Powerful quake off Tonga but no tsunami threat
Wellington - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale shook the Pacific island state of Tonga early Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat ...
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UN condemns 'heinous crime' that killed 39 Filipinos
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the brutal killing of at least 39 Filipinos in violence-related elections in a southern province of the Philippines. Ban said in a statement that he condemns this heinous crime committ...
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Obama and Singh pledge implementation of nuclear deal
Washington - US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Tuesday to fully implement a nuclear accord signed by the two countries last year. The deal allows the United States to sell advanced nuclear related technology t...
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Kirkuk Arabs threaten to boycott Iraqi elections
Kirkuk, Iraq - Iraqi Arab politicians in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday said they would boycott the country's upcoming parliamentary elections if parliament did not make changes to the electoral law. The Arab Political Council in Kir...
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EXTRA: Obama to visit India next year
Washington - US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he intends to visit India next year in yet another sign of the expanding relations between the two countries. Obama announced his trip without providing a specific timeframe and while hosting Indian...
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Pakistan says India planning war against it
Islamabad - Pakistan issued on Tuesday a verbal salvo, accusing its archrival India of preparing for a limited war against it. India has long been working on the so-called 'Cold Start' strategy and preparing for a limited war against Pakistan, Mi...
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