60,000 flood victims suffering from epidemics in Balochistan
9/6/2010 1:40:00 PM |
Quetta, Sep 6(ANI): Over 60,000 flood survivors in five districts of Pakistan's Balochistan province are reportedly suffering from epidemics, particularly gastroenteritis and malaria. |
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North Korea to release South Korean boat, crew
9/6/2010 1:14:00 PM |
| Seoul, Sep 6 (DPA) North Korea said Monday that it would release seven South Korean crew members and their fishing boat, a month after they were taken into custody after Pyongyang said they had violated its maritime border. |
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Nine students among 18 more killed in Pakistan bombing
9/6/2010 12:32:00 PM |
| Islamabad, Sep 6 (IANS) At least 18 people, including nine school students, were killed and more than 40 injured Monday in yet another suicide attack in Pakistan, this time targeting a police station in Lakki Marwat, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. |
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End child labour, Bangladesh court tells government
9/6/2010 11:31:00 AM |
| Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) The high court here has directed the Bangladesh government to end within a year child labour in a number of industries across the country. |
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Be mindful of what you say: Malaysian PM
9/6/2010 11:27:00 AM |
| Kuala Lumpur, Sep 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak Monday called for people of multi-ethnic Malaysia to be mindful of what they say to avoid racial conflict. |
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Fake bombs, celebrity drivers: the making of an Iraqi TV hit
9/6/2010 10:12:00 AM |
| Baghdad, Sep 6 (DPA) On top of the usual Iraqi worries about being blown up or kidnapped for ransom, local celebrities must now fear getting caught with a fake bomb in their car, planted by the producers of a reality television show. |
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Indian president to visit Laos
9/6/2010 9:59:00 AM |
| Vientiane(Laos), Sep 6 (DPA) Indian President Pratibha Patil was to pay a state visit to Laos later this week, official reports said Monday. |
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Suicide blast kills 14 in Pakistan
9/6/2010 9:44:00 AM |
| Islamabad, Sep 6 (IANS) At least 14 people, including five policemen, were killed and more than 50 injured Monday in a suicide blast targeting a police station in Lakki Marwat, a town in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. |
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Eight killed in Pakistan blast
9/6/2010 9:12:00 AM |
| Islamabad, Sep 6 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and over 50 injured Monday in a suicide blast targeting a police station in Lakki Marwat, a town in Pakistan's northwestern province. |
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Iran not to renounce its nuclear rights
9/6/2010 8:11:00 AM |
| Tehran, Sep 6 (IANS) Iran will not bow to pressure meant to discourage the country from pursuing its nuclear rights, Iranian foreign ministry has said. |
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Eight killed, 33 hurt in Iraq attacks
9/5/2010 10:55:00 PM |
| Baghdad, Sep 5 (DPA) Eight people were killed and 33 injured in separate attacks in Iraq Sunday, security sources and the local media said. |
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Myanmar to build sculpture village
9/5/2010 9:04:00 PM |
| Yangon, Sep 5 (IANS) Myanmar will build its first sculpture village to showcase the country's craftsmanship to the world, Xinhua reported. |
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Indian Army chief arrives in Sri Lanka
9/5/2010 9:04:00 PM |
| Colombo, Sep 5 (IANS) Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh arrived here Sunday on a five-day visit to Sri Lanka. |
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Israeli scientists find HIV cure: Journal
9/5/2010 8:50:00 PM |
| Jerusalem, Sep 5 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Israeli scientists have developed a method that can wipe out HIV infected cells without affecting the healthy ones but it will be a while before it is available to the public, a medical journal says. |
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Seven killed, 33 injured in three blasts in Iraq
9/5/2010 8:18:00 PM |
| Baghdad, Sep 5 (DPA) Seven people were killed and 33 injured in three separate bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital Sunday, security sources and local media reported. |
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Palestinians chastise Ahmadinejad over Mideast talks remarks
9/5/2010 7:47:00 PM |
| Ramallah, Sep 5 (DPA) The Palestinian leadership has chastised Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for criticising the renewed Middle East direct peace talks, the Maan news agency reported Sunday. |
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Afghan Govt. moves to help nation's biggest bank
9/5/2010 7:25:00 PM |
Kabul, Sep.6 (ANI): The Afghan government is scrambling to shore up the nation's largest bank to stem a looming financial crisis. |
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10 die in Baghdad blasts
9/5/2010 5:54:00 PM |
| Baghdad, Sep 5 (IANS) Ten people were killed and dozens of others were wounded in two suicide blasts in the Iraqi capital Sunday, Xinhua reported. |
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Indian envoy meets Nepal PM amid India bashing
9/5/2010 5:34:00 PM |
| Kathmandu, Sep 5 (IANS) Amid growing India bashing by Nepal's opposition Maoist party and a section of the Nepali media, India's Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood Sunday met caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal ahead of the failed sixth round of the prime ministerial election. |
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'RAW, Mossad behind Quetta blasts through Afghan network'
9/5/2010 5:26:00 PM |
| Islamabad, Sep 5 (IANS) India's spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Israel's Mossad, through their 'strong network in Afghanisatan', were behind the suicide attack on a Shia procession in Quetta that killed 73, an editorial in a Pakistani paper said Sunday. |
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US importers seek better treatment of Dhaka garment workers
9/5/2010 5:16:00 PM |
| Dhaka, Sep 5 (IANS) A group of US apparel and footwear importers and some lawmakers have protested the 'repression' of garment workers in Bangladesh who are rallying for a further wage increase. |
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Kerala idol draws crowds in Singapore
9/5/2010 4:30:00 PM |
| Singapore, Sep 5 (IANS) An idol from a 5,000-year-old temple in Kerala is drawing huge crowds in Singapore. |
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Tainted Maoists lose Nepal PM's election
9/5/2010 4:13:00 PM |
| Kathmandu, Sep 5 (IANS) Dogged by allegations of trying to buy MPs and fighting a leaked tape that purportedly caught a senior aide seeking NRS 500 million from a 'friend' in China, Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda crashed out of Nepal's prime ministerial race Sunday, ending the former rebels' hope of recapturing power through parliament. |
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Tainted Maoists lose Nepal PM's poll
9/5/2010 4:03:00 PM |
| Kathmandu, Sep 5 (IANS) Dogged by allegations of trying to buy MPs and fighting a leaked tape that purportedly caught a senior aide seeking NRS 500 million from a 'friend' in China, Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda crashed out of Nepal's prime ministerial race Sunday, ending the former rebels' hope of recapturing power through parliament. |
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557 swine flu cases in Bangladesh
9/5/2010 3:54:00 PM |
| Dhaka, Sep 5 (IANS) A total of 557 swine flu cases have been detected in B Bangladesh this year. |
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'Make pre-marriage course compulsory for Malaysian Hindus'
9/5/2010 2:59:00 PM |
| Kuala Lumpur, Sep 5 (IANS) A Hindu group in Malaysia wants a compulsory pre-marriage course for the community to reinforce family values and fight problems like divorce and single motherhood. |
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Stallone wants Willis as villain
9/5/2010 1:27:00 PM |
| Los Angeles, Sep 5 (IANS) Hollywood action star Sylvester Stallone is trying to convince his actor friend Bruce Willis to play a villain in the second instalment of 'The Expendables'. |
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Nepal parties call for probe into Maoist bribe tape
9/5/2010 1:07:00 PM |
| Kathmandu, Sep 5 (IANS) Nepal's largest ruling party is asking for an investigation into a taped telephone conversation that purportedly records a prominent Maoist leader seeking NRS 500 million from a Chinese 'friend' to buy MPs ahead of Sunday's prime ministerial election. The ex-rebels say they would conduct a probe themselves. |
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Chinese becoming arrogant, intolerant of criticism
9/5/2010 1:07:00 PM |
| Beijing, Sep 5 (IANS) A rapid increase of wealth in the past three decades has made Chinese people arrogant, they are no longer modest and talk with contempt about others, a social scientist has said. |
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Nepal Maoists allege India behind Chinese bribe tape
9/5/2010 12:36:00 PM |
| Kathmandu, Sep 5 (IANS) Facing a growing public debate in Nepal on whether the opposition Maoist party had sought NRS 500 million from friends in China to bribe over four dozen MPs ahead of a crucial election Sunday, the former rebels have retaliated by blaming the country they love to hate - India. |
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Myanmar democracy icon wants to sue junta
9/5/2010 9:38:00 AM |
| Yangon, Sep 5 (DPA) Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has advised her now defunct political party to sue the ruling junta for forcing its dissolution, opposition sources said Sunday. |
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Chinese firms get 169,000 patents in 2010
9/5/2010 7:24:00 AM |
| Beijing, Sep 5 (IANS) China's top 500 research and development firms have got 169,000 patents for their innovations in 2010, up 13.3 percent from last year, the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) has said. |
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14 Al Qaeda men held in Yemen
9/5/2010 6:37:00 AM |
| Sanaa (Yemen), Sep 5 (DPA) Security forces have arrested 14 suspected members of the terrorist network Al Qaeda in a massive crackdown on the group in the restive southern town of Loudar, the Interior Ministry said early Sunday. |
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Four killed as security forces clash with Yemen militants
9/5/2010 3:36:00 AM |
| Sanaa (Yemen), Sep 5 (DPA) At least two soldiers and two separatists have been killed in clashes in the southern Yemeni provinces of Lahej and Abyan, security sources said Saturday. |
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China launches new satellite
9/5/2010 1:13:00 AM |
| Beijing, Sep 5 (IANS) China successfully launched a new satellite into space Sunday, which will improve television and radio broadcasting signals in the country. |
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Moderate quake hits Indonesia
9/5/2010 12:42:00 AM |
| Hong Kong, Sep 5 (IANS) A magnitude-5.0 earthquake hit Indonesia's Papua province Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. |
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US drone attack kills seven militants in Pakistan
9/5/2010 12:17:00 AM |
| Peshawar, Sep 5 (DPA) A US unmanned aircraft fired two missiles into Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border Saturday, killing seven militants, a Pakistani security official said. |
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