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December 28, 2009 6:05 PM

Bomb blast in Karachi near Muharram procession

A bomb blast hit a Muslim Shia Ashura procession killing three people and wounding 30 others in the port city of Karachi, breaching high security and police vigil as millions of Pakistani commemorated Muharram. The bomb blast came close on the heels after militant bombings and suicide attacks had ki...

December 28, 2009 6:03 PM

Russian N-submarine Nerpa on way to India after repairs

Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa, which is set to be leased to India, resumed naval service today after repairs from damage sustained during a trial voyage last year. A ceremony was held in the town of Bolshoy Kamen in Russia's far eastern Primorye region, where the shipbuilding plant repairing ...

December 28, 2009 6:02 PM

Palestine condemns Israel for building houses in East Jerusalem

The Palestinian Authority has condemned Israel's move to build more housing units for settlers in the occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian President's spokesperson Nabil Abu Rdeina in a statement today said that any new Israeli bids on Palestinian lands are illegal and illegitimate.Respondi...

December 28, 2009 5:53 PM

Security forces defuse nine bombs in Karbala city in Iraq

In Iraq, the security forces say they defused nine bombs in the city of Karbala as hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims gathered for a religious festival. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki praised the exceptional efforts of security forces in averting attacks on pilgrims taking part in yesterday'...

December 28, 2009 5:52 PM

10 killed & 19 injured in China road rear-end collisions

In China, at least 10 people have died and 19 injured in a series of rear-end collisions, involving at least 100 vehicles, on a highway in east Jiangxi Province. The crashes occurred this morning at various sites on the Poyang Lake Bridge, part of the Jiujing Highway linking Jiujiang City to Jingdez...

December 28, 2009 4:16 PM

Opposition candidate in Philippines elections killed by hooded gunmen

A local Philipppine politician was killed today when hooded gunmen opened fire on a convoy carrying about 50 people in another incident of election-linked violence. Police said the ambush in the Northern Province came barely a month after a massacre of 57 people in the southern province of Maguindan...

December 28, 2009 4:16 PM

Over 15 killed in Teheran riots

Iranian state television said today that more than 15 people were killed in riots which rocked Tehran, of whom more than 10 were members of anti-revolutionary terrorist groups the other five who died during Sunday's fierce clashes were killed by terrorist groups, the report said, without elabor...

December 28, 2009 1:11 PM

11 militants, two policemen killed in northwest Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, at least 11 militants and two policemen have been killed in separate incidents in the Northwest Badghis province. Provincial police chief Syed Ahmad Sami claimed a joint operation of Afghan and NATO-led troops in Balamirghab district on Sunday which left eight militants dead but some...

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