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October 14, 2009 8:18 PM
A hot air balloon has exploded and crashed in southern China, killing four Dutch tourists and injuring three other people. State media said the balloon had only been in the air for about an hour, and was descending when it erupted into flames. The explosion is thought to have been triggered by a gas...
October 14, 2009 8:18 PM
Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal, thought to be the world's smallest living man at just 56 centimetres, has turned 18 and now hopes to be officially recognised for his record size. Four years ago, Thapa's application for a Guinness World Record for the smallest man was rejected because at ...
October 14, 2009 8:18 PM
In the Philippines, the death toll from two weeks of storms has risen to 712. According to government figures released today the number of people confirmed killed from tropical storm Parma, which dumped rain relentlessly on the northern Philippines for a week, was 375. Parma first hit the main islan...
October 14, 2009 8:08 PM
In Pakistan, at least 11 militants were killed in bombardment by jet fighters at the hideouts of the militants in South Waziristan tribal agency today. The private TV channel Express said jet fighters of the security forces targeted suspected hideouts of the militants in Makeen area killing five mil...
October 14, 2009 6:25 PM
In Iraq, at least seven civilians were killed and 14 were wounded in an armed attack in northern Baghdad today. Voice of Iraq news agency quoting police sources reports, the incident took place when unknown gunmen attacked a marketplace of al-Jawadeen neighborhood in al-Shuaala region of northern Ba...
October 14, 2009 5:57 PM
A Palestinian has been killed and four injured in an Israeli air raid on smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt. Israel confirmed the air raid, which it said was in response to a rocket fired from into Israel last night. The rocket caused neither casualties nor damage. The Tunnels are used to smug...
October 14, 2009 5:55 PM
The UN food agencies have warned that targets to reduce the number of hungry people in the world will not be met without greater international effort. The annual report of UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme on global food security confirms that more than one bi...
October 14, 2009 5:54 PM
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown plans to send some five hundred more troops to Afghanistan. He is expected to announce his decision later today. Official sources said in London that the measure would boost Washington's efforts to secure more commitments from the European allies for Afghanis...
October 14, 2009 4:59 PM
The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that after talks in Moscow with the Russian Foreign Sergei Lavrov, they have agreed to pursue a diplomatic course against Iran over its nuclear programme and there was no agreement made on new sanctions. The two leaders talked a great deal abo...
October 14, 2009 4:52 PM
Pakistan has expressed concern over conditions linked to the $7.5 billion US aid to it. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met the US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke in Washington and conveyed his country's concerns.<br/>Mr Qureshi said he is i...
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