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December 27, 2009 12:13 PM
In Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims have gathered in the city of Karbala for the climax of the religious festival of Ashura. The final processions will take place under tight security with more than 20,000 police deployed and marksmen placed on buildings. The festival mourns the 7th Centu...
December 27, 2009 12:09 PM
The Philippines coast guards say at least three people have died after a ferry sank in waters south of the capital Manila. The ferry carrying almost 90 people went down near Batangas city. Ships in the area rescued more than 60 passengers. The vessel and a fishing boat collided in darkness in Manila...
December 27, 2009 12:08 PM
Tension has risen in Palestinian areas of West Bank and Gaza on the first anniversary of the Gaza war which falls today. Killing of six Palestinians by Israeli soldiers in two separate operations has added to tension. Palestinian leaders have condemned the killings. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam ...
December 27, 2009 12:02 PM
Two cousins of a British man facing execution in China are travelling to the country to make a last ditch appeal for mercy. Akmal Shaikh, 53, from London, is due to be executed on Tuesday next after he was convicted of smuggling heroin. But the relatives of the man plan to deliver a plea on his beha...
December 27, 2009 11:58 AM
The man who tried to blow up a US airliner on a flight from Amsterdam had flown from Nigeria with a valid US visa, Dutch authorities said today. Security checks were carried out according to regulations before the Northwest Airlines plane took off for Detroit, a statement from the office of the Neth...
December 27, 2009 11:49 AM
Voters in Croatia are going to the polls today to elect a successor to President Stipe Mesic who steps down in February. More than twelve candidates are vying for the job.It is unlikely any of them will get more than fifty per cent of the vote needed to avoid a second round of voting in January. Rep...
December 26, 2009 2:53 PM
Police in Malaysia say a bus has skidded off a motorway in the north of the country, killing ten people and leaving dozens injured. A police spokesman said the bus crashed into a metal barrier after speeding out of control.
December 26, 2009 2:52 PM
Israeli troops are reported to have killed six Palestinians- three in the Gaza Strip and three in the West Bank. An Israeli spokesperson told Reuters news agency that the Palestinians in Gaza were killed by an airstrike. In the West Bank, Israeli troops are said to have shot and killed three Palesti...
December 26, 2009 2:52 PM
A Vietnamese court sentenced five Chinese men to death by firing squad for trafficking nearly 8 tons of hashish in one of the country's biggest drug hauls ever. State media reported on Saturday that the hashish, with a street value of 90 million US dollars was seized from two containers full of...
December 26, 2009 2:52 PM
India has provided a substantial grant assistance to Nepal towards construction of embankments along Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers in Nepal. India Ambassador Shri Rakesh Sood recently handed over a cheque of 82.39 million Nepalese rupees to Nepal's Minister of Irrigation Mr. Bal Krishna K...
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