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November 5, 2009 7:57 PM
At least 99 people have been killed by flooding in central Vietnam sparked by Tropical Storm Mirinae. An official report today said a further 20 people are missing after the storm struck on Monday. It said 69 of the fatalities were from Phu Yen province, with the rest coming from Binh Dinh, Khanh Ho...
November 5, 2009 6:27 PM
At least four people, including two local Awami League leaders, were injured in a bomb explosion in Dhaka on Thursday. The bomb exploded this afternoon just after the AL leaders got down from a rickshaw beside the Peer Yameni Market in Gulistan area of the city, leaving them wounded. Two more people...
November 5, 2009 6:22 PM
Colombo today said that as demining process progresses, the bulk of the war displaced Tamil civilians will be resettled before the end of January 2010, the target set by the Government of Sri Lanka to complete this challenging task. Briefing the diplomatic corps , the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Roh...
November 5, 2009 4:19 PM
The US said that it will hold the Afghan government accountable for the assistance by it and others in providing security to the people of the war-torn country. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that America is laying out very clear expectations. <br/>Mrs Clinton, who was in Egypt on...
November 5, 2009 2:49 PM
United Nations has warned that international commitment for rebuilding of Afghanistan is diminishing and will erode further if serious steps are not taken by new government to carry out reforms. UN Special Representative to Afghanistan, Mr. Kai Eide said today that there is an intensive debate among...
November 5, 2009 2:46 PM
A US Drone today struck a compound used by the Taliban in the restive North Waziristan tribal region killing five militants and injuring three others, as Pakistani troops battled insurgents in their stronghold near the Afghan border. The drone fired two missiles at a home in Norok village near the k...
November 5, 2009 2:41 PM
UN mission in Afghanistan has decided to relocate around 900 of its foreign staff outside the country in wake of last week Taliban attack at a UN Guest House in Kabul which killed five UN staff. The decision follows the visit of UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki Moon to capital Kabul early this week w...
November 5, 2009 2:41 PM
In Nepal, thousands of Maoist activists are picketing district administration offices across the country today as a part of their renewed anti-government protest programme which began from Sunday. In the midst of anti-government slogans in front of district administrative office, the protesters, who...
November 5, 2009 2:41 PM
Southern African mediators are due to begin talks in Mozambique aimed at preventing the collapse of Zimbabwe's unity government. The government has been in crisis since Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai began boycotting cabinet meetings. Mr Tsvangirai is protesting at the way President Robert Mu...
November 5, 2009 2:05 PM
A US Drone today struck a compound used by the Taliban in the restive North Waziristan tribal region killing five militants and injuring three others, as Pakistani troops battled insurgents in their stronghold near the Afghan border. The drone fired two missiles at a home in Norok village near the k...
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