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January 9, 2010 4:36 PM

Four killed in drone attack in NWFP

Security officials in Pakistan say atleast four people were killed in an American drone attack in the north west of the country. The missile targeted a house and a vehicle in a village in the town of Miranshah in the tribal district of North Waziristan. The attack was the sixth in just over a week i...

January 9, 2010 4:35 PM

Three arrested at Heathrow Airport for making bomb threat call

Police have arrested three men on a plane at London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of making a bomb threat. Armed officers boarded the Dubai-bound Emirates flight after verbal threats were made to air crew. The Metropolitan Police said the three men, aged aged 58, 48 and 36, were in police cus...

January 9, 2010 4:34 PM

Karzai presents new list of nominees for Cabinet posts

The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has presented the country's parliament with a new list of nominees for cabinet posts. The proposals come a week after 17 of his initial 24 nominees were rejected.The second round of nominees includes the post of foreign minister, which was left unfilled on the ...

January 9, 2010 1:50 PM

12, 000 people have die so far due to Swine flu: WHO

The World Health Organization, WHO, has cautioned that the H1N1 pandemic influenza is not yet over, and continuous monitoring of the evolution of the disease is needed in the coming months. According to latest WHO data, released yesterday, at least 12,299 people have so far died due to deadly H1N1 p...

January 9, 2010 1:49 PM

US urges Palestinians, Israelis to resume peace talks

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Palestinians and Israelis to resume peace talks as soon as possible and without preconditions.The call comes as the Israeli Prime Minister held talks in Egypt and the Saudi Foreign Minister was in Syria. Mrs Clinton said if the border issues for a ...

January 8, 2010 11:11 PM

Snow and gale-force winds affect air and rail services in Europe

Snow and gale-force winds are expected to cause transport chaos in Germany as a bitter cold snap continues to wreak havoc across Europe. Up to 40 centimetres of snow was expected later today in Germany, with heavy winds expected to bring traffic to a standstill. Airports have called in extra staff a...

January 8, 2010 11:08 PM

US cut 85, 000 jobs in December

In the United States employers unexpectedly cut 85,000 jobs in December, but the unemployment rate held steady at 10 per cent. Official figures have shown the number of job losses was surprising, particularly after November's figures had been revised. The US Labor Department had initially estim...

January 8, 2010 10:04 PM

Alleged Christmas Day Bomber to make his first court appearance

The Nigerian man accused of attempting to detonate a bomb on a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day is to make his first court appearance in the United States. It will be determined whether Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, charged with the attempted murder of 290 people and five other counts, should stay ...

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