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November 15, 2009 5:28 PM

Nigerian President meets rebel leader Henry Okah

Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua has held a meeting with the leader of the main rebel movement in the Niger delta. The meeting attended by the rebel leader Henry Okah follows a ceasefire with the group in October bringing to a halt to attacks which badly disrupted oil production. Both si...

November 15, 2009 5:18 PM

Obama appeals for release of Suu Kyi

US President Barack Obama has made a personal appeal to the Myanmar Prime Minister, General Thein Sein, for the release of the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. A White House spokesman said that President Obama took the opportunity of the US-ASEAN meeting to call for the release of Aung San Suu...

November 15, 2009 5:09 PM

Pakistan: Attack on Mayor foiled; three Taliban militants killed

In Pakistan, three burqa-clad militants were gunned down today when bodyguards of an anti-Taliban mayor foiled an attempt by a group of assailants to kill him in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Union Council Nazim (mayor) Muhammad Fahimuddin was meeting people at Badabher on the outskirts of Pesh...

November 15, 2009 4:13 PM

LeT plot :FBI seeks extension to file indictment against Rana

US prosecutors have sought a nearly 60-day extension till January 14 to file indictment against Tahawwur Rana, accused of being part of an LeT terror plot in India, saying the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) needs more time to diligently examine fresh evidence unearthed against him in recent r...

November 15, 2009 4:11 PM

India, Qatar sign MOU on investment In Doha

India and Qatar have signed MoU on investment in Doha during the second meeting of Qatari-Indian Ministerial Committee held in Doha. The Indian delegation was led by Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister T K A Nair while Qatari delegation was led by Minister of State for International Cooperatio...

November 15, 2009 3:07 PM

Suicide bombing kills 12, injures 28 in Pakistan

In Pakistan, 12 people were killed and 28 injured in a suicide attack near the northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday. <br/> <br/>A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle, packed with 50 kg of explosives, at a checkpoint at Pishtakhara Chowk, the main entry point to Peshawar f...

November 15, 2009 2:45 PM

Sheikh Hasina leaves for four-day Italy tour

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on Sunday morning on a four-day visit to Italy. <br/> <br/>During her visit Hasina will attend the inaugural session of the three-day Food and Agriculture Organisation summit in Rome. <br/> <br/>She will also ...

November 15, 2009 2:04 PM

Iran to mass produce air-to-air heat-seeking missiles?

Iran has planned to mass produce a new generation of domestically built air-to-air heat-seeking missiles which can track targets via their infrared emission. <br/> <br/>The Iranian channel Press TV quoting its Air Force commander Brigadier General Hassan Shah-Safi has reported th...

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