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No deportation for Americans held in Pakistan-lawyer

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 2 min read

ISLAMABAD, Dec 14 (Reuters): A Pakistani court ordered today thatfive Americans detained in the country who officials said were seeking to join up with militant...

Pirates seize Indian dhow off Somalia - group

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 2 min read

NAIROBI, Dec 14 (Reuters): Pirates have seized an Indian dhow off the coast of Somalia in the third such incident in a week, a regional maritime official said t...

Taiwan probes reports of nuclear-linked sales to Iran

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 2 min read

TAIPEI, Dec 14 (Reuters): Taiwan said today it would investigate reports that local firms had sold nuclear technology to Iran, which the West suspects aims to b...

Iran makes arrests over torn Khomeini picture-media

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 1 min read

TEHRAN, Dec 14 (Reuters): Iran has arrested several people over the tearing up of a picture of the Islamic Republic's late founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini d...

10 killed in bus accident

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 1 min read

KATHMANDU, Dec 14, (UNI): At least ten people were killed and morethree dozen injured in a bus accident near Pokhara, 200 km westof Nepalese capital Kathmandu, ...

US army to recruit second Sikh

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 2 min read

CHICAGO, USA, Dec 14 (UNI):The US army has announced that it will accept a second Sikh recruit,Captain Tejdeep Singh Rattan, with his Sikh identity intact. Capt...

Conservative favored in Chile presidential run-off

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 3 min read

ANTIAGO, Dec 14 (Reuters): Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera led Chile's presidential vote and today was seen as the favorite to win a run-off and lead ...

Democracy "referendum" plan heats up HKong politics

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 3 min read

HONG KONG, Dec 14 (Reuters): Opposition lawmakers in Hong Kong are poised to resign en masse from the city legislature in a bid to trigger what amounts to a ref...

Myanmar rebels grow more opium to buy arms - report

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 2 min read

BANGKOK, Dec 14 (Reuters): Ethnic groups in northeastern Myanmar have stepped up opium cultivation to buy weapons to defend themselves against possible attacks ...

Insurgents kill 8 police in northern Afghanistan

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 1 min read

KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN, Dec 14 (Reuters): Insurgents allied to the Taliban attacked a police post in northern Afghanistan killing eight policemen, a provincial off...

Thais extend North Korean arms cargo crew's detention

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 3 min read

BANGKOK, Dec 14 (Reuters): A Thai court today extended the detention of the crew of a seized cargo aircraft loaded with 35 tonnes of arms from North Korea as it...

Italian protester breaks Berlusconi's nose

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 3 min read

MILAN, Dec 14 (Reuters): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was rushed to hospital covered in blood with a broken nose and teeth after a man with mental p...

Abu Dhabi bails out Dubai with $10 billion

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 3 min read

DUBAI, Dec 14 (Agencies): Abu Dhabi stepped in to help fellow United Arab Emirates member Dubai with a $10 billion injection, of which $4.1 billion was allocate...

Police probe Americans in terror case

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 3 min read

KARACHI, Dec 14 (Agencies): Pakistani police Monday seized luggage and a cell phone from a hotel where three of five Americans arrested on suspicion of militant...

Afghan war decision toughest of presidency: Obama

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 4 min read

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Agencies): US President Barack Obama said Sunday that his decision to pour 30,000 more US troops into the war in Afghanistan was the most di...

CIA drone strikes may be expanded to Quetta: report

Staff Reporter · Dec 15, 2009 · 2 min read

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Agencies): Senior US officials are pushing to expand CIA drone strikes beyond Pakistan’s tribal region and into a major city in an attempt t...

Bin Laden urges Europeans to quit Afghanistan: tape

Staff Reporter · May 28, 2009 · 4 min read

DUBAI, NOV 30 (Agencies): Osama bin Laden urged Europeans to break ranks with the United States and quit Afghanistan, while stressing he alone was behind the 9/...

Protesting medicos tonsure their heads

Staff Reporter · May 28, 2009 · 3 min read

COIMBATORE,NOV 30 (Agencies): A group of medicos, protesting the Centre's proposal to extend the five-and-a-half MBBS course by a year, today tonsured their hea...

Putin signs decree suspending arms cut treaty with West

Staff Reporter · May 28, 2009 · 3 min read

MOSCOW, NOV 30 (Agencies): Amidst worsening ties with the US, President Vladimir Putin today signed a decree suspending Russia's obligations under the cornersto...

LTTE woman suicide bomber bomber identified

Staff Reporter · May 28, 2009 · 2 min read

COLOMBO, NOV 29 (Agencies): The woman suicide bomber of the LTTE, who blew herself up outside the office of a Sri Lankan Minister and senior Tamil leader in a f...

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