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December 7, 2009 3:22 PM

Five killed, 49 injured in suicide bomb attack in Peshawar market

In Pakistan, at least five people were killed and more than 49 injured, some of them seriously in a suicide attack in central Peshawar today. Police said a suicide bomber blew himself up near the gate of session court. Several vehicles caught fire after the blast. The injured have been admitted to L...

December 7, 2009 2:30 PM

20 injured in explosion in Peshawar market

In Pakistan, an explosion in a vehicle near a crowded court complex in Peshawar today injured about 20 people. Police said the blast occurred in an auto-rickshaw outside the sessions court complex on Jail Road in Peshawar. The condition of six of them is stated to be serious. Police cordoned off the...

December 7, 2009 2:06 PM

Mahinda gets support of UNP &Dissanayake for presidential polls

In Sri Lanka, giving a boost to the ruling coalition and Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP), the United National Party (UNP) National Organiser and Central Provincial Council Opposition Leader S.B. Dissanayake today announced his decision to support Mahinda Rajapaksa in the forthcoming Presidential pol...

December 7, 2009 11:25 AM

Russia detains four suspects for night club fire

In Russia, four persons have been detained in connection with the fire in a night club in Perm which claimed 112 lives. About 130 people remain hospitalized with injuries from the blaze which happened early Saturday. The Federal Investigative Committee said the suspects, the club's owner, the e...

December 7, 2009 11:24 AM

International Civil Aviation Day today

International Civil Aviation Day is being observed today. The aim of Day is to raise awareness of the importance of international civil aviation and the role it plays in international air transport. The theme for this year is "Flight between Nations - Dialogue between Peoples".

December 7, 2009 11:22 AM

Pak SC starts hearing cases under National Reconciliation Ordinance

In Pakistan, the seventeen-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will start hearing of National Reconciliation Ordinance cases in Islamabad today. The National Reconciliation Ordinance, issued by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf two years ago, gran...

December 7, 2009 11:13 AM

US to launch now efforts to track down Laden

The United States will launch a new effort to track down Osama bin Laden who is believed to be hiding in the mountains along the Afghan-Pakistan border. US National Security Adviser James Jones said that intelligence reports suggest that the Al-Qaeda chief is somewhere inside north Waziristan. Talki...

December 7, 2009 10:40 AM

Afghan needs US help & to eliminate Taliban & Al-Qaeda: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai today asked the international community to be patience and be it with even if it takes longer for his country to completely eliminate the Taliban and Al Qaeda. "We will try our best but the international community must have also the patience with us," Karzai t...

December 7, 2009 9:31 AM

Obama pleads US Senate for approval of Healthcare plans

The U.S President Barack Obama has appeared before Senate Democrats to persuade them to support his healthcare plans. In a rare weekend session, the Senate has gathered to debate and vote in a bid to get the bill completed by the end of the month. Mr Obama urged his Democratic Party senators to get ...

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