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December 8, 2009 2:36 PM
At least eight people have been killed today in a series of large explosions in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Reports said that one blast took place near the Iraqi health ministry. Another is believed to have taken place on the same street near the oil ministry and the police academy. A ...
December 8, 2009 2:35 PM
The US assistant secretary of state for South Asia, Robert Blake is to arrive in Colombo on Tuesday for a two day visit. AIR Correspondent reports that the visit assumes much significance in the light of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee bipartisan study Report recommending policy shift and ...
December 8, 2009 2:20 PM
In Pakistan twin blasts occured near an intelligence office in Qasim Bela area of Multan Cantt on Tuesday .According to police several casualties are feared in the blasts. The injured are being shifted to the nearby hospitals including Nishtar Hospital, Civil Hospital and CMH. A state of emergency h...
December 8, 2009 1:32 PM
The first contingent of fifteen hundred US Marines will arrive in Afghanistan this month, in the first wave of a troop surge approved by President Barack Obama. This has been stated by the US military spokesman in Washington. Meanwhile, a top US defence official has said that the United States hopes...
December 8, 2009 1:20 PM
US has threatened to take unilateral action by sending its troops to Pakistan to shut down Taliban, if Islamabad does not take decisive action against them. Quoting American and Pakistani officials, a US daily reports that the Americans want the Pakistanis to target Haqqani network based in north Wa...
December 8, 2009 1:17 PM
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has postponed the unveiling of his long-awaited cabinet. Mr Karzai was sworn in as the President for a new term in office three weeks ago. His spokesman Siamak Herawai said Karzai intended to introduce a number of his new cabinet members to parliament on Tuesday, bu...
December 8, 2009 12:50 PM
In Uttar Pradesh the government has said that 118 sugar mills out of 128 in the state have started their operations. Cane and Sugar Industry Minister Mr. Naseemuddin Siddiqui has claimed that nearly 51-lakh quintal cane being crushed every day at running sugar mills and it is expected to reach 76 la...
December 8, 2009 12:50 PM
The Japanese government has approved a massive economic stimulus package worth 300 billion dollars. The cabinet of centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama approved the stimulus package, despite being elected on a platform of slashing government spending. The stimulus measures include loan guarante...
December 8, 2009 12:23 PM
The US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit. Mr Gates will hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and meet US troops serving in the country. Earlier, speaking to reporters on the flight to Kabul, Mr Gates said he will tell Afghan officials the U...
December 8, 2009 12:22 PM
In Pakistan, at least three persons were killed and another three injured in a suspected US drone strike in Miranshah early on Tuesday morning. Media reports said the strike took place in Aspalga village, some 12 kilometres southeast of Miranshah, the main town of the restive North Waziristan tribal...
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