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November 2, 2009 11:27 AM
In Philippines, sixteen people have been killed in a fire in Bacolod City. Eyewitnesses say the fire started in the early hours of the Monday morning in a two-storey boarding house in the city. It then spread to a shanty area nearby where at least 46 homes were destroyed. Police say the fire may hav...
November 2, 2009 10:27 AM
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says, the United States will support the next Afghan President and recognize opposition challenger Abdullah Abdullah's decision to withdraw from a runoff. She said in a statement that it is now a matter for the Afghan authorities to decide on a way ahead that ...
November 2, 2009 10:05 AM
In Australia, nearly 23 people are feared dead after a boat carrying about 40 suspected asylum seekers sank, hundreds of nautical miles off the Cocos Islands, west of the country. At least 17 people have been rescued, but the rest are still missing. It is feared there were at least 40 suspected asyl...
November 1, 2009 9:09 PM
In Afghanistan, Presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah announced today that he will not participate in the second round of elections scheduled for Saturday. Announcing a gathering of his supporters in capital Kabul today, Dr. Abdullah said he made the decision because demands he made for a fai...
November 1, 2009 8:44 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Palestinian Authority to come forward for talks leaving behind its demand for a complete Israeli settlement freeze before embarking on any fresh peace talks. Speaking at the opening of the cabinet meeting he expressed the hope that Palestinians wou...
November 1, 2009 8:37 PM
French forces operating to combat piracy are reported to have attacked several boats off the north-eastern coast of Somalia killing two people. Four others are reported to have been injured. The governor of a Somali town said the men were fish traders who had nothing to do with piracy. However, repo...
November 1, 2009 8:33 PM
Despite intense international pressure Iraqi Members of Parliament say they would not be able to vote today on an election law that needs to be passed urgently if elections are to be held on schedule in January. The electoral law is meant to be in place at least 90 days before voting takes place. Ir...
November 1, 2009 7:03 PM
In Iraq, 5 people have been killed and 37 wounded today in a bicycle bomb explosion. Voice of Iraq news agency quoting local police sources has reported that the incident occurred near al-Maseeb Mosque in al-Madina Market near Hilla.<br/>Hilla is the capital city of Babel province which is...
November 1, 2009 6:56 PM
An oil well at the centre of a massive spill in the Timor sea off the north-western coast of Australia has caught fire. The company responsible said the fire broke out as it made another attempt to plug a leak deep under water at the West Atlas oil rig. Engineers have been struggling for more than t...
November 1, 2009 6:56 PM
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed on the need to form an international committee under the supervision of the United Nations to oversee the impact of global warming on the world. Mrs. Hasina who met a five member delegation of the European Union at her office in Dhaka today also e...
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