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December 30, 2009 9:36 PM

British hostage Peter Moore free

British hostage Peter Moore has been freed after being held captive in Iraq since May 2007. Announcing this at a news conference, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Moore was in good health. He said no concessions were made for Moore's release.<br/><br/>Moore was ...

December 30, 2009 9:13 PM

Explosions kill 24 people in Iraq

In Iraq, 24 people were killed and 60 injured in the two suicide explosions that ripped through central Ramadi on Wednesday. Voice of Iraq news agency quoting police sources said Anbar province Governor Qassem Mohammad al-Fahdawi was wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up while he was inspect...

December 30, 2009 6:59 PM

Explosions kill 24 people in Iraq

In Iraq, 24 people were killed and 33 injured in the two suicide explosions that ripped through central Ramadi on Wednesday. Voice of Iraq news agency quoting police sources said Anbar province Governor Qassem Mohammad al-Fahdawi was wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up while he was inspect...

December 30, 2009 6:59 PM

Iran rejects reports of purchasing uranium ore from Kazakhstan

Iran has rejected the reports that Tehran is planning to purchase uranium ore from Kazakhstan in secret. The Iranian clarification has come following a report of AP news agency which had claimed that Iran was on the verge of signing contracts with Kazakhstan to secretly import 1,350 tons of refined ...

December 30, 2009 5:35 PM

Enrolment of Indian students in Australia will go down

Enrolment of Indian students in Australia is expected to go down by about 21 per cent over safety worries. In its latest projection, Tourism Australia has said the recent spate of attacks on students will result in 4,000 fewer Indians coming to Australia to study next year. <br/><br/&...

December 30, 2009 5:35 PM

Suicide bomb attacks kill 24 people

In Iraq, at least 24 people were killed and 20 injured in two suicide bomb attacks in Ramadi, provincial capital of Anbar. Anbar Governor Qassim Mohammed was injured. Initial reports said, he had been killed but it was later denied. Police said a suicide attacker in a car triggered the first blast o...

December 30, 2009 2:29 PM

Three indicators give encouraging signs for U.S. economy

The United States has received a triple-dose of encouraging news on consumer confidence, business hiring, and home prices that suggests a fledgling economic recovery is gaining traction. Emerging from the deepest and longest recession since World War II, Americans' confidence in their nation&#0...

December 30, 2009 1:19 PM

Firefighters tackling Australian bush fires

In Western Australia, firefighters are tackling bush fires as strong winds and high temperatures sweep across the area. More than thirty seven homes near Perth have been destroyed. Some of the fires are burning out of control, but so far are not threatening any major centres of population. Three fir...

December 30, 2009 1:14 PM

Death toll rises to six in Yunnan colliery gas blast

The death toll from a gas burst at a coal mine in southwest China's Yunnan Province has risen to six, with five miners still missing, local authorities said on Wednesday. The miners were working in a shaft of Malishu Coal Mine when the accident occurred on Monday. More than 110 rescuers were wo...

December 30, 2009 1:09 PM

Intercell offer free trip to Mexico, Guatemala

A US company Intercell is offering free holidays in Mexico and Guatemala, including airfare and accommodation, to tempt some 1,800 young people to test its drugs for one of the most common holiday afflictions, travellers' diarrhoea. In the Trek Study, willing backpackers who develop travellers&...

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