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January 31, 2010 9:26 AM

UK curbs Student Visa Applications at North Indian Centres

UK Border Agency has temporarily stopped accepting student visa applications at its north India based centres. Student visa application under Tier 4 of the Points Based System will not be accepted at visa application centres in New Delhi, Chandigarh and Jalandhar from Monday. Briefing mediapersons i...

January 31, 2010 9:13 AM

US citizens advised to be alert on visit to India

The US government has said that it continues to receive information that terrorist groups may be planning attacks in India. The American Department of State said that terrorists and their sympathizers have demonstrated their willingness and capability to attack targets where US citizens or Westerner...

January 31, 2010 8:57 AM

2 soldiers, 12 civilians killed in Pak Suicide attack

In Pakistan, 12 people including two soldiers were killed and 20 civilians injured when a suicide bomber blew up at a military checkpoint in northwestern tribal region on Saturday. Senior administration official Iqbal Khattak said a man wearing a vest packed with explosives walked up to the post in ...

January 30, 2010 8:18 PM

WWI soldiers of Fromelles reburied

The first of 250 British and Australian soldiers whose remains were recovered from a World War I battlefield in northern France has been reburied. The unidentified soldiers, who died in the 1916 Battle of Fromelles, were reburied with full military honours in a special service near the site of the f...

January 30, 2010 8:13 PM

Taliban deny negotiations with UN official for peace in Afghanistan

The Taliban have denied reports their leaders have met with a U.N. official to discuss prospects for peace in Afghanistan. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Taliban said the reports of them meeting with Kai Eide, the U.N. representative for Afghanistan, were baseless rumors. <br/>&#06...

January 30, 2010 8:05 PM

Yemen foils Qaida suicide bombing attempt

Yemeni security forces have foiled a suicide bombing attempt by a suspected al-Qaida member in the eastern province of Hadramout. <br/><br/>The state-run Saba news agency said Saleh Abdulhabib al-Shawish was arrested in Khalaf district while riding a motorbike with an explosive b...

January 30, 2010 7:57 PM

UK suspends accepting student visa applications at north India centres

UK Border Agency has temporarily stopped accepting student visa applications at its north India centres. Student visa application under Tier 4 of the Points Based System will not be accepted at visa application centres in New Delhi, Chandigarh and Jalandhar from Monday. <br/><br/&#062...

January 30, 2010 7:17 PM

Churchill’s cigar sells for more than 7,000 US dollars

A half-smoked cigar abandoned by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was sold for more than 7,000 US dollars. The cigar was tossed aside by Churchill as he headed to an urgent meeting of his cabinet in 1941 and was kept as a souvenir by a member of his domestic staff. <br/>&#06...

January 30, 2010 7:16 PM

Three Americans killed in Afghanistan

Two U.S. service members and a U.S. employee were killed on Friday in eastern Afghanistan. The International Security Assistance Force on Saturday said the incident is under investigation. No other information was available. Elsewhere a so-called friendly fire incident between NATO troops and the Af...

January 30, 2010 7:15 PM

China suspends military exchanges with US after Taiwan deal

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. <br/><br/>According to a report on the state-run Xinhua news agency, China's Defense Ministry said the...

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