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A strong earthquake shook northeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early today.
Monday, January 05, 2009 www.hindustantimes.com
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A strong earthquake shook northeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early today, sending people running from their homes, but there were no immediate reports of damage, witnesses and officials said.
The 6.0-magnitude quake struck at 3:43 am (23:13 GMT Sunday), around 275 kilometres (170 miles) northeast of the Afghan capital Kabul and near the border with Pakistan, the US Geological Survey said.
The
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit China on January 7 and 8, the foreign ministry sai
Friday, January 02, 2009 www.hindustantimes.com
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit China on January 7 and 8, the foreign ministry said here Friday, in her last scheduled trip before the Bush administration leaves office.
"US Secretary of State Rice will visit China January 7-8 to attend activities related to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-US ties," a statement on the ministry's website said.
Rice had earlier
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A suspected US missile strike Friday killed at least three foreign militants in a Pakistani tribal a
Friday, January 02, 2009 www.hindustantimes.com
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A suspected US missile strike Friday killed at least three foreign militants in a Pakistani tribal area known as a hub of Taliban and Al-Qaeda activity, a senior security official said.
The strike took place in the South Waziristan tribal area on the border with Afghanistan -- the second suspected US missile attack there in as many days.
"Two missiles were fired on Taliban offices near Ladha vil
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Egypt, with Turkish leaders on the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, a foreign ministry official
Monday, December 29, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Ankara: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit arrived here today for talks with Turkish leaders on the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, a foreign ministry official said.
Gheit was to hold talks with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the official told AFP.
Gheit said yesterday that Egypt was trying to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Ham
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Australian police had no evidence to charge an Indian doctor, Mohamed Haneef, over suspected UK terr
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Australian police had no evidence to charge an Indian doctor, Mohamed Haneef, over suspected UK terrorist links in 2007, an official report said on Tuesday, calling for tighter oversight of national police and tough anti-terrorism laws.
Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested Haneef in July 2007 and held him for 11 days without charge after his mobile phone SIM card was found on one of the peopl
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A major department store in central Paris after finding five sticks of dynamite inside, said French
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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Paris France: Police evacuated a major department store in central Paris on Tuesday after finding five sticks of dynamite inside, said French.
CNN affiliate BFM-TV reported the dynamite was not rigged to explode, but police did not immediately confirm the report.
French news agency AFP said it received a letter in the mail Tuesday morning, claiming to be from an Afghan revolutionary group and sa
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Rice arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on the second leg of a trip to the region in the wak
Thursday, December 04, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived on Thursday in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on the second leg of a trip to the region in the wake of the attacks in Mumbai, an AFP correspondent said.
Rice landed at the military Chaklala air base direct from India, where she had been on a one-day visit to show "solidarity" with New Delhi and smooth relations between nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan
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Somali pirates are demanding a ransom of $25 million for the release of the hijacked Saudi supertank
Friday, November 21, 2008 justsamachar.com
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DUBAI: Somali pirates are demanding a ransom of $25 million for the release of the hijacked Saudi supertanker amid concerns that piracy has begun to hit commercial shipping along the vital Suez Canal route.
“We are demanding $25 million from the Saudi owners of the tanker. We do not want long-term discussions to resolve the matter,” Mohamed Said, speaking on behalf of the pirates, told AFP. Super
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A noisy rumble sparked panic at a school outside the Haitian capital, killing one student and woundi
Thursday, November 20, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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A noisy rumble sparked panic at a school outside the Haitian capital, killing one student and wounding dozens as jitters remained nearly two weeks after a deadly school collapse, authorities said.
"The accident occurred yesterday when a trailer passing by caused a panic. Schoolchildren then rushed towards the exit," civil protection director Alta Jean-Baptiste told the AFP.
One schoolgirl died a
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A missile strike by a suspected US drone killed at least five Islamist militants in a Pakistani trib
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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A missile strike by a suspected US drone killed at least five Islamist militants in a Pakistani tribal region known as a hub of Al-Qaeda and Taliban rebels, security officials said on Friday.
"Two missiles destroyed a house in North Waziristan tribal district late on Thursday night, killing at least five militants," a senior security official told AFP.
It was not immediately clear if any senior
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