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January 23, 2010 6:53 PM

Eight killed & 15 injured in Iran train derailment

In Iran, at least eight people have been killed and fifteen others sustained injuries after a passenger train en route from Mashhad to Tehran derailed. According to Iranian channel press TV, the train with 50 passengers aboard left the tracks this morning in Joghatay town - located in Iran's no...

January 23, 2010 6:52 PM

16 militants in two encounters in Pakistan

In Pakistan, sixteen militants have been killed in two different incidents during the ongoing operation in Aurakzai Agency. <br/><br/>According to official sources, nine militants were killed and twenty two others arrested during search operation at Khoidad Khel area of the Agenc...

January 23, 2010 6:50 PM

US Vice Prez meeting Iraqi & Palestinian leaders in Baghdad

Vice President Joe Biden is meeting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani and leaders of political parties in Baghdad today in an attempt to diffuse the raw following debarment of more than 500 candidates from taking part in polls. <br/><br/>These candi...

January 23, 2010 6:47 PM

Russia & US to continue N-disarmament talks in Geneva

The Russian Defence Ministry today confirmed Russia and the United States will continue nuclear disarmament talks in Geneva in February. A defence ministry spokesman said the Russian chief of staff, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, and the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, met in Mo...

January 23, 2010 6:35 PM

More bodies of victims of Nigerian religious clashes found

In Nigeria, more victims of the deadly religious clashes in central part of the country have been found with scores of bodies found stuffed in wells and sewage pits. Between 100 and 150 bodies were found in Kuru Karama village, 30 kilometres from the city of Jos, where the violence erupted last Sund...

January 23, 2010 6:02 PM

Haiti declares search & rescue of earthquake survivors over

The United Nations says Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over. The announcement came a day after two people, an 84-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man, were pulled alive from the rubble in Port-au-Prince.<br/><br/>T...

January 23, 2010 4:10 PM

Wardek Guv. in Afghanitan escapes assassination bid; four soldiers killed

In Afghanistan, four soldiers were killed when militants made an assassination attempt on a provincial governor but he escaped unhurt. Governor of Wardak province Halim Fidai was traveling to inspect a school after meeting with elders in the Jagatu district yesterday when a roadside bomb explosion k...

January 23, 2010 11:44 AM

US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Baghdad

US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad last evening . According to a statement of US mission in Iraq, during his visit Mr. Biden will meet Iraqi leaders and U.S. troops as they prepare for the upcoming elections in the country due in March this year. Today he will meet Iraqi Prime Minister N...

January 23, 2010 10:25 AM

Haiti woman ,84, pulled alive from debris after 10 days

In Haiti, An 84-year-old woman was pulled alive by rescuers from the debris of a wrecked building in the earthquake devastated capital Port-au-Prince today, 10 days after the tremors. Doctors who treated her said she was barely responding and had wounds all over her body but she was stable. The US a...

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