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September 28, 2009 12:46 PM

NLD celebrates its 21st anniversary

Myanmar's leading opposition party, the National League for Democracy(NLD), marked its 21st anniversary by calling on the country's military-led government to release opposition activist Aung San Suu Kyi. The NLD was founded in 1988 after a pro-democracy uprising. The party led by Aung San...

September 28, 2009 12:18 PM

Ruling Socialist party re-elected in Portugal

The governing Socialist Party has been re-elected in Portugal but has lost its overall majority. Final results in Sunday's general election gave the Prime Minister Jose Socrates 36 per cent of the votes, seven points ahead of the centre-right Social Democrats. The election campaign was dominate...

September 28, 2009 12:18 PM

Afghan minister urges for involvements of local experts in security matters

In Afghanistan, the spread of Taliban violence in relatively peaceful north and west of the country has brought to fore the need for involving local warlords in security. Angered by Taliban attempt on his life on Sunday in western Herat city, Mohammed Ismael Khan, a former warlord and currently mini...

September 28, 2009 12:17 PM

Chinese Premier to visit North Korea

North Korea has announced that the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is to visit Pyongyang next week. The official North Korean news agency described Mr. Wen's trip as an official goodwill visit, but correspondents say it would take place at a time of increasing efforts to persuade Pyongyang to...

September 28, 2009 11:04 AM

India for a world free of atomic weapons

India has welcomed the renewed global push for achieving a world free of atomic weapons but underlined that the international nuclear order cannot be discriminatory. Addressing the 64th session of the United Nations, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said, New Delhi attaches the highest priority...

September 28, 2009 11:03 AM

India expects tangible results in Mumbai terror attacks case

India has told Pakistan that, the least it expected from Islamabad was tangible results in the investigations and prosecutions into the Mumbai terror attacks case. External Affairs Minister S. M Krishna said in New York that we have suggested to the Government of Pakistan that the perpetrators of th...

September 28, 2009 10:36 AM

Nearly 100 members of a Shia group released from prison in Iraq

Nearly 100 members of a Shia group suspected of links to the kidnap of five Britons in Iraq in May 2007 have been released from prison. IT consultant Peter Moore of Lincoln, was taken hostage from Iraq's Finance Ministry along with four bodyguards. At least three have since been killed. The 97 ...

September 28, 2009 10:35 AM

Global temp. may be 4 degree Celsius hotter

Global temperatures may be 4 degrees Celsius hotter by the mid-2050s if current greenhouse gas emissions trends continue. The new study, by Britain's Met Office Hadley Centre, echoed a United Nations report last week which found climate changes were outpacing worst-case scenarios forecast in 20...

September 28, 2009 10:35 AM

France condemns arrest of film director Polanski

France has condemned the arrest in Switzerland of film director Roman Polanski, who has French citizenship. French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said he had been stunned to hear about the arrest, and President Nicolas Sarkozy was following the case. Mr Polanski, 76, faces extradition to the U...

September 28, 2009 10:34 AM

Violent clashes inside Jerusalem's Old City

At least a dozen Israeli police have been injured in violent clashes with Palestinians inside Jerusalem's Old City. The riot began as Palestinians began throwing stones at Jewish worshippers. The clashes coincided with the holiest day on the Jewish calendar - Yom Kippur - when crowds of worship...

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