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November 14, 2009 6:29 PM

Two US soldiers killed in roadside explosions in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, two US soldiers and one civilian killed in the latest incident of roadside bomb explosions while four militants and three civilians were killed in western province of Herat. A press statement said a US soldier and a civilian contractor killed in an IED strike in eastern Afghanistan w...

November 14, 2009 6:29 PM

Four killed in suicide car bomb blast in Peshawar

A suicide car bomber struck a police check post on the outskirts of Peshawar today, killing at least four persons including policemen and injuring over 15 others in the latest in a series of deadly terrorist attacks in northwest Pakistan.The bomber detonated his explosives when he was stopped at the...

November 14, 2009 2:17 PM

Suspected French ship detained

The CISF has detained a suspect French ship off Kerala coast today. The detained crew members are being interrogated. The ship was sailing from Oman to Madagaskar while it entered Indian waters. The captain of the vessel claimed that fear of pirates made them enter into India. <br/>

November 14, 2009 2:14 PM

International Children’s Film Festival begins today

The 16th International Children's Film Festival is all set for a grand take off in Hyderabad this evening. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambica Soni will be inaugurating the week-long Childrens' film festival. Austrian Film ' Mozart in China' by Bernd Neuburger will be screened as the i...

November 14, 2009 2:14 PM

Brazil ready to cut carbon emission

Brazil is offering to cut its carbon emissions by a third by the year 2020. The non-binding target puts pressure on industrial nations to reveal their plans ahead of December's United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen. Brazilian officials hope they can reduce their emission with the c...

November 14, 2009 2:13 PM

Civil-society dialogue with Pak in India’s interest: Bhaskar

The Director of the National Maritime Foundation, Commodore Uday Bhaskar has said that India needs to pro-actively engage with Afghanistan, Pakistan and China to meet the enormous security challenges that its turbulent neighborhood poses. Addressing a select audience at the India Embassy in Abu Dhab...

November 14, 2009 2:13 PM

Fears of impending coup led Prez to ignore me: Fonseka

Sri Lanka's former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, who led the Sri Lankan Army against the war with the LTTE, in his letter seeking voluntary retirement, has claimed that unfounded fears of impending coup had led President Mahinda Rajapaksa to ignore him and had instead asked India to put its tr...

November 14, 2009 2:13 PM

EU mulls training Somali soldiers

The European Union is expected to endorse plans to send troops to help train upto two thousand Somali soldiers. According to an EU official, under the plan about two hundred EU troops will train Somali military personnel in Uganda in a bid to broaden engagement in the crisis-hit state. A decision is...

November 14, 2009 2:13 PM

Flood in South England

In UK, heavy rain and high winds have caused flooding in parts of southern England as this year's worst storm is forecast for the start of the weekend. A severe flood warning has been given for Christchurch Habrour in Dorset while there have been reports of flooding across Southern England. Win...

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