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January 29, 2010 7:34 PM

US considering shifting 9/11 trial out of New York

The US administration is considering moving the trial of the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks out of New York City. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is due to be tried with four other suspects. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he had asked the attorney general not to hold the trial in Manhattan, near the si...

January 29, 2010 7:34 PM

Myanmar sentences journalist for working foreign media

A military court in Myanmar has sentenced a journalist to 13 years in prison for working illegally for foreign media organisations. Ngwe Soe Lin, who reported for the Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma, was convicted of violating immigration laws and the Electronics Act.<br/><br/&...

January 29, 2010 7:21 PM

Haiti reconstruction to start from "below Zero": Edmond Mulet

The acting head of the UN mission in Haiti has said reconstruction in the country will take several decades, following the devastating earthquake two weeks ago. Edmond Mulet said the logistics of the relief effort were a nightmare, with Haiti's inadequate infrastructure destroyed and a shortage...

January 29, 2010 7:21 PM

Iran not building N-bomb: Ahamadinejad

Iranian President Mahmud Ahamadinejad has said that Iran is not pursuing to build nuclear bomb. According to Iran's news agency ILNA, addressing officials in charge of organizing the Ten-Day celebration of Islamic revolution in Tehran yesterday he said that Iranians would respond to on nuclear issue...

January 29, 2010 6:30 PM

US notifies UN on cutting carbon emissions by 17% by 2020

The United States has formally notified the United Nations that it embraced the Copenhagen Accord and would cut its carbon emissions 17 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels.<br/> In a letter to the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), US Special Envoy for Clim...

January 29, 2010 6:27 PM

Nepal takes lead in environment protection on several Asian nations: Survey

Nepal has managed to lead over several South Asian nations in environment protection, according to a latest worldwide survey.<br/> The 2010 Environment Performance Index released on Thursday at Davos, had placed Nepal 38th among 163 countries on 25 performance indicators covering environme...

January 29, 2010 6:26 PM

Iran not building N-bomb: Ahamadinejad

Iranian President Mahmud Ahamadinejad has said that Iran is not pursuing to build nuclear bomb. According to Iran's news agency ILNA, addressing officials in charge of organizing the Ten-Day celebration of Islamic revolution in Tehran yesterday he said that Iranians would respond to on nuclear issue...

January 29, 2010 6:18 PM

US congratulates Rajapaksa on winning Lankan Presidential polls

The United States while congratulating Sri Lanka for the first nationwide election in decades and President Rajapaksa on his victory has also urged the authorities to ensure the safety and security of all candidates and campaign workers.<br/> A press statement by the US Embassy in Colombo ...

January 29, 2010 6:00 PM

Lankan STF raids former army chief Fonseka's office

Over 100 personnel from Sri Lanka's elite Special Task Force, STF today raided the office of former army chief and defeated opposition presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka in Colombo. <br/><br/>A close aide of Fonseka said, the reason for the raid is not known. Daily Mi...

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