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January 10, 2010 8:03 PM

Foreign ministers of Iran,Pak and Afghanistan to meet on 16th Jan

A trilateral meeting of foreign ministers of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan will take place on 16th of this month in Islamabad. According to Iranian news agency ILNA, Iran's Foreign Minister and his Afghan counterpart will visit Pakistan next week to take part in the meeting aimed at ensuring Afghan...

January 10, 2010 8:03 PM

Scribe killed in Afghan explosion

The defence correspondent of a prominent daily has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. The UK's Ministry of Defence said, Rupert Hamer was one of two journalists embedded with the US Marine Corps when their vehicle hit an improvised bomb near Nawa, in Helmand. Mr Hamer's colleague,...

January 10, 2010 8:03 PM

Wreckage of World War II hospital ship seen

An Australian World War II hospital ship, the Centaur, has been seen for the first time since it sank more than 60 years ago with a loss of 268 lives. Images of the wreck, more than 2 kilometres below the sea, were captured by a remote-controlled underwater camera. The ship's location was disco...

January 10, 2010 6:38 PM

India to hold discussion with BASIC group members

India will hold discussion with other BASIC group members comprising China, South Africa and Brazil in New Delhi in third week of this month to discuss their climate strategy. The Environment Minister Mr.Jairam Ramesh said in New Delhi today, the main challenge is that an agreement by 29 countries n...

January 10, 2010 5:13 PM

Indonesia: Flooding submerges 500 houses,leaves one dead

Widespread flooding has left one person dead and two missing in Indonesia's East Java. A health official today said water as high as one metre submerged more than 500 houses in Pasuruan district due to continuous rain since Friday evening. He said the floods have yet to recede but the situation...

January 10, 2010 5:13 PM

Relief supplies rushed to China following snowstorms

In China, tents and other relief supplies were being rushed to the northwestern Xinjiang region after heavy snow killed one person and forced the evacuation of nearly 5,500 others. State media today said snowstorms that raged until Friday also flattened 799 houses and damaged 4,897 others. The snow,...

January 10, 2010 1:37 PM

Rajapaksa addresses military ahead of Prez polls

Two weeks ahead of the forthcoming Presidential elections in Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapaksa accompanied by the Commanders of the three armed forces this morning visited the northern military headquarters at Palaly in the Jaffna Peninsula , and addressed the troops and officers at the base th...

January 10, 2010 1:07 PM

Croatia queues up to elect new Prez

People in Croatia are voting today for a new President. The first round of the election in December was won by Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic, but he failed to get an outright majority. Opinion polls suggest he has a lead over his challenger Milan Bandic in the run-off election.<br/><b...

January 10, 2010 1:06 PM

Bandh disrupts life in Kathmandu

In Nepal, normal life remained disrupted in Kathmandu valley today following a day-long bandh called by Rashtriya Janmorcha protesting against federalism. Major shops and business establishments remained closed and public transport were off the roads, affecting road communication between Kathmandu v...

January 10, 2010 12:38 PM

Sheikh Hasina to sign 3 MoUs with India

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh Ms Sheikh Hasina will be arriving in New Delhi tonight on a three day state visit to India. Three anti terror pacts on mutual legal assistance, transfer of sentenced persons and on combating international terrorism, organised crime and illegal drug trafficking will b...

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