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October 6, 2009 5:46 PM

North Korea willing to return to nuclear talks

North Korea today expressed willingness to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations, it quit six months ago. Pyongyang said it will return to table only after it talks directly to the United States to improve hostile relations. Leader Kim Jong-Il gave the commitment at a meeting yesterd...

October 6, 2009 2:49 PM

Pakistani Taliban claim bomb attack on UN office

In Pakistan, the Taliban has claimed responsibility for Monday's attack on the UN World Food Programme offices in the capital Islamabad. <br/><br/>A Taliban spokesman said that the international agency was targeted because their work was not in the interest of Muslims. Five ...

October 6, 2009 2:17 PM

Ten Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban ambush

In Afghanistan, ten Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in southern province of Helmand while more than 100 militants were killed and wounded elsewhere in the country. An army commander said the militants attacked an army patrol in the Gerishk district of Helmand province, sparking a bat...

October 6, 2009 12:41 PM

Women participation essential in peace building: India

The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for greater participation of women in peace making efforts following conflict. The new resolution reiterates the obligation on member-states to increase women engagement in political solutions, economic management and aid distributi...

October 6, 2009 5:50 AM

Afghanistan violence ‘global extremism’ not domestic insurgency: FM

Afghanistan's foreign minister Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta has said that his country was a victim of global extremism and warned against any withdrawal of foreign troops. Addressing a press conference in Kabul last evening, the minister denied that an increase in violence was a domestic insurgency...

October 6, 2009 5:48 AM

UN chief condemns suicide bomb attack at UN WFP in Pakistan

The United Nations Chief Ban Ki-moon has condemned the suicide bomb attack at the UN World<br/><br/>Food Programme (WFP) office in Islamabad, which has claimed fives lives and injured at least six others.<br/><br/>In a statement Mr Ban said this is a terrible ...

October 5, 2009 9:22 PM

Five killed in blast at UN office in Pakistan

In Pakistan, a suicide bomber dressed in military uniform has attacked the UN World Food Programme offices in the capital Islamabad, killing five people. Four of the dead are Pakistanis, the fifth is an Iraqi. The bomber also died. Local television TV footage showed smoke rising from the heavily for...

October 5, 2009 8:46 PM

Europe’s pilots stage protest over flying hours

Airline pilots and cabin crew across Europe are holding demonstrations today to protest over rules governing their flying hours. They say the rules are putting the lives of passengers at risk. The protesters are demanding that European Union rules on flying times are brought into line with scientifi...

October 5, 2009 7:59 PM

N. Korea has 100 nuke sites, says S. Korea

South Korea says North Korea has about 100 sites linked to nuclear programme and has the capacity to strike them if an attack from the North is imminent. The defence minister Kim Tae-Young told legislators during a parliamentary audit of his ministry's work today that his country has complete l...

October 5, 2009 7:53 PM

Search ends for quake-hit Sumatra survivors

In Indonesia, officials in the earthquake-hit city of Padang have called off the search for survivors in the rubble of buildings five days after the disaster. The focus has turned to bringing aid and medical help to survivors in the city and the surrounding areas. Report says a semblance of normalit...

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