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December 12, 2009 9:37 PM

Pak must cooperate fully with US to wipe out Al-Qaeda: Obama

US President Barack Obama has said that Pakistan must cooperate fully with the United States to go after and wipe out the Al-Qaeda. Speaking to the CBS channel, Obama termed the tribal territories between Afghanistan and Pakistan as the epicenter of violent extremism directed against the West and th...

December 12, 2009 9:22 PM

9 leftist rebels killed in clash in Philippines

In the Philippines, security forces have killed at least nine suspected leftist rebels in a clash in the southern province of Bukidnon. A military official said the rebels were killed when soldiers today encountered an undetermined number of New People's Army (NPA) while they were on foot patro...

December 12, 2009 9:22 PM

Kurdish party to withdraw members from parliament

Turkey's main Kurdish political party is to withdraw its members from parliament following the country's highest court ruling permanently banning the party. Leader of the party, Ahmet Turk, made the statement during a televised news conference from his party's headquarters. Yesterday ...

December 12, 2009 9:22 PM

Huge cache of weapons found in Afghanistan

Afghan troops discovered a huge weapon cache from Jabal Seraj district, north of capital Kabul. A press release of Defense Ministry today said the discovery was made during a joint operation involving Afghan and international troops over the past 24 hours. It said troops have seized several pieces o...

December 12, 2009 9:21 PM

Cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean Sea

A cargo ship en route from Turkey to Israel sank last night in stormy waters in the Mediterranean Sea, just 80 km offshore of its destination. Local news service Ynet report today said 12 crew members are missing and one has been rescued. It said Israel received a distress signal sent from the Salla...

December 12, 2009 9:21 PM

Bus driver sentenced to death in China

In China, a bus driver has been sentenced to death in the eastern Jiangsu Province after killing a pedestrian. The Intermediate People's Court of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu, meted out the capital punishment to 50-year-old Wang Jianqiang for "threatening public security in a dangerous way&...

December 12, 2009 8:45 PM

Pak army concludes operation in Waziristan: Gilani

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says the military operation targeting Taliban militants based in the South Waziristan tribal region is now over.Gilani told reporters in Lahore today that the anti-Taliban offensive in South Waziristan is over after nearly two months. He said the military i...

December 12, 2009 8:40 PM

Nepali PM urges CPN to withdraw proposed strike

Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has urged the opposition Unified CPN(Maoist) to withdraw its proposed general strike and declaration of autonomous states, saying such move violates the interim constitution and Comprehensive Peace Accord.<br/><br/>Inaugurating the two-da...

December 12, 2009 8:19 PM

Lanka formally informs India about Prabhakaran’s death

Sri Lankan government has formally communicated to India the proof and details of the death of LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran. PTI says, the move is expected to help New Delhi to close the investigations into the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Indian law and intelligence agencies had sought p...

December 12, 2009 8:19 PM

Search & rescue operation on for ‘Wind Marine 8’

Sri Lanka today said its Navy along with the Indian Navy is engaged in search operations to rescue two of the five crew members of 'Wind Marine 8', the island nation's multi-day fishing vessel which was apprehended on December 9 by the Indian Coast Guard.<br/><br/>A statement by ...

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