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January 15, 2010 1:59 PM

Bullet-ridden bodies of five suspected militants found in Pakistan

In Pakistan, the bullet-riddled bodies of five suspected militants have been found in north-western Darra Adamkhel tribal region. The bodies were left in a mountain gorge in the Akhorwal area. Local residents claim they were Taliban militants who went missing during a recent clash with security forc...

January 15, 2010 1:06 PM

Over 50,000 killed in Haiti quake: Red Cross

The Red Cross has estimated that around 30 lakh people in Haiti have been affected by Tuesday's earthquake and the death toll in the massive disaster could well be over 50,000. Rescue teams are making all efforts to find the survivors trapped in the debris. Countries across the world are in the...

January 15, 2010 1:05 PM

11th Dhaka International Film festival begins

The 11th Dhaka International Film festival was inaugurated in the city last night by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Addressing the inaugural session, Hasina said her government will soon formulate a National Film Policy to promote the development of the country's film industry. A total of ...

January 15, 2010 10:45 AM

Suicide bomb attack kills 20 in Afghanistan

Twenty people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in a restive province of southern Afghanistan today. General Abdul Hameed, the commander of the Afghan National Army in Uruzgan province that a suicide bomber on foot detonated himself at the gate of a money exchange...

January 15, 2010 9:51 AM

Rescue teams arrive in quake devastated Haiti from all over the world

At least 36 UN personnel, including 19 military troops, have been killed in the Haiti earthquake. Speaking on video-conference to journalists in the UN headquarters in New York, David Wimhurst, spokesperson for the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti, said that 160 UN personnel are still unaccounted fo...

January 14, 2010 10:06 PM

Full Burka is not welcome in France: Sarkozy

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reiterated his view that the full burka is not welcome in France, as a debate continues on whether to ban it. <br/><br/>Mr Sarkozy did not explicitly call for a ban, saying no one should feel stigmatised by any eventual law. His UMP party is t...

January 14, 2010 9:51 PM

Burka is not welcome in France: Sarkozy

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reiterated his view that the full burka is not welcome in France, as a debate continues on whether to ban it. Mr Sarkozy did not explicitly call for a ban, saying no one should feel stigmatised by any eventual law. His UMP party is to put forward a bill this mont...

January 14, 2010 9:36 PM

Application against Fonseka’s candidature filed in Lankan SC

One of the 22 Presidential contenders Sarath Kongahage yesterday filed a Fundamental Rights application in the Supreme Court against the candidature of New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential candidate and the former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka, on the basis that he is a citizen of the United States. ...

January 14, 2010 8:36 PM

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber blows himself, 20 gets killed

Twenty people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in a restive province of southern Afghanistan today. General Abdul Hameed, the commander of the Afghan National Army in Uruzgan province that a suicide bomber on foot detonated himself at the gate of a money exchange...

January 14, 2010 7:48 PM

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber blows himself, 15 gets killed

In Afghanistan, 15 people have been killed and thirteen others injured when a suicide attacker blew himself up in the southern Uruzgan province.The provincial police chief Juma Gul Humat said a man with explosive device in his body blew himself up in a crowded market in Deh Rawad district this after...

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