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November 16, 2009 7:24 PM
The US space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to blast off from Florida on a mission to deliver spare parts to the International Space Station (ISS). Lift-off is planned for 1928 GMT today from the Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral.<br/>The mission is set to include three spacewalks to...
November 16, 2009 7:24 PM
Salvadoran authorities today raised the death toll from devastating floods and mudslides to 192 as more bodies were found in storm-ravaged areas of the country. Another 80 people were reported as missing.<br/>Torrential rains last weekend washed away homes, destroyed crops and took out bri...
November 16, 2009 7:24 PM
In Nepal, political parties have intensified parleys to resolve the current parliament deadlock and speed up the peace and constitution drafting processes. Senior leaders of the ruling CPN (UML) and the opposition Unified CPN (Maoist) today met in Kathmandu to discuss a way out to end the current pa...
November 16, 2009 7:17 PM
In Afghanistan, eight policemen were reportedly killed last night when Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province.<br/>Meanwhile, three children were killed today when militants fired two rockets into a crowded market northeast of Kab...
November 16, 2009 7:17 PM
In Nepal, political parties have intensified parleys to resolve the current parliament deadlock and speed up the peace and constitution drafting processes. Senior leaders of the ruling CPN (UML) and the opposition Unified CPN (Maoist) today met in Kathmandu to discuss a way out to end the current pa...
November 16, 2009 7:16 PM
Environment ministers from 44 key countries gathered today in Copenhagen for a two-day closed-door meeting to prepare for next month's UN conference on global warming. The delegations taking part are from the United States, China, India and Brazil as well as several island nations and African s...
November 16, 2009 6:41 PM
US President Barack Obama said global economic recovery, nuclear disarmament and climate change will top the agenda during his talks with the Chinese leadership as he arrived in Beijing on his maiden state visit.<br/>Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping greeted the U.S. President at the airpo...
November 16, 2009 6:37 PM
In Iraq, five Iraqi soldiers have been killed and twelve others injured today in an explosive charge blast in the capital Baghdad. According to Iraqi National News Agency, the blast took place due to an improvised explosive device (IED) near the concrete barriers close to an army checkpoint in al-Ma...
November 16, 2009 6:37 PM
In Sri Lanka, General Sarath Fonseka today bid farewell to the army and said he will announce his future plans in a couple of days, as speculation mounted that the architect of Sri Lanka's military victory over LTTE may be the opposition candidate in the next presidential polls.President Mahind...
November 16, 2009 6:09 PM
Reports from Myanmar say the detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for direct talks with the head of the country's military government. Ms. Suu Kyi has not met the General Than Shwe since 2002. The request was made in a letter parts of which have been leaked to the media. In the...
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