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    Iraq: 13 killed in a series of bombings in and around Baghdad

    In Iraq, a series of bombings in and around Baghdad have killed 13 people, including seven policemen, and wounded 65 others. A security official said a total of 11 roadside bombs, two vehicles packed with explosives and one suicide attacker struck in the spate of morning blasts. An interior ministry official said the deadliest attack […]

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    Obama prepared to order another covert operation against Al Qaeda in Pak

    President Obama has indicated that he will be prepared to order another covert operation against Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders in Pakistan despite the row over Islamabad that followed the killing of Osama bin Laden. In a BBC interview, Mr. Obama said the United States could not allow individuals to plan attacks against America or […]

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    UK govt. backs French FM Christine Lagard as new IMF chief

    The British Government has given its backing to the French Finance Minister Christine Lagard to be the new head of the International Monetary Fund. Christine Lagard’s name was one of the first to be mentioned to replace Dominique Straus Kahn when his arrest for alleged sexual assault ended his tenure at the IMF. Now Christine […]

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    44 killed in Friday’s crackdown on anti-government protesters in Syria

    A Syrian rights group today said 44 people were killed in yesterday’s crackdown on anti-government protesters in the country. The National Organization for Human Rights said most of the deaths took place in the western province of Idlib and the central region of Homs, after Syrian security forces cracked down on demonstrators. Witnesses and activists […]

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    China asks Pak to mend its fences with India, other neighbours

    A media report in Islamabad said, China has asked Pakistan to mend its fences with all its neighbours, including India. Beijing expressed concern over terrorists still flourishing in centres on Pakistani soil. The message from the Chinese leadership was conveyed during Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s visit to China that ended yesterday. The News […]

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    Six dead in suicide blast at Kabul military hospital

    Six medical students were killed and 23 others wounded in a Taliban suicide attack at Afghanistan’s main military hospital in Kabul today, the defence ministry said. The blast took place in a tent used as a dining room by students at the city centre hospital, one of the biggest and best-equipped in Afghanistan. The hospital […]

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    US calls for open process for selection of IMF chief

    The US has called for an open process for selection of the IMF chief so as to find a quick replacement of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned from the post after being arrested in New York on rape charges. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in a statement in Washington that the candidate should have the requisite, […]

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    India to provide economic help to Nepali school

    India is to provide two crore fifty nine Lakhs nepali rupees for a school in Rupandehi district in western region of Nepal. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed yesterday , by Embassy of India, Kathmandu, District Development Committee, Rupandehi and Shree Rammani Multiple Campus, Manigram . The Government of India grant assistance of 2crore fifty […]

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    UN, diplomatic partners stress urgent need to end Middle East conflict

    Voicing support for the vision outlined by US President Barack Obama, the United Nations and its diplomatic partners have expressed their support for the urgent need to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. In a statement, received by Prasar Bharti in Dubai today, the diplomatic Quartet of the UN, European Union, Russia and […]

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    IMF Poised to Complete New Chief Selection by June

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that it is scheduled to complete the process of selecting a new managing director by June 30. “I am very pleased to announce that the Fund’s Executive Board has adopted a procedure that allows the selection of the next managing director to take place in an open, […]

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