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December 16, 2009 11:43 AM
A team of archaeologists and scientists says they have for the first time found pieces of a burial shroud from the time of Jesus in a tomb in Jerusalem. The researchers, from Hebrew University and institutions in Canada and the US, said the shroud was very different from the controversial Turin Shro...
December 16, 2009 11:40 AM
The US President Barack Obama has ordered the federal government to buy a prison in Illinois to take a number of inmates from Guantanamo Bay. The move is a key part of Mr. Obama's plan to close the Cuba-based jail. The number of inmates for transfer to the Thomson Correctional Center has not be...
December 16, 2009 11:39 AM
The World Health Organisation has warned that the fight against malaria, one of world's most lethal diseases, must be stepped up dramatically. The disease killed nine hundred thousand people last year, most of them African children under the age of five. The WHO says to eliminate the disease, 5...
December 16, 2009 11:24 AM
Iran has presented evidence to Islamabad that shows links between Pakistani intelligence services and the Jundallah terrorist group. According to Iranian channel Press TV, the director of the Sistan-Baluchistan provincial justice department Ebrahim Hamidi said that the documents were based on confes...
December 16, 2009 11:07 AM
In a firm resolution against terrorism, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has called for cooperating in the handover of terrorist elements abroad implicated in terrorist acts. In the final communiqu' issued in Kuwait last evening at the conclusion of its summit, the GCC stressed the need of prevent...
December 16, 2009 10:43 AM
The US House of Representatives today passed a resolution which empowers President Barack Obama to impose new sanctions on foreign companies supplying gasoline to Iran. The Iran Refined Petroleum Products Sanctions Act was passed by the House by a vote of 412 to 12.The House measure came even as the...
December 16, 2009 10:41 AM
The Obama Administration has sent to the US Congress its first report on its aid to Pakistan as mandated by the Kerry-Lugar-Berman Act. Under the Act, Pakistan will receive 7.5 billion dollors in the next five years.The report sent to the Congress summarises the US assistance to Pakistan.
December 16, 2009 10:40 AM
Pakistan-born Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, charged with plotting terror attacks outside US, was today denied bail by a court in Chicago. The court said there is a risk that he could flee the country if released on bail since he maintains strong family ties with Canada and has some but not substan...
December 16, 2009 10:37 AM
A U.S. grand jury yesterday indicted Galleon hedge fund founder, Sri Lankan born Raj Rajaratnam and co-defendant Danielle Chiesi on charges of securities fraud and conspiracy in an insider trading case. The indictment in Manhattan federal court came two months after they were charged along with othe...
December 16, 2009 9:06 AM
In Sri Lanka, over 50,000 families have been affected by floods following heavy rains, especially in the North and East provinces of the island. The sources from National Disaster Management Centre said that Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara districts are the most affected.The Sri Lankan Authoritie...
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