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January 2, 2010 5:51 PM
Danish police have shot and wounded a man at the home of Cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose controversial cartoon sparked an international row. A Somali man linked to Islamist al-Shabab militia broke in to his house with an axe and a knife. <br/><br/>The cartoonist with his young...
January 2, 2010 5:51 PM
A UK-flagged cargo ship with 25 crew has been seized by pirates off Somalia. The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said the "Asian Glory" was taken 1,000 kilometres off the Horn of Africa nation's coast. The ship, which has a multi-national crew, is the second UK-flagged ship hijacked in day...
January 2, 2010 5:50 PM
The US Intelligence Agency, CIA has launched an internal review as to how a suicide bomber deceived security routines and killed its seven officers at a base in Afghanistan. The CIA Director Leon Panetta said in Washington that the attack will be avenged through aggressive counter terrorism operatio...
January 2, 2010 5:11 PM
In Nepal, three major political parties- Nepali Congress, CPN (UML) and the opposition Unified CPN(Maoist) - have identified six key issues to reach a consensus on resolving the current political impasse. A meeting of the senior leaders of the three parties held in Kathmandu last night decided to re...
January 2, 2010 5:08 PM
Rescuers scrambled to remove the rubble of over 20 houses that collapsed due to the impact of the suicide car bombing at a playground in northwest Pakistan as the toll in the devastating attack rose to 95 today.<br/> <br/>Police and emergency service officials said three more bod...
January 2, 2010 5:08 PM
In China, nine people were killed in an explosion at a fire crackers factory in the north-western Shaanxi Province last evening. Most of the victims were locals who were working in the factory. An investigation is on to find out the cause of the accident.
January 2, 2010 2:53 PM
Rescuers scrambled to remove the rubble of over 20 houses that collapsed due to the impact of the suicide car bombing at a playground in northwest Pakistan as the toll in the devastating attack rose to 95 today. Police and emergency service officials said three more bodies were pulled out of the deb...
January 2, 2010 1:08 PM
Somali pirates hijacked a Singapore-flagged chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden yesterday. The European Union naval force said in a statement that MV Pramoni was seized when it was heading to Kandla port in India. The ship has a 24-member crew. The ship's master reported by radio that all the c...
January 2, 2010 1:06 PM
The Afghanistan Government has said they suspect involvement of Haqqani network behind the suicide bombing on Wednesday that killed seven Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel in eastern province of Khost. Interior ministry spokesman Zamari Bashari said the government has not yet determined wh...
January 2, 2010 12:08 PM
Israeli war jets and tanks struck several targets in the Gaza Strip early morning today, wounding at least four people. According to Israeli daily Haaretz, Israeli F16 fighters fired two missiles and tanks fired two shells that landed at empty areas east and northeast of Gaza City. Four people were ...
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