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October 4, 2009 12:44 PM
In Afghanistan, officials say, eight foreign soldiers and two Afghan troops have been killed in a fire-fight. A Nato statement said the battle happened in Nuristan province in the remote east of the country when military outposts were attacked. A US military spokeswoman described it as a complex att...
October 4, 2009 11:33 AM
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei has arrived in Tehran on Saturday evening to discuss inspection of Iran's recently revealed second uranium enrichment plant. According to Iranian news agency IRNA, during his two days stay in the country, Mr. ElBaradei will meet with ...
October 4, 2009 11:16 AM
A former Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who resigned over apparent drunken behaviour at a G7 meeting, has been found dead. Japanese news agencies reported that Mr. Nakagawa, 56, was found dead in a bedroom at his Tokyo home. <br/><br/>The long-time LDP lawmaker stepp...
October 4, 2009 11:13 AM
Irish voters have strongly endorsed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, 16 months after their first vote rejecting it plunged EU reforms into deadlock. Official results from the latest referendum showed that about 67 % voted "Yes". Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen hailed a "clear...
October 4, 2009 11:08 AM
Greece goes to polls today in a snap general election that is likely to see the ruling Conservatives lose their grip on power. Opinion polls put the opposition Socialists led by George Papandreou ahead of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' New Democracy party. Mr. Karamanlis was only half way in...
October 4, 2009 11:08 AM
Demonstrators have protested in Rome against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's influence over the media. Organisers claim 300,000 people took part in the rally in the city's central Piazza del Popolo. City officials say, 60,000 people were at the protest, while agency journalists put the ...
October 4, 2009 10:22 AM
Greece goes to polls on Sunday in a snap general election that is likely to see the ruling Conservatives lose their grip on power. Opinion polls put the opposition Socialists led by George Papandreou ahead of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' New Democracy party. Mr. Karamanlis was only half wa...
October 4, 2009 10:22 AM
Demonstrators have protested in Rome against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's influence over the media. Organisers claim 300,000 people took part in the rally in the city's central Piazza del Popolo. City officials say, 60,000 people were at the protest, while agency journalists put the ...
October 4, 2009 8:58 AM
A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 at Richter scale rocked Taiwan on Saturday night. The central weather bureau said that the quake hit at 11.06 pm Indian time, about 23 kilometres off the east coast of Taiwan at a depth of 15 kilometres and was felt in the capital Taipei. There are no immediate repo...
October 4, 2009 5:44 AM
Thousands of people may have died in remote village areas from the powerful earthquake that struck Sumatra on Wednesday. Reports suggest some villages were completely destroyed in landslides and hopes are fading of finding survivors in the worst-hit city of Padang. While rescue efforts are still con...
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