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S Lanka's stock market fell more than 2.5% in early trade

October 19, 2009 1:15 PM

S Lanka's stock market fell more than 2.5% in early trade

Sri Lanka's stock market fell more than 2.5 percent in early trade on Monday, on panic selling after the arrest of a Sri Lankan-born hedge fund manager in New York on insider trading charges. Billionaire Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and executives from other U.S. companies we...

Ahmadinejad asks to track down planners of Iranian suicide attack

October 19, 2009 12:47 PM

Ahmadinejad asks to track down planners of Iranian suicide attack

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered the authorities to swiftly track down those who planned the suicide attack in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.<br/><br/>The official IRNA news agency quoted him as assuring the Iranian people, that the criminals wi...

Aslam Baig warns of possible militant attack at Pak nuclear assets

October 19, 2009 12:44 PM

Aslam Baig warns of possible militant attack at Pak nuclear assets

Former Pakistani military Chief Aslam Baig has warned that the country's nuclear assets could be the next target of the militants. In an exclusive interview to Iranian channel Press TV, Baig said, if the militants could attack the most secured military headquarters in Rawalpindi and the police ...

Niger rejects call from ECOWAS to postpone indefinitely parliamentary elections

October 19, 2009 10:36 AM

Niger rejects call from ECOWAS to postpone indefinitely parliamentary elections

Niger has rejected a call from the West African regional group, ECOWAS to postpone indefinitely parliamentary elections scheduled for tomorrow. ECOWAS imposed limited sanctions on Niger and demanded the elections be postponed after President Mamadou Tandja forced through constitutional changes that ...

Canadian navy detains merchant ship with 76 migrants on board

October 19, 2009 10:36 AM

Canadian navy detains merchant ship with 76 migrants on board

The Canadian Navy has detained a merchant ship with 76 migrants on board in what is believed to be the country's first maritime human trafficking case in a decade. It is thought the migrants were Sri Lankans who were going to be smuggled into Canada via Pacific Coast. The passengers and the cre...

Pak security forces arrest 100 terror suspects in country wide raids

October 19, 2009 5:25 AM

Pak security forces arrest 100 terror suspects in country wide raids

In Pakistan, about 100 terror suspects, including foreigners, were arrested yesterday in a series of raids carried out by security forces in Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi and other parts of Pakistan. Security agencies arrested three members of the Amjad Farooqi faction of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakist...

Several suspects having links with recent attacks in Pakistan arrested

October 19, 2009 12:07 AM

Several suspects having links with recent attacks in Pakistan arrested

Nearly 100 terror suspects, including foreigners, were on Sunday arrested in a series of raids carried out by security forces in Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi and other parts of Pakistan. This comes a day after Pakistan army launched a major offensive against Taliban in Waziristan.Over 70 suspects w...

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