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January 28, 2010 9:23 PM

Four killed, 10 injured in Pak bomb blast

A bomb blast in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday killed at least four people and injured 10 others. District Police Officer Syed Farid Ali said the bomb exploded outside a roadside hotel in Naseerabad, southeast of Quetta.He said the bomb was attached to a motorcycle par...

January 28, 2010 7:53 PM

16 year old girl pulled alive from rubbles of Haiti earthquake

A 16-year-old girl has been pulled out of the rubble in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, fifteen days after the earthquake struck. <br/><br/>Rescuers said the girl had survived by drinking water. Her rescue comes five days after Haitian government officially ended the search ...

January 28, 2010 6:29 PM

US to slash tax breaks to firms that move jobs abroad

In bad news for India's IT-BPO sector, US President Barack Obama on Thursday said he will slash tax breaks to American firms that move jobs abroad. He said job creation would be the country's number-one focus in 2010, and pushed for the new jobs bill. In his first State of Union address, h...

January 28, 2010 6:29 PM

16 year old girl pulled alive from rubbles of Haiti earthquake

A 16-year-old girl has been pulled out of the rubble in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, fifteen days after the earthquake struck. Rescuers said the girl had survived by drinking water. <br/><br/>Her rescue comes five days after Haitian government officially ended the search ...

January 28, 2010 6:05 PM

US citizen arrested for illegally entering Korea from China

North Korea says it has arrested a US citizen for illegally entering its territory across the border from China. The official news agency said the man, who has not been identified, had been detained on Monday and was now being questioned. North Korea is currently holding another US citizen, Robert P...

January 28, 2010 5:21 PM

Five convicts of Bangabandhu assassination case hanged to death

All the five death row convicts in the Bangabandhu assassination case were hanged to death minutes after midnight in the first one hour of Thursday.<br/><br/>Ex-lieutenant colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed and ex-major Bazlul Huda were hanged first as the execution process started while ex...

January 28, 2010 3:19 PM

Afghan talks set to open in London

Leaders from more than 60 nations are meeting in London on Thursday to chart out future course of action for Afghanistan, facing growing Taliban-led violence in recent months.<br/><br/>India is represented by a high-level delegation led by External affairs minister Mr. S. M. Kris...

January 28, 2010 2:12 PM

Australia sets high-level working group to look into attacks on Indians

<br/>Australia has set up a high-level working group to study the spate of attacks on Indians in that country.<br/><br/>The working group set up by the federal government and the government of Victoria state would comprehensively study the reported incidents and their i...

January 28, 2010 2:12 PM

Five convicts of Bangabandhu assassination case hanged to death

All the five death row convicts in the Bangabandhu assassination case were hanged to death minutes after midnight in the first one hour of Thursday.Ex-lieutenant colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed and ex-major Bazlul Huda were hanged first as the execution process started while ex-lieutenant colonel Syed Faruq...

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