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October 18, 2009 2:27 PM
In Iran, a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people today, including five senior commanders of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, in southeastern of the country. According to the country's official news agency IRNA , the dead included the deputy commander of the Guard's ground force, G...
October 18, 2009 10:51 AM
Somali pirates have hijacked a Singapore-owned and flagged container ship in the Indian Ocean. According to Andrew Mwangura, of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program, the MV KOTA WAJAR was seized early Thursday about 550 kilometers north of the Seychelles islands.He said the ship has 21 crew...
October 18, 2009 9:07 AM
Somali pirates have hijacked a Singapore-flagged container ship. A statement on the Web site of the EU anti-piracy force says the Kota Wajar was seized early Thursday in theIndian Ocean about 480 kilometers north of the Seychelles islands. According to reports the four Indians are also among the cre...
October 18, 2009 3:19 AM
The crucial Copenhagen climate change summit could end without a deal, the US special envoy for climate change Todd Stern warned today. He urged big developing economies to boost their efforts. He was addressing the Major Economies Forum featuring politicians from 17 countries.<br/> This w...
October 18, 2009 3:19 AM
Ten people were killed and another nine injured when a farm building collapsed in southwest China yesterday, state media said. The incident happened in the afternoon in Guizhoun province as building staff were receiving grain from farmers. Search operations are still on in the building in Sanhe town...
October 18, 2009 3:18 AM
A Yemeni court convicted 12 Shiite rebels of taking up arms against the army today and sentenced two of them to death. The other 10 received prison sentences ranging from eight to 12 years. Yemen's government is embroiled in a five-year conflict with Shiite rebels in the country's north. T...
October 18, 2009 12:19 AM
European Union naval officials say Somali pirates have hijacked a Singapore-flagged container ship named Kota Wajar.<br/> A statement posted on the website of the European Union anti-piracy force says the Kota Wajar was seized early on Thursday in the Indian Ocean about 480 kilometers nort...
October 17, 2009 7:51 PM
Hurricane Rick churned in the Pacific Ocean today strengthening to an extremely dangerous Category Four storm. US National Hurricane Centre said Rick was gathering strength off Mexico's Pacific coast, with maximum sustained winds roaring at near 215 kilometres per hour.<br/>At 1545 IS...
October 17, 2009 7:25 PM
In Iraq, nine people were killed, including six soldiers and two policemen, in a swathe of bombings and shootings across the country today. According to security officials, in the deadliest attack, four soldiers died and 10 others were wounded when their patrol struck a roadside bomb at around noon ...
October 17, 2009 7:06 PM
A 5.9-magnitude quake hit off Samoa in the South Pacific today. But there was no tsunami warning and no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at a narrow depth of 10 kilometres. Its epicentre was 283 kilometres south of the Samoan capital Apia.<...
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