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January 15, 2010 8:14 PM

Anger mounts as aid struggles to reach Haitians

Anger and despair mounted in quake-hit Haiti with rotting bodies littering the rubble-strewn streets and little sign of international aid as the Red Cross said up to 50,000 people may be dead. The stench of death hung over the capital Port-au-Prince as residents, still clawing through rubble in the ...

January 15, 2010 6:41 PM

12 killed, 20 injured in Iraq blasts

In Iraq, 12 people were killed and 20 others wounded in three blasts in central Najaf. Voice of Iraq news agency quoting interior ministry has reported today that three synchronized blasts occurred in two close places in central Najaf yesterday.<br/><br/>One bomb went off inside ...

January 15, 2010 6:41 PM

One held for recent bomb attack on Israeli embassy

Jordanian authorities have arrested one person in Amman, suspected of involvement in yesterday's bomb attack on an Israeli embassy convoy in the country.<br/><br/>According to Israeli daily Haaretz, the arrest was made after a roadside explosive device went off near a convoy of c...

January 15, 2010 6:41 PM

China appoints Ex. soldier as new Tibet governor

China has appointed a former soldier as the new governor of Tibet.Padma Choling, formerly vice-chairman of the regional government, was elected at the regional parliamentary session of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. <br/><br/>The new governor pledged to make soci...

January 15, 2010 6:39 PM

US announces extra aviation security measures

The US today announced extra aviation security measures, including enhanced random screening and additional federal air marshals on certain routes. The measures come in the wakr of intelligence warning that al-Qaeda in Yemen is planning more attacks following the botched Christmas Day attempt to blo...

January 15, 2010 6:38 PM

Ilyas Kashmiri presented in US court

Ilyas Kashmiri, the dreaded Pakistani terrorist, belonging to the radical Harakat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI), has been indicted in a US court for the first time in connection with a plot to target a Danish newspaper. He was charged along with former Pakistani Army major Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, David C...

January 15, 2010 6:37 PM

Anger mounts as aid struggles to reach Haitians

Anger and despair mounted in quake-hit Haiti with rotting bodies littering the rubble-strewn streets and little sign of international aid as the Red Cross said up to 50,000 people may be dead. The stench of death hung over the capital Port-au-Prince as residents, still clawing through rubble in the ...

January 15, 2010 2:13 PM

WHO says H1N1 pandemic pandemic not fake

The World Health Organization has rejected allegations that the H1N1 pandemic is fake, stressing that it has not overplayed the risks of this new influenza. The UN Agency's top pandemic expert, Dr. Keiji Fukuda on Thursday said the description of it as fake is both wrong and irresponsible. Mr. ...

January 15, 2010 2:05 PM

5.3 magnitude quake hits southern Philippines

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale shook southern Philippines on Friday. There are no immediate reports of any damage or casualties.The seismology office said there was no immediate tsunami warning. Scientists have, however, cautioned that there may be aftershocks. The quake struck at ...

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