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November 19, 2009 8:48 PM

Opposition to support Sarath Fonseka as Lanka's presidential nominee

Sri Lanka's Opposition leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, said the united opposition front's support to Gen. (retd) Sarath Fonseka's possible consensus candisate in the event of an early Presidential race would be conditional. The leader of the newly-floated 18-party United National Front ...

November 19, 2009 8:47 PM

10 killed in Afghanistan in suicide bomb blast

A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians in southern Afghanistan today, the second attack on the same day that President Hamid Karzai was sworn into office. Police said, the bombing in Uruzgan province followed an apparent suicide attack in the neighbouring province of Zabul which killed two US soldiers...

November 19, 2009 8:45 PM

Mujit killers to go to gallows: confirms B'desh SC

Thirty-four years after Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in a military coup, the country's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence on five of his killers.Pronouncing the verdict after a trial that dragged on for 13 years, Justice M Tafazzal Islam, who...

November 19, 2009 8:37 PM

Mujit killers to go to gallows: confirms B'desh SC

Thirty-four years after Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in a military coup, the country's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence on five of his killers.Pronouncing the verdict after a trial that dragged on for 13 years, Justice M Tafazzal Islam, who...

November 19, 2009 8:37 PM

19 killed & 51 injured in bomb attack in Peshawar Court complex

A bomb attack outside a court in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar today killed at least 19 people and injured 51 others. The blast on the busy Khyber Road came during rush hour and is the latest in a series in the city in recent weeks. The head of the Peshawar city administration, Sahibz...

November 19, 2009 7:53 PM

OECD growth & recovery has doubled in 30 countries

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says growth and recovery are expected in 2010 in just about all world regions. For its 30 member countries, rich nations including the US and UK, OECD has more than doubled its growth forecast to 1.9 per cent for next year, from 0.7 p...

November 19, 2009 7:53 PM

Holmes appreciates Lanka's resettlement policy

UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator John Holmes while voicing his concern about the freedom of movement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) today also welcomed the pace of resettlement of the war displaced civilians in the North and said that ...

November 19, 2009 7:15 PM

Hamid Karzai sworn-in as Afghanistan President for 2nd term

Hamid Karzai was today sworn-in as Afghan President for the second term with a vow to rid the country of terrorism. He was administered the oath of office by the head of Supreme Court Abdul Salam Azmi at a grand ceremony at the Presidential Palace in the presence of 800 guests, including External Af...

November 19, 2009 6:39 PM

US says bringing perpetrators of 26/11 to justice important task for Pak

The United States says, bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice is an important task to finish for Pakistan, which also needs to look into the issue of Hafiz Saeed, accused by India of masterminding the terror strike, besides preventing cross-border infiltration .<br/>&#...

November 19, 2009 6:31 PM

Mujit killers to go to gallows: confirms B'desh SC

Thirty-four years after Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in a military coup, the country's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence on five of his killers. <br/>Pronouncing the verdict after a trial that dragged on for 13 years, Justice M Taf...

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