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    5.6 magnitude quake strikes off Mariana Islands: USGS

    An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 hit the Mariana Islands region Sunday, a week after a 7.2 tremor and a series of strong aftershocks, US geologists said. The latest quake struck at 7:33pm (0933 GMT) at a depth of 49 kilometres (30 miles) and was centred 505 kilometres from the Northern Marianas capital Saipan, […]

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    North Korea evacuates 5,000 hit by floods: State Media

    North Korea has launched military rescue operations to evacuate thousands of people hit by floods that wreaked “severe damage” in the border areas near China, state media said on Sunday. Three sectors of Sinuiju city, which is home to an air base, and three other nearby rural communities in the northwest were “completely inundated” by […]

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    Iran inaugurates nation’s first unmanned bomber

    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday inaugurated the country’s first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies. The 4-meter-long drone aircraft can carry up to four cruise missiles and will have a range of 1,000 kilometres, according to a state TV report — not far enough to reach archenemy […]

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    Iran Hopes Russia’s Next Step Be Delivery of S-300 Missiles System: MP

    Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi hailed Russia’s move on Bushehr nuclear plant fuelling and expressed hope Russia’s next step would be the delivery of S-300 missile system to Iran, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Saturday. Iran struck a deal with Russia in 2007 to buy the S-300 systems, but Russia delayed the delivery of […]

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    Tough Times for Obama, But It Could Be Worse

    While critics continue to blast U.S. President Barack Obama over the economy, this week also saw a couple of added gripes. First there is the controversy surrounding the president’s statements in support of a Muslim group’s legal right to build a mosque just blocks from New York’s Ground Zero. Then on Wednesday an Associated Press […]

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    Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Plant Has “No Proliferation Threat”: U.S.

    Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant has “no proliferation threat,” the U.S. State Department said Saturday. The department also said the plant showed that Iran does not need to be able to enrich nuclear fuel by itself, according to news reports here. The construction of Bushehr nuclear plant began in 1975 by German companies, but was halted […]

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    Melamine-laced Milk Powder Seized Again

    Chinese authorities have seized more than 100 tonnes of contaminated milk powder in the north of the country, in a return of the food safety problems that first surfaced two years ago. A total of 103 tonnes of milk powder from four dairy brands in Hebei, Shanxi and Tianjin were found to be laced with […]

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    B’desh to hounour Indira Gandhi for her support in 1971 war

    Bangladesh will confer a special honour on late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for her “immense” support in its struggle for liberation on the country’s 40th Independence Day next year. Gandhi will be honoured as part of a government plan to acknowledge the role of foreign nationals in the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistani forces, […]

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    Israel, Palestinians to resume “direct talks” on 2nd Sept

    After a gap of 20 months, Israel and Palestinians will resume direct talks in Washington on 2nd September, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced, a development dubbed as a step toward easing tensions in the West Asia. “After proximity talks and consultations with both sides, on behalf of the US government I’ve invited […]

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    NATO to airlift relief supplies from Europe to flood-hit Pak

    NATO has announced plans for a large-scale airlift of relief supplies from Europe for the survivors of the devastating floods in Pakistan, as donors pledged more assistance after a slow start of aid efforts. German NATO General Egon Ramms said Friday that the alliance could deliver up to 500 tonnes of aid material a week […]

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