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January 26, 2010 10:27 AM

Peru to rescue rains strand 2000 tourists at Machu Picchu

<br/>The authorities in Peru are sending helicopters to rescue some 2000 tourists who are stranded by heavy rains in the sacred Inca city of Machu Picchu. The rains have triggered landslides and swept away roads.<br/><br/>Peru's Tourism Minister Martin Perez said t...

January 26, 2010 10:26 AM

Karzai to seek removal of Taliban from UN blacklist

<br/>Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will propose lifting UN sanctions against some Taliban leaders at a summit in London later this week. He said he believed Western allies backed his reconciliation plans for Taliban members who renounce al-Qaeda.<br/><br/>Mr Kar...

January 26, 2010 10:08 AM

Eight men arrested in Australia for attack on two Indians

<br/>In Australia, Victoria Police have arrested eight people for assaulting two Indian students in Melbourne last night. A group of about 10 people beaten two men in Swanston Street just after 10 pm.<br/><br/>Some comments were made by the group towards the pair and th...

January 26, 2010 10:05 AM

Cold weather kills dozens in eastern Europe

<br/>Cold weather has wreaked havoc in eastern Europe, with temperatures dipping to minus 35 degrees Celsius in some areas, killing dozens of people and disrupting schools and traffic flow. <br/><br/>From the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, arctic...

January 26, 2010 10:03 AM

36 killed in Iraq bombings

<br/>In Iraq, at least 36 civilians were killed and 71 injured in the series of explosions that targeted three hotels in Baghdad on Monday. According to Iraqi National News agency, the car bombs exploded near three Baghdad hotels popular with Western journalists and businessmen.<br/&#...

January 26, 2010 10:03 AM

Saddam's cousin ‘Chemical Ali’ hanged

<br/>Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's cousin Hassan al-Majid also known as "Chemical Ali" has been executed. According to National Iraqi news agency, he was hanged for crimes against humanity.<br/><br/>Majid, who was an enforcer in Saddam Hussein's...

January 26, 2010 9:31 AM

Rana pleads not guilty to plotting Mumbai attacks

<br/>Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana has pleaded not guilty to preparing the groundwork and providing material support for the Lashkar-e-Toiba, LeT to carry out the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.<br/><br/>49-year-old Rana, who was arrested by the FBI along with h...

January 26, 2010 9:20 AM

Ethiopian plane crashes off Lebanon, no survivors

<br/>Lebanese authorities say they have found at least 34 bodies from an Ethiopian passenger plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea early Monday with 90 people on board. They also say it is unlikely anyone survived the crash. <br/><br/>Lebanese officials are blam...

January 26, 2010 9:18 AM

Sri Lanka goes to polls today to elect new President

Sri Lanka goes to polls on Tuesday to elect a new President. Incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa is pitted against former Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka in the first peacetime Presidential election since Tamil Tigers took up arms in 1972.Ahead of Presidential polls, Sri Lankan government vowed ...

January 25, 2010 8:05 PM

11 killed in three blasts in Iraq

In Iraq, at least 11 people have been killed in three large explosions apparently targeting hotels in the centre of the capital, Baghdad. Twice as many are feared injured in the explosions this afternoon, which sent plumes of smoke rising hundreds of metres into the sky. The first blast occurred nea...

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