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September 18, 2009 1:19 PM

15 people killed in Pakistan Bus mishap

In Pakistan, at least 15 people were killed and 30 others injured in a road accident in the Punjab province. <br/> <br/>The mishap took place when a bus collided head-on with another vehicle in Attock city at Pahal Saidan railway gate. <br/> <br/>The injured h...

September 18, 2009 1:17 PM

Fire destroys 11 CNG run buses in Dhaka

In Bangladesh, eleven CNG run buses were burnt in Dhaka on Friday morning. A Fire Service official said the fire originated in a bus at around 6:30 a.m. due to leakage in the gas line. <br/> <br/>The fire engulfed another 10 buses, out of 23 parked at Anandapur bus depot. Several...

September 18, 2009 12:00 PM

Blast in Pak kills 10 people

In Pakistan at least 10 people were killed and several others injured on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded market in the town of Kohat in restive Northwest. Police said the blast's impact was so powerful that several shops caved in at the market in Kohat, 60 kilometres s...

September 18, 2009 11:51 AM

PML-N warns govt against putting Musharraf’s trial on back burner

Pakistan's opposition PML-N has warned the PPP-led government against putting on the back burner the proposed trial of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on charges of treason, saying such a move now appears inevitable. <br/> <br/>PML-N spokesman Ahsan Iqbal said Musharr...

September 18, 2009 11:51 AM

No proof of nuclear weapon programme in Iran: IAEA

The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reiterated that it has no concrete proof that Iran has or has ever had a nuclear weapons programme. <br/> <br/>Refuting recent media reports, a statement send by UN says that allegations that the agency is...

September 18, 2009 11:41 AM

Iran does not require nuclear arms, says Ahmadinejad

The Iranian President has said his country does not require nuclear weapons, but insisted that Tehran will not abandon its pursuit of nuclear energy. <br/> <br/>In an interview with US network NBC Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not explicitly rule out the possibility that Iran will acqu...

September 18, 2009 11:40 AM

UNICEF voices concern over refugees killed in Yemen air raid

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has voiced deep concern at reports that many civilians have died following an air raid on a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Yemen, where Government forces are fighting Shiite insurgents. <br/> <br...

September 18, 2009 10:43 AM

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2100 Hrs.br/SEPTEMBER 17, 2009br/THE HEADLINES: br/''Lalu-Paswan duo makes a come back in Bihar Assembly poll winning 8 seats; NDA bags 5, Congress two and BSP one. Congress loses both Delhi Assembly seats.br/''Congress-NCP agree on seat sharing for Maharashtra poll; Sharad Pawar's party to con...

September 18, 2009 10:43 AM

India remains Nepal’s major development partner: Sujata Koirala

Nepal's Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has lauded the economic and technical assistance provided by India to Nepal, saying that India remains one of the major development partners of Nepal that has provided both economic and technical assistance to built physical, industrial and cultural infra...

September 18, 2009 10:42 AM

India remains Nepal’s major development partner: Sujata Koirala

Nepal Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has lauded the economic and technical assistance provided by India to Nepal, saying that India remains one of the major development partners of Nepal that has provided both economic and technical assistance to built physical, industrial and cultural infrastructu...

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