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December 12, 2009 8:18 PM
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has cancelled a contract with US private security firm Blackwater for its operatives to load bombs onto drone aircraft in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The New York Times reported that the employees of the CIA have been asked to take over the jobs from the Black ...
December 12, 2009 8:18 PM
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.Inaugurating the two-day national conference of women...
December 12, 2009 8:17 PM
Iraqi oil Minister says the country's oil capacity could reach 12 million barrels per day in six years. Talking to newsmen in Baghdad, Hussein al-Shahristani said the contracts awarded over the past two days, coupled with those from the last auction in June and government efforts, would allow Iraq t...
December 12, 2009 8:16 PM
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 ...
December 12, 2009 8:16 PM
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has lifted martial law in the southern province of Maguindanao. Martial law was brought in following the massacre of 57 people in a suspected political vendetta blamed on a local clan, the Ampatuans. A week after it was controversially imposed, martial has been li...
December 12, 2009 8:15 PM
In Australia, fire crews will work through the night to contain more than 80 fires still burning in New South Wales, ahead of further hot and dry conditions next week. A fire burning in the Upper Hunter near Timor has burnt over 2,000 hectares and remains uncontained. Meanwhile aircraft have been wa...
December 12, 2009 8:15 PM
Iran has said that it is ready to exchange the bulk of its stockpile of enriched uranium for nuclear fuel rods, as proposed by the U.N., but according to its own preferences and timetable.<br/><br/>This was announced by Iranian foreign minister Manochehr Mottaki during an address...
December 12, 2009 8:00 PM
The United States and Japan have agreed to a new open skies deal cutting restrictions on flights between the two countries. The agreement will allow airlines from both countries to have a wider range of destinations and routes to choose from. In a statement, US Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood sa...
December 12, 2009 7:59 PM
Iran has said that it is ready to exchange the bulk of its stockpile of enriched uranium for nuclear fuel rods, as proposed by the U.N., but according to its own mechanisms and timetable.This was announced by Iranian foreign minister Manochehr Mottaki in a press conference at a regional security con...
December 12, 2009 7:59 PM
The five American Muslim youths arrested in Pakistan 3 days ago have reportedly confessed that they were travelling to Taliban Heartland Waziristan to engage in militant activities. The youths were arrested in Sargodha in Punjab just before a scheduled meeting with al-Qaeda operatives. A police offi...
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