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December 20, 2009 2:43 PM
The leading clerical figure of Iran Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has passed away at his home in the city of Qom. He was 87. His son, Ahmad, told ILNA news agency today that Ayatollah Montazeri was suffering from an illness.<br/><br/>Ayatollah Montazeri was once designated as a...
December 20, 2009 2:39 PM
A prominent environment NGO has strongly condemned world leaders at the climate summit for failing to finalise a "legally binding" treaty and brokering a "take it or leave it" deal which it said was full of loopholes.<br/><br/>Terming the Copenhagen Climate Su...
December 20, 2009 2:36 PM
The Commonwealth Games Federation Chief Mike Fennel while lauding the positive progress made on mainly operational fronts, has warned the organisers that further delays in the construction, particularly the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, would seriously impact on conducting the games. Speaking in New Del...
December 20, 2009 2:31 PM
The Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change has ended without a consensus on emission cuts but the conference decided to take note of US brokered deal with India and three other emerging economies. The deal calls on industrialised nations to set their emission targets by February 2010 and also asks the ...
December 20, 2009 1:32 PM
In Philippines, volcanic activity is building up inside Mount Mayon and an explosive eruption is expected within two weeks. This warning has been given by the Government vulcanologist. The warning came as civil defence officials tried to convince the last residents still living within the volcano�...
December 20, 2009 12:57 PM
The Sri Lankan Government has decided to lift the restrictions imposed on civilian travel on the A9 Road from tomorrow enabling citizens to travel freely to and from Jaffna and other parts of the country. A 9 is the only land route connecting Jaffna peninsula to the rest of the country. <br/�...
December 20, 2009 12:56 PM
A Maoist-enforced anti-government general strike crippled life across Nepal today, with markets, educational institutions and businesses remaining close and supporters of the former rebels disrupting vehicular movement, leading to the arrest of at least 37 protesters.<br/><br/>Th...
December 20, 2009 12:49 PM
The Columbian Government says it is setting up a new base near its border with Venezuela and that it has activated six more airborne battalions. The relations between the two South American neighbours are at their historic low with the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez telling his Generals to remain ...
December 20, 2009 12:46 PM
Describing as a 'breakthrough' the agreement on climate change reached by him with leaders of India and other emerging economies, US President Barack Obama today said in Washington that it lays the foundation of international actions to tackle global warming in the years to come.<br/><...
December 20, 2009 12:45 PM
More than 60 fully-loaded containers of Nepalese businessmen have been stranded on the Chinese side of Sino-Nepal border as local traders there, with alleged support of Tibetan officials, have blocked their entry into Nepal due to a scuffle over recovery of robbed money.<br/><br/>...
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