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January 2, 2010 12:08 PM

Brown calls for meet on Yemen

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called an international meeting on combating extremism in Yemen. The meeting would take place in London on the 28th of this month in parallel with a conference on Afghanistan which is to be attended from about forty three nations. British Prime Minister said t...

January 2, 2010 10:47 AM

Israeli tanks injure 4 in Gaza Strip

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 ...

January 2, 2010 9:18 AM

Shrawan Kumar gets 'Officer of the Order of Canada' award

In Canada, Indian-origin scientist Shrawan Kumar has been awarded the 'Officer of the Order of Canada', country's top civilian honour for his pioneering research on workplace and spinal injuries. He is among 57 Canadians chosen annually from diverse fields like arts, education, music,...

January 2, 2010 9:17 AM

Maoists’ induction in Army may lead to conflict: Nepali leader

In Nepal, top Nepali Congress leader Sushil Koirala has said, the former Maoists guerrillas cannot be integrated into the army as it will lead to conflict and civil war in the country. Reports from Kathmandu said that Koirala, the Nepali Congress Acting President, however, underlined the need to reh...

January 2, 2010 9:16 AM

Mudslide kills 15 in Brazil

In Brazil, at least 15 people have been killed and 10 injured by a mudslide in a Brazilian island resort. The mud destroyed three houses and an upmarket lodge on Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis, near Rio de Janeiro. More than 40 people have now died in a series of landslides in and around Rio in the pas...

January 2, 2010 9:14 AM

Kidnapped French scribes alive

French media have reported that the two French journalists kidnapped in Afghanistan are alive and in good health. According to official sources, the reporters were kidnapped along with three Afghan assistants in Kapisa province north-east of Kabul earlier this week. A spokesman for the journalists&#...

January 1, 2010 9:45 PM

Obama summons US Intelligence Chiefs

President Barack Obama has summoned the US Intelligence Chiefs to a meeting at White House next week to evolve a new strategy to beef up security at airports. The move comes after criticism of his administration over an intelligence breakdown after an abortive attempt by a Nigerian man to blast a De...

January 1, 2010 9:45 PM

Flights between Russia and Georgia

Moscow has authorized the first direct flights between Russia and Georgia since the brief war between the two countries in August 2008. The Russian Transportation Ministry said Georgian Airways will be allowed to run Tbilisi-Moscow-Tbilisi charter flights from 8th to 10th and Tbilisi-St. Petersburg-...

January 1, 2010 9:44 PM

Pakistani troops captured 46 militants

Pakistani troops captured 46 militants during operations in the country's restive northwest and repulsed an attack on a post in the troubled Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Authorities said today that security forces apprehended 15 militants during search and clearance operations in ...

January 1, 2010 9:07 PM

Suicide bomber kills 27 in Pakistan

In a bloody start to the new year, Pakistan today witnessed a major terror attack when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the wall of a playground in the country's northwest killing 27 people and injuring several others. <br/><br/>The suicide attack oc...

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