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January 24, 2010 9:08 PM

Rajapaksa denies Opposition charge of staging coup

With just a day to go for what is undoubtedly one of the most intensely fought Sri Lankan Presidential election, the opposition backing the candidature of the commander turned politician Sarath Fonseka portrayed an alarming scenario of the incumbent President, Mahinda Rajapaksa preparing the stage f...

January 24, 2010 9:06 PM

46 injured as Iranian plane catches fire

At least 46 passengers on board an Iranian airliner have been injured as the plane catches fire while trying to land in the Mashhad airport. <br/><br/>According to Iranian channel Press TV, the Taban Airlines passenger aircraft, which had departed from the southeastern Iranian ci...

January 24, 2010 6:20 PM

Laden threatens to launch fresh attacks on US

A tape said to be from Osama Bin Laden says al-Qaeda was responsible for the failed Christmas day airliner bombing attempt in the United States. <br/><br/>In the audio message aired by al-Jazeera Arab television network today, bin Laden said al-Qaida would launch further attacks ...

January 23, 2010 9:02 PM

Poll campaign for lankan Presidential Polls ends tonight

As the curtains on the official campaign for the the Tuesday's Sri Lankan Presidential election come down at midnight, the two chief contenders the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the common opposition candidate, retired General Sarath Fonseka wound up their nearly two-month long camp...

January 23, 2010 8:38 PM

Africa, EU & ASEAN make strong plea for multilateralism

A strong plea for multilateralism was made by speakers from Africa, European Union and ASEAN groupings at the Partnership Summit in Chennai today. They were speaking in the session on how to move seamlessly from regional integration to global partnerships.<br/><br/>Chairing the p...

January 23, 2010 8:30 PM

China opens border with Pakistan for transportation of essential commodities

China opened its border with Pakistan this morning for transportation of essential commodities from Chinese side for daily use for the people of Upper Hunza. Uper Hunza has been cut off from the most of Pakistan for the last nineteen days due to heavy land sliding on Karrakarum High Way. <br/&#...

January 23, 2010 8:29 PM

Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, two more soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed today. A press release of the alliance said two ISAF service members from the United States were killed in an Improvised Explosive Device strike in southern Afghanistan. However, it did ...

January 23, 2010 8:28 PM

Mild earthquake jolts Bolivia

An earthquakes of 5.3 magnitude shook Bolivia early today. According to the US Geological Survey, the tremor hit 75 kilometres west-northwest of Santa Cruz, Bolivia's largest city, at 5:23 am local time with a depth of 10 kilometres. Another quake of magnitude 5.2 struck nearby 17 minutes later...

January 23, 2010 8:27 PM

Banglaadesh eager to sign MoUs with India on sharing river waters

The Bangladesh Foreign Secretary today said that his country wants to sign agreements with India on sharing of all common rivers, including the Teesta. Briefing journalists in Dhaka on Saturday, Foreign Secretary Mijarul Qayes said Bangladesh wants to sign a long term deal on Teesta's water sha...

January 23, 2010 7:32 PM

Fire devastates 30K hectares of forest & pasture land

In Chile, about 30,000 hectares of forest and pasture land have been devastated by fires in different regions . Authorities said the losses caused by the fires reached 40 million U.S. dollars. <br/><br/>The executive director of the Chilean National Forest Corporation, Mr. Catali...

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