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December 24, 2009 9:45 AM

Obama justifies disappointment over climate change outcome at Copenhagen

President Obama has said, people are justified in being disappointed by the outcome of the Copenhagen conference on climate change. However, a complete collapse had been avoided and a non-binding agreement reached at the summit was, he said, was better than nothing. His blunt comments came in an int...

December 23, 2009 9:10 PM

Explosion kills six miners in Russia

In Russia, six miners were killed on Wednesday by an explosion in the Ural Mountains at an iron ore mine owned by the Evraz Group. The Interfax news agency quoting the company source said the blast had occurred at the Yestyuninskaya Iron Ore Mine near the town of Nizhny Tagil. Seven other miners wer...

December 23, 2009 8:14 PM

Freezing weather continues to cause transport problems across Europe

Freezing weather which has killed more than 90 people is continuing to cause transport problems across Europe. Air, rail and road services have been severely disrupted but some routes have now resumed. Eurostar resumed a limited service and flights restarted from Europe's third biggest airport ...

December 23, 2009 1:19 PM

Member of Parliament killed in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, a Member of the Upper House of Parliament was killed today when he drove through a police ambush set for Taliban militants in the north of the country. Mohammad Younus, also known as Shirin Agha, was returning home early morning when the incident occurred in Puli Khumri, capital of B...

December 23, 2009 1:11 PM

UAE to open trade office in India

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will open a trade office in India. This was disclosed by UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, Shaikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi at the Federal National Council (FNC) session yesterday. Replying to a question of member of the FNC Sultan Saqr Al Suwaidi she said that the pro...

December 23, 2009 1:10 PM

Freezing weather killed 90 people across Europe

The freezing weather which has killed more than 90 people is continuing to cause transport problems across Europe. Air, rail and road services have been severely disrupted but some routes have now resumed. Eurostar resumed a limited service and flights restarted from Europe's third-biggest airp...

December 23, 2009 1:09 PM

American Airlines plane overshot runway in Jamaica

An American Airlines plane overshot the runway on landing at an airport in the Jamaican capital Kingston, in heavy rain today. Flight AA 331 from Miami, with about 150 people on board, is reported to have broken apart after landing at Norman Manley International Airport. Jamaican information Ministe...

December 22, 2009 9:56 PM

1,200 killed 1, 400 kidnapped by LRA in DR Congo : Report

A UN report says the Ugandan rebel group, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), killed 1,200 people and kidnapped 1, 400 others in the Democratic Republic of Congo between September 2008 and June 2009. The report by the UN mission in the central African country says the LRA committed the crime mainly in ...

December 22, 2009 9:14 PM

Nepal remains paralysed for third day amidst Maoist protests

Nepal continued to remain paralysed as the Maoists enforced bandh as part of its three-day anti-government protests entered the third and final day on Tuesday. Buses and cars remained off the roads, main shopping complexes and market areas had shutters down and educational institutes were closed as ...

December 22, 2009 8:47 PM

Ethiopian court sentences five to death over assassination plot

An Ethiopian court has sentenced five people to death and 33 others to life in prison for planning to assassinate government officials. Prosecutors had said the convicted were part of the Ginbot 7 group led by Berhanu Nega, a US-based dissident. He was among those sentenced to death, as was oppositi...

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