Indicating that the pace of growth is yet to pick up, the 16-nation euro zone economy grew by just 0.3 per cent in the September quarter of 2010. This is a much lower than the expansion rate seen in the previous three months. The euro area — comprising 16 countries that share the common currency […]
In Pakistan, at least four persons were killed and some others were injured today when a U.S. drone fired missiles into North Waziristan tribal region. Sources said. Four missiles were fired from the pilotless aircraft at a house and a vehicle suspected of carrying militants in Datta Khel area, a place bordering Afghanistan and believed […]
In Afghanistan, at least 17 people have died in a blast in a crowded public bath house in southern province of Kandahar. At least 23 people were injured in the attack, which took place this afternoon in the town of Spin Boldak on the Pakistan border. Officials said a suicide bomber was behind the blast, […]
Eight of the 20 LTTE ships are still being operated by the Tigers living overseas for various illegal activities such as human smuggling. Stating this in the Parliament on Thursday, Sri Lankan Minister Chief Government Whip, Water Supply and Drainage Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena said that though the LTTE was destroyed in May, 2009, its international […]
Japan and China have agreed in their first anti-terrorism dialogue that they will enhance cooperation to counter regional and international terrorism. The Japanese Foreign Ministry sources said in Tokyo that the delegates headed by Takaaki Kojima, Japanese ambassador in charge of international counter-terrorism cooperation, and Luo Zhaohui, the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Director General of the […]
Former Laotian general Vang Pao, who once commanded a CIA-backed secret army of Hmong guerrillas during the Vietnam War, has died in a Californian hospital. He was 81. A spokeswoman for the Clovis Community Medical Center near San Francisco said that he was hospitalised on the 26th of December. A general in the Royal Lao […]
Tensions have eased on the Korean peninsula with both Seoul and Pyongyang lowering their military alerts. North Korea today lifted a special military alert implemented in response to the South’s military drills. In response to the lowering of the military alert by the North, both the South and United States forces reduced their alert status […]
Police presence at airports, rail and road transport hubs was beefed up across London after a fresh terror alert was sounded in the city, weeks after security officials foiled two serious terrorist plots. Extra police was deployed at various transport hubs in the city and all police leave cancelled after intelligence was received that terrorist […]
The US and Japan today sought meaningful steps from North Korea to ease tensions with Seoul, besides discussing a number of global issues including forging cooperation with China and India for greater energy security. Talking to media persons in a joint press conference in Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the long lasting relationship […]
US secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Qatar from tomorrow to 13th January. According to a statement, during her visit she will consult with government officials on a full range of regional and bilateral issues and emphasize the importance of government – civil society engagement. In […]
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