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November 11, 2009 12:11 PM
<br/>President Barack Obama will today hold the eighth round of meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan. The meeting assumes significance amidst reports that a decision to send more troops to Afghanistan has been taken.<br/><br/> Beginning mid-August Obama had already held ...
November 11, 2009 11:33 AM
The UN General Assembly has declared July 18 "Nelson Mandela International Day" to mark the South African anti-apartheid leader's contribution to peace. A resolution adopted by consensus by the 192-member world body calls for commemorations every year starting in 2010 on July 18 Mande...
November 11, 2009 11:32 AM
Afghanistan's eastern provinces are witnessing inflow of refugees from Pakistan side because of military operations in the South Waziristan of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). A joint assessment by UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and Afghan government recently revealed that around 440 fami...
November 11, 2009 11:32 AM
An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale rocked West Sumatra province in the western parts of Indonesia today. There is no report of any casualty so far. The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said the quake occurred this morning with the epicenter at 69 kilometres southeast of Siberut of Men...
November 11, 2009 10:04 AM
<br/> The United States will send a team of officials led by Ambassador Stephen Bosworth to Pyongyang to hold bilateral talks with North Korean officials within the framework of the Six-Party talks. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, P J Crowley, told reporters that the purpo...
November 11, 2009 10:03 AM
<br/>The Obama Administration has said that India and China are two significant powers of the region and the US attaches importance to both countries for regional and global issues. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P J Crowley told reporters in Washington that India and Chin...
November 11, 2009 9:41 AM
In Pakistan, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car in a packed market in the North West Frontier Province yesterday killing 32 people and injuring over 60. The explosion occurred in Farooq-e-Azam Chowk, the main commercial area of Charsadda town, shortly after 4.20 pm local time. The a...
November 11, 2009 8:58 AM
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 18 July Mandela Day to mark the contribution of Nelson Mandela to world freedom. The resolution was introduced by South African Ambassador Baso Sangqu. He described his former President as an icon and a symbol of hope whose life had mirrored United Na...
November 11, 2009 8:57 AM
Opposition parties in Turkey have delayed the government's announcement of its plans to end a conflict in the mainly Kurdish south-east. The Interior Minister Besir Atalay ran out of time to present the measures in Parliament as nationalist MPs jeered. The plans are thought to include some Kurd...
November 11, 2009 8:56 AM
The Russian government has admitted that parts of the police have been turned into what the Interior Minister has described as criminal businesses. It is the most frank admission so far of corruption and other crimes being committed by members of the police. It came after a senior policeman in south...
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