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December 26, 2009 2:51 PM
In Iraq, three pilgrims were killed and seven others wounded in an attacks near Baghdad on Friday evening. According to voice of Iraq news agency, the incident occurred when an IED device exploded which targeted a Shiite procession in al-Rashad in Baghdad. The pilgrims were going on foot in a proces...
December 26, 2009 2:50 PM
The Nigerian national, arrested on charges of attempted act of terrorism in a Detroit bound plane, has told FBI that explosive powder was taped to his leg and he used a syringe to mix chemicals with it tocause an explosion. The device, however, failed to fully detonate. The plane originated in Niger...
December 26, 2009 1:54 PM
The Afghanistan National Council of Religious Scholars has strongly condemned the recent announcement made by the Pakistan Taliban on sending militants to fight in Afghanistan. In a statement released on Friday evening, the council said it believes that continuation of fighting is not in the interes...
December 26, 2009 1:48 PM
A fire aboard a ship off the coast of Venezuela has killed at least nine members of the crew. Reports say the fire broke out in the engine room of the ship. The Venezuelan Navy is helping in the rescue efforts.
December 26, 2009 11:05 AM
Pakistani fighter jets have targeted suspected militant hideouts in the Orakzai tribal agency, south-west of Peshawar, killing at least 10 people. Officials say, the dead were militants, but eyewitnesses say the bombs destroyed the home of a tribal chief, killing three women and four children. Pakis...
December 26, 2009 8:59 AM
A moderate earthquake struck off the south Pacific island state of Samoa on Saturday. But there was no tsunami alert and no immediate report of damage. The US Geological Survey said the 5.5-magnitude quake struck at 0334 IST around 281 kilometres south south-west of the capital Apia.
December 25, 2009 9:11 PM
In the United States, at least 19 people have died as a result of blizzards and freezing temperatures. A state of emergency has been declared in South Dakota, Texas and Oklahoma, where the authorities have shut down highways after a series of accidents. The winter weather has stranded hundreds of tr...
December 25, 2009 9:10 PM
More than 550 former LTTE child combatants have been put up in the rehabilitation centres by the Sri Lankan government with a view to reintegrate them into the mainstream society. More than half of them are being given formal education while others are being provided vocational training . Majority o...
December 25, 2009 9:09 PM
In Iraq, 25 people have been killed and more than 50 others injured in series of bomb attacks. Reports quoting officials say that a double explosion struck near a bus station in Babil province killing 14 policemen and a provincial councillor yesterday. The first bomb was exploded in a car in Hilla w...
December 25, 2009 7:23 PM
In Pakistan, at least 12 militants were killed today during military operations in the northwest Region. A local TV channel said gunship helicopters and warplanes bombed the hideouts of the militants in Ferozkhel Mela region of Orakzai tribal agency killing eight militants. 10 others were injured. I...
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