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October 14, 2009 8:50 AM

Eight killed in suicide bomb blast in Baghdad

<br/> A suicide bomber in Iraq has killed at least eight people and wounded several others in Bakuba north of Baghdad. One of the victims was the local head of the Iraqi Awakening Council . The bomber detonated an explosive device at a tea shop near the market. There has been a significant...

October 14, 2009 6:03 AM

Iranian opposition leader Karroubi may face legal prosecution

In Iran, top judiciary officials say defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi may face legal prosecution for making allegations regarding molestation in jail.<br/><br/>According to Press TV, Iran's prosecutor General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i today said in Tehran th...

October 14, 2009 6:01 AM

Suicide attack kills 10 people in Iraqi city

In Iraq, ten people including two Iraqi soldiers and the leader of a Sunni Arab militia allied with the United States were killed in bombings across Iraq on Tuesday.<br/><br/>Official sources said fourteen others were wounded in the attacks in the village of Buhruz, northeast of ...

October 13, 2009 8:16 PM

Obama approves 13,000 more troops to Afghanistan

U.S. President Barack Obama has authorized the deployment of at least 13,000 additional support troops to Afghanistan. The Washington Post today reported that the Pentagon is deploying the 13,000 new troops in addition to the 21,000 extra combat soldiers approved by Mr. Obama in March. Officials sai...

October 13, 2009 7:49 PM

26 militants killed in restive NW Pakistan

Pakistani jets pounded Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan, while the Army in fresh operations killed 26 militants in the restive northwest regions. Army sources told local TV that fighter jets bombed Taliban defenses and military structures built by the militants. The attack came as Interior Min...

October 13, 2009 7:49 PM

Turkish, Syrian ministers to establish new chapter of cooperation

Turkish and Syrian officials are to sign a visa exemption agreement today at the border. Turkish and Syrian ministers convened a meeting in the Syrian city of Aleppo for the first meeting of the Turkey-Syria High Level Strategic Cooperation Council. According to Syria's foreign minister Walid al-Moa...

October 13, 2009 7:47 PM

Thailand to invoke security act to control ‘red shirt’ protests

Thailand is to invoke a harsh internal security law for 10 days in central Bangkok to control mass rallies by anti-government Red Shirt protesters. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the measure will be enforced from Thursday in the city's historic Dusit district, where thousands of red-clad...

October 13, 2009 7:45 PM

Pakistan, China vow to boost up defence relations

Pakistan and China today vowed to boost up collaboration in defence and counter-terrorism as visiting Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani invited Chinese defence industry to set up joint ventures in his country for warships and fighters. At the meeting Chinese President Hu Jintao outlined a major proj...

October 13, 2009 5:59 PM

Govt asks mission in N.Zealand to take up missing student case

The Government has asked its mission in New Zealand to take steps to find out the whereabouts of an Indian student who went missing in Auckland earlier this month under suspicious circumstances. 23 year-old Srikanth Rayadurgam, who was to start a diploma in culinary arts at Auckland University of Te...

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