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December 17, 2009 12:39 PM
The UN Security Council has renewed the 35-year-old United Nations mission for observing the ceasefire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights for another six months. According to a UN statement received by AIR in Dubai today the move has come after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the ...
December 17, 2009 11:57 AM
Stage is set for summit Level talks on climate change in Copenhagen. More than 120 heads of the states and governments will be discussing the options to tackle the challenge of global warming and try to thrash out an agreement. Hectic discussions were going on throughout the night to prepare a draft...
December 17, 2009 11:54 AM
One of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords has been killed in a shoot-out with state security forces. Arturo Beltran Leyva and four alleged members of his cartel died in a raid on a flat in Cuernavaca, south of Mexico City. The Beltran Leyva cartel, based on the Pacific coast, is one of Mexico'...
December 17, 2009 9:13 AM
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has assured Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni that she is always welcome in his country, after Britain issued a warrant for her arrest.<br/><br/>At the request of a Palestinian group, a London court issued a warrant for Ms Livni's arre...
December 17, 2009 9:13 AM
The aid agency, OXFAM says rains have failed for a sixth successive season in many parts of East Africa forcing millions of people into further hardship. The group says some areas have received less than 5 per cent of their normal rainfall in November.<br/><br/>Some 20 million pe...
December 17, 2009 9:01 AM
The White House has said the test-firing by Iran of a missile which is believed to be capable of reaching Israel and much of the rest of the Middle East, undermines its assertions that its intentions are peaceful. A White House spokesman said Iran's actions would increase the resolve to hold it...
December 17, 2009 9:01 AM
In Nepal, the opposition CPN (Maoist) yesterday declared two more states, taking the total number to ten, as part of their third phase of anti-government protest.<br/><br/>Maoist Chairman Prachanda declared the Newa autonomous state at Basantipur in Kathmandu valley, while the pa...
December 17, 2009 9:00 AM
In Nepal, the United Nations, Government of Nepal and the Unified CPN (Maoist) signed a UN monitored Action Plan for the discharge of the minors disqualified under the UN verification process in Kathmandu last evening. .<br/> <br/>Addressing a press conference after the signing c...
December 16, 2009 10:35 PM
In Sri Lanka, nomination for the upcoming Presidential polls on January 26th next year is scheduled for Thursday. The Department of Elections has announced arrangements for the receipt of nominations.We take a look at the political scenario ahead of the nomination date with our Colombo correspondent...
December 16, 2009 10:30 PM
Time magazine has named US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as its 2009 Person of the Year.The magazine said the recession itself was the story of the year and without Mr Bernanke at the helm it would have been a lot worse. Mr Bernanke, who is 56, is a former Princeton University professor and ...
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