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December 14, 2009 2:12 PM
The former Army Chief of Sri Lanka General Sarath Fonseka says that the killings of surrendering Tamil Tiger leaders took place on the orders of the Defence Secretary G. Rajapaksa. In an interview to Lankan Weekly 'The Sunday Leader' General Fonseka said that no information was communicate...
December 14, 2009 1:29 PM
In Nepal, senior leaders of the three major political parties have agreed to take a final decision on the draft of the common resolution prepared by the six-member task force on resolving the current political impasse. This was decided at a meeting of the senior leaders including Prime Minister Madh...
December 14, 2009 12:51 PM
In Chile, with all of the votes counted in the Presidential election, the centre-right candidate Sebastian Pinera has won the first round. However, he failed to win an outright majority and will now face the governing Centre-left Party's candidate Eduardo Frei in a run off next month.<br/&...
December 14, 2009 12:50 PM
The Israeli cabinet has decided to list some settlements in the West Bank as national priority zones, which entitles them to credits worth 41 million dollars. The cabinet's move comes few weeks after Israel announced a 10-month moratorium on new building permits in the settlements on occupied P...
December 14, 2009 12:50 PM
The annual summit of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is taking place in Kuwait on Monday where economy and Yemen conflict are expected to dominate the agenda. Analysts say that Iran's nuclear issue and its impact on regional security are also expected to be discussed. The Summit may also give th...
December 14, 2009 12:48 PM
In Australia, one of the country's top strategic bodies is advising the Government to prepare for a more dangerous nuclear future and not to rule out acquiring nuclear weapons of its own. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has released a report which warns the world's already consid...
December 14, 2009 12:48 PM
A meeting due to take place on Monday between the ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya and his elected successor Porfirio Lobo has been postponed. The meeting had been arranged by President Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic. But Honduras's interim government refused to allow Mr Zela...
December 14, 2009 12:44 PM
In Russia, six parachutists have been killed along with an instructor and their pilot in a plane crash near the Urals city of Chelyabinsk. The Regional Environmental Security Minister said there were no survivors.<br/> <br/>
December 14, 2009 12:27 PM
The Campaign group Human Rights Watch, HRW, has urged the United Nations peacekeepers to immediately stop support for Congolese Army because of its involvement in atrocities against civilians. The group says the UN should no longer help the Congolese campaign against Rwandan rebels in east. In a new...
December 14, 2009 11:54 AM
The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is under observation in hospital after being attacked during a political rally in Milan. His doctor Alberto Zangrillo said it will take a few weeks for Mr Berlusconi to make a full recovery. He said the Prime Mnister's nose and two teeth were broken ...
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