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Frances launches Helios 2B into space

December 19, 2009 10:19 AM

Frances launches Helios 2B into space

The delayed French observation satellite Helios 2B was finally launched atop Arianne 5 rocket into space on Friday by Arianespace center from Kourou launch site in French Guiana, Southern America. The live broadcast reaching Paris showed the Ariane 5 rocket carrying the military satellite. The missi...

US, Russia close to nuclear disarmament pact

December 19, 2009 10:19 AM

US, Russia close to nuclear disarmament pact

The United States and Russia say, they were on the verge of clinching a sweeping new nuclear disarmament pact, but signalled the bid to smooth final technical issues would slip into January. US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held their latest summit on the sidelines of ...

Pak court summons 52 in a graft case

December 19, 2009 9:12 AM

Pak court summons 52 in a graft case

In Pakistan, an anti-corruption court has issued summons against 52 people, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Judge Mir Muhammad Shaikh of the anti-corruption court in Karachi summoned Malik to appear before him on the 8th of next month following the reopening of a graft case that was closed...

Oil well encroachers withdraw

December 19, 2009 9:03 AM

Oil well encroachers withdraw

In Iraq, three Iranian soldiers who encroached on an oil well in the Iraqi province of Missan bordering Iran withdrew a short while later. <br/><br/>Voice of Iraq news agency quoting an official of provincial council's security committee, Sarhan Salem Younes, has reported that th...

Investigation on in Jacques Chirac’s fund misuse case

December 19, 2009 9:01 AM

Investigation on in Jacques Chirac’s fund misuse case

Former French president Jacques Chirac has been placed under formal investigation for misuse of public funds while he was mayor of Paris. There are now two judicial cases hanging over Mr Chirac. Both concern his long period as mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995 and both centre on claims he paid senior...

Arrest warrant against Pak Interior Minister

December 18, 2009 8:58 PM

Arrest warrant against Pak Interior Minister

A judge in Pakistan has ordered an arrest warrant to be issued against Interior Minister Rehman Malik on corruption charges. his comes after the supreme court ruled on Wednesday that an amnesty protecting senior members of government was unconstitutional. Mr Malik is among about 250 officials whose ...

12 people are killed in Pak car bomb explosion

December 18, 2009 7:45 PM

12 people are killed in Pak car bomb explosion

In Pakistan, at least 12 people were killed when a suicide car bomb exploded at a mosque near the police headquarters in Lower Dir district in North West Frontier Province. District Police Officer, Mumtaz Zarin said Several policemen were among those killed, who were the main target as most policeme...

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