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December 19, 2009 5:57 PM

nowstorm 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 ...

December 19, 2009 5:44 PM

Pak cop escapes unhurt in bomb attack

In Pakistan, a police officer escaped unhurt in a roadside bomb attack near a check post in the restive northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday. Police said the device was detonated through remote control as the police official's car passed by on the Ring road of Peshawar. Witnesses said the ...

December 19, 2009 5:18 PM

Nitin Gadkari appointed as new BJP President

Nitin Gadkari is the new president of BJP. He has been appointed to the post by the party's Parliamentary Board in New Delhi on Saturday. He succeeds Rajnath Singh, who had completed his tenure. The meeting attended by senior office bearers of the party at BJP headquarter also discussed several...

December 19, 2009 5:18 PM

Nigerian militants resume attacks

Militants in Nigeria have resumed attacks in oil region ending the two month long ceasefire. The main armed rebel group - MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) on Saturday attacked a oil pipeline operated by Shell and Chevron. In an email it claimed that government officials are re...

December 19, 2009 5:17 PM

10 bodies of suspected taliban militants recovered in Pak tribal region

Authorities in a Pakistani tribal region on Saturday recovered 10 bodies of suspected Taliban militants. Officials said the militants were shot dead by unidentified men and their bodies thrown at a roadside graveyard in Darra Adam Khel tribal region, south of Peshawar. Tribesmen said three of the sl...

December 19, 2009 5:17 PM

Top Pak police officer shot dead

Gunmen shot dead a top police officer and two of his guards in Pakistan's southwestern Balochinstan province on Saturday morning. Police said Deputy Superintendent of Police of Balochistan province, Habibullah and two policemen were ambushed when they were heading to office from Habibullah's re...

December 19, 2009 5:11 PM

Copenhagen Climate Conference discussions held beyond schedule

Negotiators across the globe held discussions beyond the schedule of the climate conference on Friday night in Copenhagen to hammer out a final agreement to effectively deal with global warming. Many representatives of the poor countries said that there is little possibility of a consensus on the de...

December 19, 2009 1:18 PM

Madagascar's PM dismissed

Madagascar's leader Andry Rajoelina has dismissed Prime Minister, Eugene Mangalaza, he named in a power-sharing deal in October. The move comes just two days after he called parliamentary elections for March 2010. Mr Rajoelina said on Wednesday that it was no longer possible to work with his po...

December 19, 2009 1:18 PM

Karzai announces new Cabinet today

Afghanistan President Mr. Hamid Karzai announced his new Cabinet today, a month after he was sworn in for the second term upon his re-election. The list of 24, sent to Parliament for ratification, contains names of 11 serving ministers while rest of the faces are newcomers. Interior Minister Mohamma...

December 19, 2009 10:20 AM

Iraq demands withdrawal of Iranian troops from oil well

Iraq has demanded the immediate withdrawal of Iranian troops, which it says, have crossed into Iraqi territory and taken control of an oil well. An Iraqi government spokesman condemned the alleged incursion but said Baghdad was committed to resolving the issue by diplomatic means.The Iraqis say, 11 ...

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