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December 20, 2009 9:20 AM

Health care Bill to pass soon: Obama

The US President Barack Obama has hailed an agreement reached by the 60 Democratic and Democratic-leaned senators on a Health Care Reform Bill that is expected to be passed soon. In an unscheduled speech at the White House, Obama praised the compromise made among Senate Democrats that cleared the wa...

December 20, 2009 9:09 AM

Govt not to resign, will fight back, says Zardari

The Pakistan Government has said it will not resign following a court ruling which overturned an amnesty for politicians facing corruption charges. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the government has no intention of bowing to opposition's demands to stand down. Senior figures including Inter...

December 19, 2009 10:24 PM

Iran ready to review proposals for nuclear fuel exchange

Iran has said that it is ready to review the proposals for exchange of nuclear fuel from the other side. This was told by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday in an interview with news agency, IRNA. He said Iran has put its recent offer of nuclear fuel swap in the Kish Island on t...

December 19, 2009 9:45 PM

Earthquake hits eastern Taiwan

A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Taiwan on Saturday night, the biggest tremor to strike the island so far this year. The US Geological Survey said, the epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 9.02 p.m. local time, was 25 kilometres southeast of the eastern city of Hualien, at a depth ...

December 19, 2009 8:06 PM

UK soldier killed in central Afghanistan

A British soldier has been killed in central Afghanistan. The British Ministry of Defence said the soldier died in a blast while on foot patrol in the Nad-e-Ali area of central Helmand on Saturday. A total of 240 UK service personnel have died in Afghanistan since 2001, including 103 this year.

December 19, 2009 8:04 PM

Emergency declared in some US states owing to winter storm

As Europe shivered under pre-Christmas cold closing down airports and schools, Washington and a few other states in US have decalred an emergency due to winter storm. A snowstorm has blanketed the United States East Coast and the country's National Weather Service has forecast up to two feet of...

December 19, 2009 7:48 PM

Iran’s Head of Majlis Commission rules out alleged capture of Iraqi oilfield

Iran's Head of Majlis Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi has ruled out the alleged capture of Iraqi oilfield by Iranian armed forces. He told IRNA news agency that the issue is being investigated by the diplomatic officials. He added if the investigations show any...

December 19, 2009 7:09 PM

Copenhagen Conference ends without a consensus on emission cut

The Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change has ended without a consensus on the crucial issue of emission cut. The conference Chairman and Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmuessen, however, said that the summit has decided to take note of a US-brokered deal with India and three other emerging economie...

December 19, 2009 7:01 PM

Copenhagen Conference ends without a consensus on emission cut

The Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change has ended without a consensus on the crucial issue of emission cut. The conference Chairman and Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmuessen, however, said that the summit has decided to take note of a US-brokered deal with India and three other emerging economie...

December 19, 2009 6:03 PM

Snowstorm blankets US east coast

A snowstorm has blanketed the United States East Coast and the country's National Weather Service has forecast up to two feet of snow in and around Washington DC over the weekend. Mayor Adrian Fenty has declared a snow emergency in the Washington area, saying all indications are that this will ...

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