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December 22, 2009 8:46 PM

UN seeks explanations on death of LTTE cadres

The UN has asked the Sri Lankan government to provide explanations with regard to the circumstances of the death of three senior LTTE cadres and their families during the last stages of military operations to defeat the LTTE in May this year.The request for explanations follows the recent statement ...

December 22, 2009 6:28 PM

Maoists led strike enters third day in Nepal

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 6:26 PM

NATO will continue its support for Afghanistan

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has asserted that international commitment for Afghanistan will continue till the country is free of terrorism. He also stressed that transition of security to Afghan forces will begin next year. Addressing a press conference with Afghan President during ...

December 22, 2009 6:25 PM

Pak court orders chopping off noses & ears

A Pakistani court has ordered the chopping off of the noses and ears of two men as punishment for inflicting similar injuries on a woman they abducted. An anti-terrorism court headed by Judge Khalid Naveed Dar handed down the punishment on Monday in Lahore to Sher Muhammad and Amanat Ali, who were f...

December 22, 2009 3:07 PM

US wins trade case against China

The United States has won a case against China at the World Trade Organisation which has ruled that it is illegally restricting imports of movies, music and books into the country. The WTO Appellate Body yesterday held that China is obstructing trade by forcing foreign suppliers to distribute certai...

December 22, 2009 2:51 PM

Colombia leftist Farc rebels kidnap provincial governor

Suspected left wing rebels in Colombia have kidnapped the governor of southern Caqueta province. Local officials said a group of around 20 armed men seized Luis Fernando Cuellar from his house in the provincial capital, Florencia. A police guard was also reported to have been killed in the attack, b...

December 22, 2009 2:08 PM

Three killed in suicide blast at press club in Peshawar

In Pakistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Press Club in Peshawar today killing at least three persons. A number of people including journalists have been injured. Local media reported that the bomber detonated his explosives when a policeman deployed at the gate of the Press Club tri...

December 22, 2009 1:12 PM

Snow storms continue to play havoc in Europe, claim 80 lives

More than 80 people have died across Europe so far as days of snow storms and sub-zero temperatures swept the continent, causing traffic chaos for millions. At least 42 people were frozen to death in Poland over the last three days and another 27 in Ukraine. Another 13 people died in car accidents i...

December 22, 2009 11:53 AM

Security Council extends development fund for Iraq for another year

The UN Security Council has renewed development fund for Iraq for another year. The fund was set up to meet the country's humanitarian needs, economic reconstruction and infrastructure repairs immediately after the United States-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. According to a statement of UN, the decis...

December 21, 2009 11:06 PM

Taliban attack foiled in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, security forces foiled an attack by Taliban militants on police headquarters in eastern province of Paktika today killing all the militants. The militants equipped with suicide vests and automatic weapons attacked the police headquarters in the center of Gardez city, the provincial c...

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