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  • Magnitue-7.4 Quake Hits Southwestern Pakistan

    At least ten houses were damaged following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit southwestern Pakistan on early Wednesday morning, sources told Xinhua. According to the sources, the houses damaged in the earthquake were in Quetta, capital city of Balochistan province. But details about the damage are not immediately available. Sources in Karachi also informed Xinhua that […]

    Thousands Tunisians Protest against Interim Gov’t

    Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of Tunisian capital Tunis on Tuesday to protest against the new-born interim government, announced only one day before, demanding the ruling RCD party to give up power. Crowds of people, chanting slogans “Out RCD” and “Freedom to Tunisians”, were pouring into streets of the capital center from different […]

    42 killed in bomb attack in Tikrit

    In Iraq, the death toll from a suicide bomb attack on Iraqi police recruits in Tikrit rose to 42, while more than 100 people have been injured in the blast. According to National Iraqi news agency, the incident occurred when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest among a group of young men who were […]

    Tainted Af parliament set to open in days

    Afghanistan’s long-delayed new parliament could be inaugurated within days after September elections that were beset by fraud and violence, but politicians and experts warn it may only fuel instability. Law-making in Kabul has been in limbo for months as claims of ballot-box fraud delayed the final declaration of results, stopping lawmakers from taking up their […]

    Suicide bomb at Iraq police centre kills 50

    A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of police recruits in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, killing 50 people and wounding 150, an interior ministry official said. The blast was the deadliest to hit Iraq since an 31st October siege at a Baghdad church left 53 people dead, and was the […]

    Grameen’s Muhammad Yunus in court for defamation case

    Bangladesh’s micro-finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus appeared briefly in a court accused of defamation. The founder of Grameen Bank is charged over comments he made about Bangladeshi politicians in a 2007 media interview. The Nobel peace laureate’s remarks were published in several newspapers the following day. A spokesman for the Yunus Centre said Muhammad Yunus did […]

    Emerging economies attract greater share of foreign investment

    A UN report says that investment flows to developed nations have fallen while foreign direct investment to emerging economies increased. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the UN agency tasked with promoting global trade, said that there was a strong rebound in FDI to developing economies in Asia and Latin America. Developing and […]

    Rescue operation in affected areas in Brazil

    The Brazilian military is stepping up its efforts to reach communities cut off by floods and landslides that killed more than six hundred and seventy people in the Serrana area, north of Rio de Janeiro, over the past week. A break in the rainy weather has allowed helicopters to get supplies and rescuers into remote […]

    Lavasa project: MOEF to submit affidavit and order to HC

    The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it would submit its affidavit and a copy of its order on the controversial Lavasa housing project near Pune, which allegedly violated green norms. Additional Solicitor General Darius Khambata, appearing for the Ministry, told a division bench of justices V […]

    Irish PM Brian Cowen to face secret leadership ballot

    Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has said he is confident of winning a vote within his party on his leadership. The secret ballot comes just months after Ireland was forced to seek an eighty five billion euro bail-out from the EU and IMF for its stricken economy. Members of parliament in Cowen’s party, Fianna Fail, […]