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October 8, 2009 10:07 AM
A Pacific tsunami warning issued following strong earthquakes off Vanuatu has been lifted, after only a tiny wave was generated. The first quake with a magnitude of 7.8 was followed about an hour later by one of 7.1, the US Geological Survey said.The first epicentre was 295 km north-northwest of Van...
October 8, 2009 9:48 AM
Tehran has accused the United States of being complicit in the disappearance of an Iranian nuclear scientist in Saudi Arabia. Shahram Amiri disappeared during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in late May. Iranian media says, he conducts research into the medical uses of nuclear technology. <br/...
October 8, 2009 9:42 AM
NASA has downgraded the threat of a massive asteroid slamming into Earth in 2036.Apophis, which was discovered in 2004 and thought to pose a threat to Earth, is about 270 metres in diameter.<br/><br/>There is now a one-in-250,000 chance of a collision with Earth in 2036, sharply ...
October 8, 2009 12:02 AM
New Delhi says, there is a growing understanding that the increase in terrorist acts in Afghanistan is linked to the support and sanctuaries available in the contiguous areas. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao giving the concluding remarks at an international seminar on Afghanistan in New Delhi said th...
October 8, 2009 12:02 AM
The UN telecoms agency on Wednesday launched a blueprint for online child protection, as experts warned that children must be accompanied on the Internet in the same way as they are in the real world.<br/> <br/>International Telecommunications Union chief Hamadoun Toure said in G...
October 8, 2009 12:01 AM
US and Afghan forces seized 50 tonnes of opium and 1.8 tonnes of heroin, and killed 17 Taliban insurgents in a joint operation in southern Afghanistan today.<br/> <br/>Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Defence Ministry spokesman, told AFP in Kabul today that the drug haul, one of the biggest...
October 7, 2009 8:18 PM
A group of Somali pirates has been captured after attacking a French navy ship by mistake. A French military spokesman said the pirates attacked the ship late last night off the Somali coast apparently thinking it was a harmless cargo vessel. But the command and supply ship, the Somme, repelled the ...
October 7, 2009 7:52 PM
Bodies of six suspected Taliban militants have been found in Pakistan's north-western Kurram tribal region. The bodies were found in Kurut area, on the border of Kurram and Hangu district in North West Frontier Province. Report says ay this is the first time that bodies of militants have been f...
October 7, 2009 6:38 PM
New Delhi says, there is a growing understanding that the increase in terrorist acts in Afghanistan is linked to the support and sanctuaries available in the contiguous areas. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao giving the concluding remarks at an international seminar on Afghanistan in New Delhi said th...
October 7, 2009 6:24 PM
Scientists at NASA have discovered a nearly invisible ring around Saturn. Spotted by Spitzer Space Telescope, the ring is so large that it would take one billion Earths to fill it. The ring's orbit is tilted 27 degrees from the planet's main ring plane. The bulk of it starts about 6 millio...
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