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NATO says Afghan and coalition forces have killed at least 15 insurgents in eastern Afghanistan in an overnight operation. A NATO statement says security forces were searching for a senior Taliban leader when they came under attack near a remote compound in Sherzad district of Nangarhar province on Friday night. Saturday’s statement says the insurgents [...]
Lahore, Nov 26 (Delhi Metro Nation) Pakistani Muslims threatened protests and anarchy if the government pardons a Christian mother sentenced to death for blasphemy, calling hundreds of demonstrators onto the streets today. Demonstrators marched in the eastern city of Lahore after the most influential Sunni Muslim alliance in Pakistan urged the government not to grant [...]
Geneva, Nov 26, (Delhi Metro Nation) The number of very poor countries has doubled in the last 30 to 40 years, while the number of people living in extreme poverty has also grown two-fold, a UN think-tank has warned. In its annual report on the 49 least developed countries (LDCs) in the world, the UN [...]
Caracas, Nov 26, (Delhi Metro Nation ) Globovision TV network boss Guillermo Zuloaga, who ran afoul of President Hugo Chavez earlier this year and fled arrest on criminal charges, told US media that he has asked for political asylum in the United States. Zuloaga, 67, told CNN late Wednesday that he is confident he will [...]
Colombo, Nov 26 (Delhi metro nation) India today asked Pakistan to dismantle the terror machine operating on its soil and bring perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to speedy justice as the country marked the second anniversary of the 26/11 strikes. “Once again I call upon Pakistan to dismantle the terror machine operating with impunity in [...]
South Korea named a presidential security aide and former career soldier as its new defence minister on Friday after the previous minister quit over North Korea’s deadly artillery bombardment. Lee Hee-Won takes over from Kim Tae-Young, who resigned yesterday amid strong criticism that the military had reacted feebly to Tuesday’s attack. The shelling, the first [...]
The prime minister’s special adviser, Om Yentieng, denied some reports that the victims were electrocuted by lighting cables and that the panic was sparked by a mass food poisoning. Ambulances raced back and forth between the river and the hospitals for several hours after the stampede. Calmette Hospital, the capital’s main medical facility, was filled [...]
Against the backdrop of raging scams, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said “graft and greed” are on the rise putting in danger the principles on which independent India was founded and stressed the need for a “more effective and efficient” government. Talking about social democracy, Gandhi said the high rate of economic growth was [...]
Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day on Friday following an uproar by the Opposition parties demanding a JPC probe into reports of irregularities in 2G spectrum allocation. As soon as the Lok Sabha met for the day, BJP and SP members rushed to well shouting “we want JPC”. Some Congress members [...]
Guangzhou, Nov 19 Indian rowers continued to break new grounds at the Asian Games with the duo of Pratima Puhara and Pramila Prava Minz becoming the first women’s pair from the country to clinch a medal at the event by fetching a bronze here today. After Bajrang Lal Takhar created history by becoming the first [...]