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  • At least 36 dead as boats capsize in Togo

    At least 36 people have died in Togo when their boats capsized during a storm. Police source said the boats were caught in strong winds and torrential rain as they sailed across Lake Togo, east of the capital, Lome. The source said the victims were returning home from a funeral on the other side of […]

    India favours increased role of neighbourhood countries in Afghanistan

    India favours an increased role of neighbourhood countries to bring peace, prosperity and stability in Afghanistan. The external affiars sources said in New Delhi that in post-Osama scenario, there is an ardent need to bring together international community on terror related issues in the region. AIR correspondent reports, India has made it clear that it […]

    Tropical storm Aere kills nine in Philippines

    In the Philippines, tropical storm Aere struck eastern Philippines yesterday bringing torrential rains and landslides that killed at least nine people and forced thousands of others to flee their homes. The state weather bureau said, the storm made landfall on the island of Catanduanes and was moving northwest at 15 kilometers an hour toward the […]

    3 killed, 5 injured in suicide attack in Afghanistan

    A suicide bomber in Afghanistan on Monday killed three civilians and injured five others in an attack since the blast took place close to the district government compound in Qarghayi, Laghman province, eastern Afghanistan. “Three civilians were killed and another five civilians were wounded in the suicide attack today,” provincial spokesman Faizanullah Pattan told the […]

    Oz approves appointment of Lankan admiral as High Commissioner

    Australia has finally given its nod to the appointment of a controversial former naval commander as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Canberra. Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe will be Sri Lankan’s new high commissioner to Australia, a move that will upset Tamil community Down Under, according to ‘The Age’ newspaper. The Tamil community was lobbying with the […]

    Pak govt orders probe into Osama bin Laden’s killing

    Pakistan has ordered an investigation into how Osama bin Laden was able to live in the garrison city of Abbottabad undetected. Yusuf Raza Gilani has addressed the Pakistani Parliament in his first statement on the May 1 operation by US forces, which led to the death of the al-Qaida leader. He told the country’s parliament […]

    Singapore’s ruling party sweeps elections

    Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) retained power with an absolute majority winning 81 of the 87 seats in a “watershed” general elections, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong acknowledged that opposition gains had marked a “distinct shift” in the city-state’s political landscape. Though the PAP, in power for over 40 years, won 81 of […]

    Obama presses Pak to investigate on bin Laden’s support system

    US President Barack Obama has pressed the Pakistan government to investigate on what kind of support infrastructure al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden had at his Abbottabad compound near Islamabad. “We think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin Laden inside of Pakistan. But we don’t know who or what that […]

    Osama raid: Pak PM Gilani to brief Parl today

    Faced with mounting criticism from the public and media for his government’s response to the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would brief the Parliament on Monday to “take the nation into confidence” on the issue. Bin Laden was killed along with his son, two al-Qaeda couriers and a […]

    Abbottabad hideout was ‘active’ command centre for Osama: US

    Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad hideout was an “active command and control centre” of al-Qaeda, the US has said, releasing five videos of the slain terror kingpin seized during the daring raid on his compound in Pakistan that showed how he “jealously guarded” his image. Bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound was “an active command and control centre” […]