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December 29, 2009 10:38 AM
Two Argentine men have become the first gay couple in Latin America to marry. Alejandro Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41, tied the knot in a civil ceremony in the southern province of Tierra del Fuego.<br/><br/>Gay marriage is illegal in Argentina. However, the Tierra del ...
December 29, 2009 9:27 AM
The Army in Thailand has moved more than four thousand Hmong asylum seekers out of a refugee camp in northern Thailand to repatriate them by force to Laos. Coordinator of the operation said, some who initially resisted being moved subsequently agreed to leave the camp. There has been an internationa...
December 29, 2009 9:05 AM
In Pakistan, at least 32 people were killed and over 80 injured when a suicide bomber targeted the main Muharram procession of Shia Muslims in Karachi on Monday. This is the third terrorist attack in as many days on the minority community in the port city.The attack sparked angry protests across Kar...
December 28, 2009 9:10 PM
At least 25 people were killed today when a suicide blast targeting a Shiite procession shook Pakistan's financial capital, Karachi. City police Chief Wasim Ahmed said 80 people were injured in the attack. The blast took place on M.A. Jinnah Road where thousands of Shiite devotees were commemor...
December 28, 2009 8:41 PM
The term of the Special Committee set up by the Sri Lankan President to study and formulate recommendations for his consideration on 170 allegations of human rights violation during the last phase of the Eelam war IV as recounted in the US State Department Report to Congress has been extended by fou...
December 28, 2009 7:05 PM
South Korea today said it would provide 26 billion won for humanitarian projects in North Korea, the second donation this month to its communist neighbour amid easing relations. The unification ministry said it would donate 15.2 billion won to the World Health Organization's programme for malno...
December 28, 2009 7:04 PM
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has said he will refuse to attend next month's conference on Afghanistan at London if its agenda is limited to discussing a troop surge. In an interview to a German magazine, the minister demanded a broad political approach and an overall strategy for t...
December 28, 2009 6:40 PM
At least 40 Saudi officials have been arrested in an investigation into the authorities' response to devastating floods in Jeddah. Local media report said the officials included a number of senior assistants to the mayor of Jeddah. It said local government officials, consultants and constructio...
December 28, 2009 6:38 PM
A suicide bomber targeted the Muslim Shia Ashura procession killing at least 15 people and injuring 40 others in the port city of Karachi, marking a bloody start of the holiest day of Muharram. The bomb blast came close on the heels after militant bombings and suicide attacks had killed eight people...
December 28, 2009 6:13 PM
The Year 2009 has already proved the deadliest for the forces of the United States and its allies in Afghanistan. With the death of a U.S. soldier on Saturday, U.S. military fatalities in Afghanistan this year have increased to exactly twice of those in the previous year. According to statistics rel...
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