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January 17, 2010 7:13 PM

Internation5+1 to acknowledge Iran’s N right: Spokesman al News Heading

Iran has said that the 5+1 programs and talks over Iran's nuclear program are doomed to failure as long as they fail to adopt a realistic approach towards the issue. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mihman-Parast told official news agency IRNA today that the only way for the 5+1 members was ...

January 17, 2010 6:06 PM

Taliban insurgents kill two soldiers in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, two foreign soldiers have been killed in fresh attacks by Taliban insurgents. An American soldier died of injuries suffered during a clash with Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. In another incident a Canadian soldier was killed by stepping on an explosive device in Kandahar ...

January 17, 2010 5:59 PM

US drone attack kills 15 in NW Pakistan

A missile attack by a US drone aircraft has killed at least 15 people in north-west Pakistan. A senior security official said four missiles hit the house of a local tribesman at Shaktoi in South Waziristan and all those killed in the attack were militants. He said the death toll could rise further a...

January 17, 2010 5:58 PM

Senegal offers free land & repatriation to Haitians

Senegal's president says he will offer free land and repatriation to people affected by the earthquake in Haiti. <br/><br/>President Abdoulaye Wade said Haitians were sons and daughters of Africa since Haiti was founded by slaves including some thought to be from Senegal. &#...

January 17, 2010 2:25 PM

Iraq orders death sentence to Chemical Ali

A former Iraqi official Ali Hassan al-Majid also known as Chemical Ali, has been sentenced to death for ordering the gassing of Kurds. It is the fourth time that Majid, an enforcer in Saddam Hussein's regime, has been sentenced to death. He has also been convicted of the 1999 killings of Shia M...

January 17, 2010 1:17 PM

Krishna wraps up Nepal visit

Indian External Affairs Minister, Mr. S.M.Krishna wrapped up his three day visit to Nepal after a meeting with the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Mr. Subhash Nemwang and members of different political parties represented in the constituent assembly in Kathmandu this afternoon. Talking to newsm...

January 17, 2010 12:58 PM

Pope Benedict to visit Rome's synagogue

Pope Benedict is today making an historic visit to Rome's synagogue - only the second time a Pope is making such a trip. Pope Benedict's visit is aimed at cementing relations between Catholicism and Judaism. Rome's synagogue is the spiritual home of the oldest Jewish community in the ...

January 17, 2010 12:51 PM

Ukraine goes to polls today

Polling has begun in Ukraine for the country's first presidential election since the 2004 Orange Revolution, in which mass protests overturned the results of a fraudulent poll. There are 18 candidates in the fray, including incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko ...

January 17, 2010 12:21 PM

US to put ‘crack unit’ in Pak

Alarmed by a slew of terror attacks on sensitive military installations in Pakistan, the US is putting in place "a crack unit" of its elite troops to seal off that country's nuclear weapons and ensure they do not fall into the hands of militants, a media report in London claimed today...

January 17, 2010 11:51 AM

UN appeals globe to help Haiti

The UN has launched an appeal for 562 million Dollars aid to help earthquake hit three million people of Haiti for six months. Tens of thousands of people have been killed in Tuesday's devastating earthquake and survivors have grown desperate as they wait for aid to arrive. The UN Chief Ban Ki-...

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