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25 feared dead as Indian passenger train hits freight train
South Asia | 22nd May 12

HYDERABAD: A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least...

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UAE gives 10 life sentences in piracy case
Middle-East | 22nd May 12

A federal court in the United Arab Emirates has convicted 10 people captured during a raid to retake a ship hijacked by Somali pirates and sentenced...

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SkyTree: World’s tallest tower in Tokyo
Asia-Pacific | 22nd May 12

Tokyo Skytree, the world’s tallest broadcasting tower at 634m, has opened to the public. The tower, which took three-and-a-half years...

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Yemen vows to fight as Qaeda bomber kills 96 troops
Middle-East | 22nd May 12

SANAA: Yemen vowed to fight “terrorism” regardless of the sacrifices as Al-Qaeda claimed it was behind a bombing Monday that saw...

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Three climbers die on Mount Everest
 | 21st May 12

KATHMANDU: Three climbers have died on their descent from the summit of Mount Everest, tour agents and officials said Monday,...

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96 killed in Yemen suicide attack during soldiers parade
Middle-East | 21st May 12

SANAA: A suicide bomber dressed in military uniform blew himself up in the middle of a battalion of soldiers in...

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Afghans fear economic meltdown as NATO exit looms
South Asia | 21st May 12

KABUL: As NATO discusses its exit from Afghanistan at a summit in Chicago, Afghans fear that a meltdown in their corruption-plagued economy...

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Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief to be released from jail
South Asia | 21st May 12

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s former army chief Sarath Fonseka was due to be released from jail later on Monday, officials said, after...

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NATO to pull out most troops from Afghanistan by end of 2014
U.S.A | 21st May 12

Chicago: NATO will hand over the lead role in combat operations to Afghan forces across the country by mid-2013, alliance...

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2 killed in Beirut clashes between rival groups
Middle-East | 21st May 12

BEIRUT: Street battles in Beirut during the night between groups for and against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s embattled regime left two people...

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HERAT: A total of 15 Taliban insurgents laid down their arms and joined the...
 
 
Indian army helicopter crashes in disputed Kashmir SRINAGAR: An official in Indian-administered Kashmir says an army helicopter has crashed on a glacier...
 
 
Saudi Arab signs $3 bn deal with UK to buy trainer jets Saudi’s defence ministry has signed a $3 billion deal with Britain to buy trainer jets for the kingdom’s air...
 
 
Five aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Five aid workers, including two Western women doctors, have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in northeastern Afghanistan,...
 
 
US-Pakistan thaw swiftly becomes debacle: Report WASHINGTON: A summit meant to symbolize a thaw between the United States and Pakistan has only...
 
 
Ahmadinejad to visit China next month BEIJING: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Beijing next month, a spokesman for the Islamic...
 
 
 
Europe
Suspicious packet received at British High Commission
16th May 2012
ISLAMABAD: According to our Aaj News, the British High Commission in Islamabad received a suspicious packet on Wednesday. According to our correspondent, the suspicious packet was accompanied by a threatening letter which stated that NATO supplies should not...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Africa
North Korea to bolster nuclear deterrent at any cost
10th May 2012
SEOUL:  North Korea said Thursday it would strengthen its nuclear deterrent and other defences regardless of cost, amid fears it is preparing for another atomic weapons test. “No matter what high expense the army and people of the DPRK (North...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Asia
Rockets kill 2 NATO troops, 3 Afghan civilians
18th May 2012
Rockets crashed into a U.S. base and a house Friday in a remote area of northeast Afghanistan along the Pakistan border, killing two NATO service members and three civilians, officials said. Sabawoon Hotak, a local spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in eastern Afghanistan,...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asia-Pacific
Taliban attack on NATO base kills two in Afghanistan
18th May 2012
KABUL: A Taliban rocket attack on a Nato base in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar killed two international soldiers and wounded six, officials said. It came a day after gunmen dressed in Afghan police uniforms and wearing...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Middle-East
Iran vows never to renounce nuclear ‘rights’
17th May 2012
TEHRAN: Iran rejects Western pressures over its nuclear activities and will never give up its rights, Tehran’s chief nuclear negotiator said Thursday ahead of crunch talks with world powers in Baghdad next week. “If we participate in the...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S.A
Hollande don’t agree with Obama on Afghan strategy
19th May 2012
WASHINGTON: New French President Francois Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that he will stick by his pledge to withdraw France’s troops from Afghanistan at year’s end, a note of discord in an otherwise convivial first meeting between...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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