate convention.Governments were asked to do so before 31 January by the Copenhagen Accord, the document produced at December's U.N climate summit in the Danish capital.The U.N's top climate offic...

February 1, 2010 9:19 PM

24 killed in Mexico in separate mass firings

At least 24 people have been killed in separate mass shootings in northern Mexico as the country continued to reel from drug-related violence. In Ciudad Juarez, gunmen drove up to a house where a high school party was in full swing and opened fire killing 14 people and wounding 20 others. Most of th...

February 1, 2010 8:24 PM

Sri Lanka sacks 12 army officers alleging threat to national security

Sri Lanka today sacked 12 senior military officers alleging they are a threat to national security. Sources said President Mahinda Rajapaksa sent the officers on compulsory retirement for hatching a political conspiracy during the January 26 Presidential polls that saw incumbent Rajapaksa trouncing ...

February 1, 2010 8:05 PM

Sri Lanka sacks 12 army officers alleging threat to national security

Sri Lanka today sacked 12 senior military officers alleging they are a threat to national security. Sources said President Mahinda Rajapaksa sent the officers on compulsory retirement for hatching a political conspiracy during the January 26 Presidential polls that saw incumbent Rajapaksa trouncing ...

February 1, 2010 8:03 PM

Iranians celebrate 31st victory of its Islamic Republic

Iranians are celebrating 31st anniversary of the victory of its Islamic Republic which started across Iran today. According to Iranian news agency ILNA, Iran will organise events over the next 10 days to mark the occasion which will culminate on 11th February, the day symbolising the overthrow of th...

February 1, 2010 8:03 PM

Somali Islamists admit links with al-Qaeda

Somali Islamist rebel group al-Shabab has confirmed for the first time that its fighters are aligned with al-Qaeda's global militant campaign. In a statement, the group said that the jihad of Horn of Africa must be combined with the international jihad led by the al-Qaeda network. The group&#03...

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