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February 1, 2010 11:14 AM

'Trafficked' Haitian children may have parents

A charity in Haiti say some of the children identified as orphans by a group of Americans who were taking them out of the country may have parents. The 10 Americans, who are now in police custody, said they were taking them to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.Haiti imposed new controls on the ...

January 31, 2010 7:00 PM

Mehsud’s death not confirmed: Pak army

Pakistani army today said that the Taliban Chief Hakeemullah Mehsud's death was not confirmed. The private TV Express has reported Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) as saying that they have no confirmation of Masud's death. This comes after the state-run TV reported th...

January 31, 2010 5:53 PM

Taliban commander is arrested by NATO-led forces

In Afghanistan, a Taliban commander has been arrested by Afghan and the NATO-led forces. A statement of the NATO led forces today said the militant was arrested during a joint operation in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. However, it did not mention the name of the commander. Kandahar, a fo...

January 31, 2010 5:52 PM

Moderate quake claims one life in China, leaves 11 injured

In China, one person was killed and eleven others injured when a moderate 5.2 magnitude earth quake hit the south western Sichuan province this morning. Officials said the quake has brought down at least 100 homes in the Moxi area of Suining, a city of 3.5 million people. According to US earthquake ...

January 31, 2010 5:45 PM

UN set to begin food distribution in quake-affected Port-au-Prince

The UN is to begin a major programme of food distribution in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, almost three weeks after the deadly earthquake. The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said it had established fixed sites for food distribution to begin from today. Accordingly, sixteen sites have bee...

January 31, 2010 5:44 PM

Peru: Heavy flooding claims 20 lives so far

The number of people killed in heavy flooding over the past several days in southern Peru has risen to 20. Local officials said at least five more people are missing and almost 40,000 others have been affected. Peru's Cuzco region in the Andes is the worst-hit. According to officials, nearly 4,...

January 31, 2010 2:27 PM

China stops military exchange with US

China has suspended military exchanges with the United States over Washington's 6.4-billion dollar arms deal with Taiwan, the territory that Beijing claims as its own. According to a report on the state-run Xinhua news agency, China's Defense Ministry said the decision to halt visits betwe...

January 31, 2010 2:17 PM

Prison riot injures 50 in Pak

In Pakistan, at least 50 prisoners were injured following clashes between jail officials and prisoners at the Faisalabad jail on Saturday evening. Reports say the clashes began when the newly-appointed Jail Superintendent Tariq Babar Warraich allegedly used derogatory language during inspection. He ...

January 31, 2010 1:34 PM

Congress leader requests for new station at Kartarpur

Congress leader Mr. Sukhpal Singh Khaira has written to the Union Railway Minister for stopping of Akal Takhat Sahib Express and Sachkhand Express trains at Kartarpur Railway Station which falls between Amritsar-Jalandhar rail link. The Akal Takhat Sahib Express No- 2318 goes to Patna Sahib twice a ...

January 31, 2010 1:33 PM

IFJ accuses China of gagging media

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says China has intensified its efforts over the past year to control what the media can say. It says hundreds of regulations have been introduced since the Beijing Olympics in 2008 to restrict reporters writing on social unrest or scandals. Journalis...

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