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October 7, 2009 12:50 PM

Landslides triggered by incessant rain claims over 24 lives in Nepal

In Nepal, over two dozen people have been killed on Tuesday in separate landslides in remote far western districts due to incessant rain since past three days. According to police sources, 11 persons were killed in the worst affected Achham district in two separate landslides. 12 persons died in nei...

October 7, 2009 12:10 PM

Difficult to meet Guantanamo closing deadline: U.S. Attorney General

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has acknowledged that it will be difficult to meet the January 22, 2010 deadline to close the U.S. detention center for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. <br/><br/>He made his comment days after the House of Representatives voted to blo...

October 7, 2009 12:09 PM

Saudi Arabia's King on three-day visit to Syria

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah will reach Damascus on Wednesday on a three-day visit to Syria where various issues ranging from Iran to Lebanon and Palestine are likely to be discussed.This will be the Saudi king's first visit to the Syrian capital since 2005, when he came to power. Accordin...

October 7, 2009 12:07 PM

Looted artifacts on display at Kabul national museum

In Afghanistan, more than two thousand artifacts, lost earlier are on display at Kabul national museum since on Tuesday. These ancient exhibits were mostly looted during the civil war of early nineties and were seized at London airport in 2004. But it took more than five years to return these histor...

October 7, 2009 11:59 AM

Over two dozen killed in Nepal due to landslides

In Nepal, over two dozen people have been killed on Tuesday in separate landslides in remote far western districts due to incessant rain since past three days. According to police sources, 11 persons were killed in the worst affected Achham district in two separate landslides. 12 persons died in nei...

October 7, 2009 11:04 AM

Situation in Afghanistan deteriorating: Hillary Clinton

With the top American military commander in Afghanistan seeking an additional 40,000 troops, the US has acknowledged that the situation in the war-torn country is deteriorating and Taliban have the momentum now.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed with the report of General Stanley McChrystal, ...

October 7, 2009 10:54 AM

British novelist Hilary Mantel wins Man Booker prize

This year's Man Booker prize has gone to British novelist Hilary Mantel for her gripping 16th century tale titled 'Wolf Hall'. Mantel, 57, received 50,000 pounds as prize money on Tuesday night in what is considered one of the English-speaking world's most prestigious literary pr...

October 7, 2009 10:48 AM

Charles Kao, Willard Boyle & George Smith share 2009 Nobel Prize for physics

Charles Kao, Willard Boyle, and George Smith will share this year's Nobel Prize for physics. UK-based Kao is lauded for his work in helping to develop fibre optic cables, the slender tubes that carry data, such as telephone calls.Boyle and Smith, who work out of the US, are recognized for their...

October 7, 2009 10:46 AM

Taliban vows to continue its deadly insurgency

On the eve of the eighth anniversary of the US-led military action to oust it from power, the Taliban has vowed to continue its deadly insurgency. The Taliban has warned foreign forces that it is prepared for a long light. The warning from the Taliban comes only days after a fierce clash in the remo...

October 7, 2009 10:42 AM

Mammogram reduces risk of breast cancer death

A study of 461 women who died of breast cancer in the American State of Massacusets has found that 71 per cent of them never had a mammogram.<br/> <br/>A research which was reported at a meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology followed nearly seven thousand women who had...

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