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Suicide bomber strikes during funeral in Pak; 28 killed
Jun 18, 2013At least 28 people including a provincial legislator were on Wednesday killed and over 60 others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a funeral at Mardan in the troubled northwest Pakistan. More than 100 people were at the funeral of a businessman in Shergarh area of Mardan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province this afternoon when the [...]
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Taliban opens office in Doha to hold talks
Jun 18, 2013In a major breakthrough, the Taliban on Tuesday announced the opening of its office in Doha, which would hold peace talks with the Afghan government and separate direct parleys with US that could boost Afghan reconciliation process after 12 years of war. The Obama Administration, however, adopted a cautious approach, given its bitter past experience [...]
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NASA announces eight new astronauts, half are women
Jun 18, 2013The US space agency announced the appointment of eight new astronauts on Monday, and a record half of NASA’s first astronaut class since 2009 are women. The astronauts will earn between USD 64,000 and USD 141,000 per year, and will be part of the team that lays the groundwork for NASA missions to an asteroid [...]
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G-8 summit turns focus to clampdown on tax-dodging
Jun 18, 2013Leaders from eight of the world’s wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit on Tuesday focusing on how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer rely on shelters and loopholes to avoid paying the tax they owe. British Prime Minister David Cameron, host of the two-day G-8 summit at a remote [...]
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Suicide bombers attack Baghdad Shiites, kill 31
Jun 18, 2013Twin suicide bombings killed 31 people after midday prayers at a Shiite Muslim religious centre in Baghdad on on Tuesday, the latest in violence sparking fears of a revival of full-blown sectarian bloodshed. Several students from an adjacent university were among the dead, with dozens of others wounded, while security forces shut down the neighbourhood [...]
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Attack on school, soldiers leaves 11 dead in Nigeria
Jun 18, 2013The military has reported that suspected Islamist extremists attacked a secondary school and military checkpoint in Nigeria’s northeast killing 11 people, including seven students. The attackers stormed into the student-quarters last night, in the city of Damaturu and shot incessantly, killing seven students and two teachers. Incidentally, two insurgents were also killed. Lieutenant Eli Lazarus, [...]
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Ban Ki-moon to launch talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing
Jun 18, 2013UN leader Ban Ki-moon is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders in Beijing on Tuesday, to discuss North Korea and Syria issues. During a three-day stay in Beijing, Ban Ki-moon will meet the President, the Premier and other top leaders. Adding more on this visit, deputy UN spokesman Eduardo del [...]
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US says, the ball is in Iranian court
Jun 18, 2013With a new dawn set to rise in Iran in the wake of a new leadership, US has said that Tehran will require to take several steps to abide by its international obligations. US says that “…Iran needs to take in order to abide by their international obligations. The P5+1 is ready to meet Iran [...]
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Three dead in Tanzania grenade attack on political rally
Jun 18, 2013Three people have died in Tanzania following a grenade attack on an opposition political rally over the weekend, officials said. Two people were killed in the Saturday attack in the northern city of Arusha at a large rally of the main opposition Chadema party on Saturday evening led by its president Freeman Mbowe, while some [...]
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Special envoy for closure of Guantanamo Bay
Jun 18, 2013The US has appointed Cliff Sloan as the special envoy for closure of Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention centre which currently has 166 detainees. Jen Psaki, State Department spokesperson announced that, “This decision reflects the Administration’s commitment to closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.” Psaki said that the continued operation of Guantanamo is inefficient, ineffective [...]
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