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December 29, 2009 10:38 AM

First gay marriage in Argentina

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

Thai Army moves more than four thousand asylum seekers

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 28, 2009 9:10 PM

At least 25 killed in suicide blast targeting Shiite procession in Karachi

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

S Lanka Prez extends term of Spl. Committee to probe human rights violations

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

S Korea to provide financial help to N Korea for malnourished children

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

Germany unlikely to send more troops to Afghanistan

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

Over 40 Saudi officials arrested for responding to floods intime

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 6:13 PM

2009 proved deadliest for US & Allied forces in Afghanistan

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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