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November 9, 2009 7:55 PM

Iraqi parliament approves long-delayed election law

Iraq's parliament has approved a long-delayed election law paving the way of Parliamentary election in the country due in January next year.<br/><br/> According to Iraq's National Iraqi News Agency, Parliament ratified the election law with 141 votes in favour in the 275-sea...

November 9, 2009 7:51 PM

NATO, Afghan forces claim to kill 130 Taliban in Kunduz

In Afghanistan, NATO and Afghan forces claimed to have killed more than 130 Taliban fighters over the past week in a major operation in Northern Province of Kunduz. A NATO spokesman said a combined force of 700 Afghan troops and 50 NATO soldiers cleared villages of fighters in and around Char Dara d...

November 9, 2009 7:51 PM

Tsvangirai’s trial adjourned

The trial of a senior ally of the Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been adjourned at the High Court in Harare. Roy Bennet from Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change denies charges of banditry, terrorism and sabotage which carry a possible death sentence. Prime Minister Tsva...

November 9, 2009 7:51 PM

China executes 9 people over Xinjiang ethnic unrest

China has executed nine people over deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region. Regional authorities said today that this is the first executions since the violence in July. It is not clear when the executions took place.<br/><br/> According to previous statements by...

November 9, 2009 7:49 PM

Fierce fighting rages for the control of Makeen

Fierce fighting raged between Pakistani Army and Taliban for the third day in running for the control of the key Waziristan town of Makeen. The army has been locked in pitched battles to clear the Taliban stronghold using fighter jets and helicopter gunships. Four soldiers were killed and another in...

November 9, 2009 7:06 PM

Earthquake shakes Indonesia with 7.2 Magnitude

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 hit off the Pacific island nation of Fiji today but according to US geologists, it was too deep to generate a destructive tsunami.<br/><br/> The quake struck at a depth of 585 kilometers with its epicenter 102 kilometers north of the ca...

November 9, 2009 5:26 PM

Dalai Lama visiting Tawang on his own: Tharoor

Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor today said that the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is visiting Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on his own and that India had not suggested him to do so. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, he said the Dalai Lama is free to travel anywhere in Indi...

November 9, 2009 5:26 PM

India, Japan agree on defence cooperation

India and Japan today agreed to step up Defence cooperation, including holding joint exercises, and expressed their commitment to contribute to bilateral and regional cooperation in areas like ASEAN Regional Forum, peacekeeping and disaster relief.<br/><br/> This was stated in a ...

November 9, 2009 5:23 PM

Dhalkebar ‘ Muzafffapur power line within next 3 years

Nepal government and the concerned Indian stake holders along with the World Bank agreed to complete the construction of the 140 kilometer long 400 KV cross border power transmission line between Dhalkebar in Nepal and Muzafffapur in India within next three years.<br/> The agreement was re...

November 9, 2009 4:51 PM

Bangladesh: river transport workers called off their indefinite strike

In Bangladesh, the river transport workers have called off their countrywide indefinite strike after tripartite talks between the shipping secretary, transport owners and leaders of workers. Shipping secretary Abdul Mannan Hawlader told reporters in Dhaka that the workers had agreed to withdraw stri...

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