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January 4, 2010 10:22 AM

US intensifies screening for travelers from 14 nations including Pakistan

Travellers from 14 nations including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia flying into the United States will face additional screening starting on Monday. <br/>US officials have said that the heightened security procedures include full body pat downs before boarding, checking of...

January 3, 2010 8:48 PM

Four killed in roadside bomb blast in NWFP

Four people, including a former NWFP Minister have been killed in a road side bomb blast in Pakistan's restive north-west. Ghani-ur-Rehman who was once Irrigation Minister in North West Frontier Province died when a remote controlled bomb exploded in Bagto village, about 10 kilometres from the ...

January 3, 2010 8:35 PM

US and Britain close embassies in Yemen fearing al-Qaeda threat

The American and British Embassies in Yemen have been closed in response to ongoing Al-Qaeda threats to attack US interests. This was announced in an embassy statement issued today. The statement does not specify the period of this closure but added that the step has been taken in response to ongoin...

January 3, 2010 8:33 PM

US and Britain close embassies in Yemen fearing al-Qaeda threat

The American and British Embassies in Yemen have been closed in response to ongoing Al-Qaeda threats to attack US interests. This was announced in an embassy statement issued today. The statement does not specify the period of this closure but added that the step has been taken in response to ongoin...

January 3, 2010 8:32 PM

US and Britain close embassy in Yemen fearing al-Qaeda threat

The American and British Embassies in Yemen have been closed in response to ongoing Al-Qaeda threats to attack US interests. This was announced in an embassy statement issued today. The statement does not specify the period of this closure but added that the step has been taken in response to ongoin...

January 3, 2010 8:26 PM

US and Britain closes its embassy in Yemen fearing al-Qaeda threat

The American and British Embassies in Yemen have been closed in response to ongoing Al-Qaeda threats to attack US interests. This was announced in an embassy statement issued today. The statement does not specify the period of this closure but added that the step has been taken in response to ongoin...

January 3, 2010 6:20 PM

Quake renders 20,000 homeless in Tajikistan

Officials in Tajikistan say twenty thousand people have been rendered homeless by an earthquake which damaged or destroyed more than a thousand buildings. <br/> <br/>The earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the ritcher scale struck early yesterday in the mountains more than 300 ...

January 3, 2010 6:20 PM

Oil spills over in major tributory of Yellow River in China

Hundreds of workers in northern China are trying to contain an oil leak that spilled thousands of litres of diesel into a major tributary of the Yellow river, the lifeline for drinking water for millions in the country. State media reports that after an accident on a construction site, about one hun...

January 3, 2010 5:31 PM

US closes its embassy in Yemen fearing al-Qaeda threat

The American Embassy in Yemen has been closed in response to ongoing Al-Qaeda threats to attack US interests. This was announced in an embassy statement issued today. The statement does not specify the period of this closure but added that the step has been taken in response to ongoing threats by Al...

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