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October 10, 2009 11:53 AM

Heavy firing, explosions in Rawalpindi

A day after 50 people were killed in Peshawar, heavy firing and explosions were reported on Saturday near the entrance of the Pakistan Army's General Headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. It could not be immediately ascertained if there were any casualties. Unidentified gunmen in a v...

October 10, 2009 11:49 AM

India an important ally: US

The US has described India as an important ally and said the Obama Administration will closely work with it to bring peace in the South Asian region. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters in Washington that the Obama Administration has been very keen to strengthen and deepen its relation...

October 10, 2009 11:36 AM

ISI behind Kabul embassy attack: Afghanistan

Afghanistan says, Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI was behind the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul which killed 17 people and wounded more than 80 on Thursday. Afghan envoy to the US, T Jawad has claimed this in an interview with PBS news channel in Washington. He said, Afghanistan is po...

October 10, 2009 10:44 AM

Obama welcomes Afghan Govt’s reconciliation move with Taliban

In a shift in its Afghan policy, the Obama Administration has indicated that it would welcome the new Afghanistan government's move of political reconciliation with the Taliban. The US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P J Crowley while observing that insurgencies can ultimately b...

October 10, 2009 10:28 AM

Beijing to hold talks over North Korea nuke programme

China, Japan and South Korea have agreed at a summit in Beijing to get negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme restarted quickly. Japan and South Korea want change of approach offering aid to North Korea only after it dismentals its nuclear weapons programme. North Korea has...

October 10, 2009 9:21 AM

NASA steers rocket into moon’s south pole

The US Space agency NASA has successfully steered an empty rocket hull into the moon's south pole in a search for hidden ice. The intentional crash last evening is the first and bigger of two planned collisions that are expected to kick up miles of lunar dust.<br/>The space probe is c...

October 10, 2009 9:18 AM

Obama convenes council for talks on Afghan strategy

Hours after being named a Nobel peace laureate, US President Barack Obama shouldered his duties as commander in chief and convened a war council for crucial talks on Afghan strategy. Mr Obama gathered his top political, military and security aides for the fourth in a series of in-depth consultations...

October 10, 2009 9:14 AM

Two dies in ‘sweatbox’ in Arizona

Two people have died and 19 others were taken to hospital after being overcome while in a sauna-like room at a spiritual retreat in Arizona. Police said 64 people were inside a so-called "sweatbox" at the Angel Valley resort for up to two hours before many of them became ill. The pair who ...

October 10, 2009 9:13 AM

Two terrorists killed in Jakarta

Indonesian anti-terrorist forces say, they have killed two brothers wanted over hotel bombings in Jakarta in July that left seven people dead. The police say the two men, who were killed in a counter-terrorist raid on a boarding house in Jakarta yesterday, are linked to the dead terrorist leader, No...

October 10, 2009 9:12 AM

Engineers booked under Al Quida link suspicion

French authorities have arrested an engineer working at an international nuclear research laboratory on suspicion of having links with the Al Qaeda militant network. Officials connected with the case say, the Algerian man worked at the CERN nuclear laboratory on the border with Switzerland. Police a...

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