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November 27, 2009 8:45 PM
The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body has passed a resolution condemning Iran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also demanded that Iran should freeze the project immediately. The resolution, first against Iran in nearly four yea...
November 27, 2009 8:44 PM
Nine Saudi soldiers have been captured by Houthi rebels in northern Yemen during fighting. A rebel spokesman based in Germany said the incident took place inside Yemeni territory and urged Saudi Arabia to stay out of the conflict. He stressed that the rebels' grievance was with the Yemeni gover...
November 27, 2009 8:44 PM
The Israeli air force has carried out an air strike on the Gaza Strip, the second in as many days. According to the Israeli Defence Force the missile strike killed one man and destroyed a rocket launch pad. But Palestinian sources said four men were injured, but no one was killed in the attack. Yest...
November 27, 2009 8:43 PM
A South Korean man has been fined one million won for making discriminatory remarks against an Indian professor. Incheon District Court officials told local media that the conviction is the country's first involving racist remarks towards a foreigner. The 31-year-old South Korean had objected t...
November 27, 2009 8:43 PM
In China, a notorious gang leader has been executed in Chongqing Municipality after being convicted of organizing a crime ring. Chen Ming, 36, from Rongchang County, was the first to receive death penalty in the city's crackdown on organized crime. The Supreme People's Court yesterday uphe...
November 27, 2009 8:41 PM
At least 15 militants were killed today in clashes with Pakistani security forces in the restive Khyber Agency, taking the total number of rebels killed in three days of fighting in the tribal region to 45. Officials were quoted as saying by TV news channels that security forces pounded militant str...
November 27, 2009 8:40 PM
The much awaited Presidential Election in Sri Lanka will be held on January 26, next year. This was announced by the Commissioner of Elections, Dayananda Dissanayake in Colombo.<br/><br/>Nominations for elections will be accepted from the 17th of next month. This will be the firs...
November 27, 2009 8:39 PM
A boat carrying asylum seekers has been intercepted in Australian waters, the second in the past 24 hours. A government official said 22 people and four crew were on board. The boat was stopped by a Customs ship near Ashmore Islands early this afternoon, and the asylum seekers were being taken to Ch...
November 27, 2009 8:39 PM
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Mohamed El Baradei says the Agency has reached a dead end in verifying the nature and objective of Iran's nuclear programme. Mr El Baradei told the 35-member board meeting of the IAEA that there has been no movement on remaining issues of conc...
November 27, 2009 8:38 PM
The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis are preparing to land in Florida after their 11-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Nasa said it is expecting sunny skies when the shuttle touches down at the Kennedy Space Center, scheduled to take place at 1444 GMT. During the mission, astro...
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