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24 killed, 52 injured in China’s c...

24 killed, 52 injured in China’s coal mine fire

Beijing: At least 24 workers were killed and 52 others injured today when a fire broke out in a coal mine in China’s northeastern Liaoning province soon after a mild earthquake jolted the region. The fire was noticed in the early hours at the coal mine under Hengda Coal, a subsidiary of Fuxin... read more »

Lawmakers in U.S. Push for More Iran San...

Lawmakers in U.S. Push for More Iran Sanctions

Republicans in the U.S. Congress stepped up calls for new Iran sanctions after negotiators extended nuclear talks until July, ensuring an uphill fight next year against opposition from some Democrats and a threatened presidential veto. The American lawmakers were urged to act yesterday by Israeli... read more »

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil issue: President Rajapaksa
Rajapaksa Wins House Approval for Budget...

Rajapaksa Wins House Approval for Budget Despite Defection Buzz

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s annual budget for 2015 was passed by parliament on Monday with a majority of 95 votes.   The passing of the budget is very significant in the context of rumours that a large number of ruling party MPs would crossover to the opposition to... read more »

Hawks circle over Iran talks extension

Hawks circle over Iran talks extension

WASHINGTON – Buoyed by the failure of the US and five other powers to reach a comprehensive agreement with Iran over its nuclear program after a week of intensive talks, pro-Israel and Republican hawks are calling for Washington to ramp up economic pressure on Tehran even while talks... read more »

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Senior Palestinian official accuses Israel of Yasser’s murder

Senior Palestinian official accuses Israel of Yasser’s murder

London – A senior Palestinian official has reportedly claimed that Israel was the first and only suspect in the killing of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat nine years back, speculated to be... read more »

Violence in Bangladesh over crackdown on opposition

Violence in Bangladesh over crackdown on oppositio...

Dhaka – Demonstrators and police clashed in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country after six senior opposition figures... read more »

US court reserves decision in case against Badal

Rahul a novice, no match for Modi, says Badal

Chicago – A US Court of Appeals here has reserved decision on whether a Sikh rights group should get more time to show it had served summons on Punjab... read more »

Brisk start to voting in Maldives presidential poll

Brisk start to voting in Maldives presidential poll

Male – Hundreds of people lined up outside polling stations in over 200 islands to elect a new president for the Maldives here Saturday. As many as 470... read more »

Maldives presidential candidate trio vote

Maldives presidential candidate trio vote

Male – All three candidates in the Maldives presidential race voted here Saturday morning in the first round of polling that will elect the next head of... read more »

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