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September 28, 2009 10:34 AM

In Afghanistan, Energy Minister survives a car bomb attack ;four persons dead

In Afghanistan, Taliban militants carried out a bomb explosion in western city of Herat to target Afghan Energy and Water Minister Mohammad Ismail Khan on Sunday but he escaped unhurt. Four people were killed and 17 others including three of minister's bodyguards were injured in the incident. Mr. Kh...

September 28, 2009 9:47 AM

Floods kill at least seventy three people

In Philippines, at least seventy three people have been killed and thousands more evacuated as a result of heavy floods caused by heavy rain. Power has been cut off in parts of the capital, Manila, where hundreds of people are trapped on rooftops.<br/>

September 28, 2009 9:24 AM

In Afghanistan, Energy Minister survives a car bomb attack ;four persons dead

In Afghanistan, Energy Minister Mohammad Ismail Khan survived a car bomb attack in the west of the country on Sunday that left at least four civilians dead and 17 wounded. A Police spokesman Abdul Raouf Ahmadi said that the bomb exploded in Afghanistan's cultural hub Herat as the convoy of the ...

September 28, 2009 5:42 AM

Afghan Energy Minister survives car bomb attack

In Afghanistan, Energy Minister Mohammad Ismail Khan survived a car bomb attack in the west of the country on Sunday that left at least four civilians dead and 17 wounded. Police spokesman Abdul Raouf Ahmadi said that the bomb exploded in Afghanistan's cultural hub Herat as the convoy of the Mi...

September 28, 2009 1:16 AM

Iran latest nuke disclosure may invite more economic sanctions: US

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says the disclosure of Iran's secret uranium-enriching facility could force more economic penalties against a country reeling from serious social and political divisions. In an interview to CNN he played down the effectiveness of military strikes against the si...

September 28, 2009 1:02 AM

More troops needed to fight insurgents in Afghanistan: NATO Commander

The top commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal has asked for thirty to forty thousand more troops to fight Islamist insurgents. Republican Senator John McCain told ABC's "This Week" in Washington on Sunday. McCain, who has urged more troops for the N...

September 28, 2009 1:02 AM

Former Nepalese PM Prachanda acknowledge politics of consensus

In Nepal, Maoists chief Prachanda on Sunday said there is no alternative to the "politics of consensus" and hinted at joining a political mechanism with the ruling alliance so as to break the five-month-long parliamentary deadlock. In a climb down, the former Prime Minister Prachanda told ...

September 28, 2009 1:01 AM

Israeli police arrests eight Palestinian youths

Israeli police dispersed the rioters using stun grenades and has arrested eight Palestinian youths as tense calm prevailed in the area in the run up to the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, described the clashes as a "Zionist crime" and a pr...

September 28, 2009 1:01 AM

Angela Merkel likely to continue as Chancellor of Germany

Angela Merkel swept to a second mandate in Germany's election on Sunday as the head of a new centre-right alliance. Exit polls suggested the 55-year-old Merkel's conservative Christian Union bloc (CDU/CSU) as the clear winners with about 33 per cent of the vote. Her favoured partners, the ...

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