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December 24, 2009 8:17 PM
In Iraq, at least nine people were killed and 70 others injured on Thursday in a bomb and a car bomb explosions in the city of Hilla, south of Baghdad. Police said an explosive charge went off at a parking lot in the center of Hilla, in the afternoon. Minutes later, a car bomb parked at the site wen...
December 24, 2009 8:16 PM
Russia has successfully test-launched an RS-20V heavy intercontinental ballistic missile. A Defense Ministry spokesman said the missile was launched this morning from a site in the southern Ural region of Orenburg. He said it accurately hit the target on the Kamchatka Peninsula of the Far East regio...
December 24, 2009 7:11 PM
Thousands of Christian pilgrims descended on the little town of Bethlehem on Thursday to celebrate in Jesus's traditional birthplace. The traditional march by bagpipe-wielding boy scouts got the celebrations off under sunny skies and balmy weather, the start to a day of festivities that will al...
December 24, 2009 5:53 PM
In the Philippines, four people were killed and 23 are missing after two boats collided in darkness near the capital Manila during the Christmas holiday rush. The body of a woman wearing a life jacket and two others were retrieved by rescuers on Thursday morning following the collision between a fli...
December 24, 2009 5:53 PM
A Pakistani anti-terror court on Thursday adjourned till January 6 next year the proceedings against seven suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks. They include LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. Anti-terror court Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan, who was not present in court ...
December 24, 2009 5:52 PM
In Afghanistan, two NATO soldiers, a Canadian and a Briton, were killed in roadside blasts in separate incidents while two guards of pro-government leaders were killed in a blast in northern part of the country. A NATO statement said that British soldier was killed on Tuesday in Helmand province whi...
December 24, 2009 1:40 PM
US President Barak Obama says that the disappointment at the outcome of the UN sponsored climate change conference in Copenhagen earlier this month is justified. <br/> <br/>Speaking at a US television interview, he said, rather then see a complete collapse at the summit, at least...
December 24, 2009 1:33 PM
Four men were killed in an explosion today at a chemical plant in Japan's Osaka, Kyodo News reported. The blast occurred at a fluorine compound production plant, operated by Morita Chemical Industries Co. in Osaka's Yodogawa Ward. <br/> <br/>The explosion occurred when ...
December 24, 2009 1:24 PM
In Pakistan, a suicide bomber blew himself in Peshawar today, killing at least four persons and injuring 11 others in the latest in a wave of terrorist attacks across the country. The bomber detonated his suicide jacket when he was stopped by policemen on the busy Mall Road in Peshawar cantonment at...
December 24, 2009 12:29 PM
With Pakistani banks writing off bad loans worth billions of rupees, the Supreme Court has advised authorities to consider appointing eunuchs to recover the money from defaulters. <br/> <br/>A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry made the observation on Wed...
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