Archive for March 30th, 2008
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
The Sri Lankan police said here Sunday that an investigation has been launched to nab the killers of a politician from the ruling party.
Annamalai Narayanan Muttulingam, 60, was killed by an unknown assassin Saturday evening at Mone ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
The Summit of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) nations is expected to endorse a five-year action plan (2008-2012) soon to foster economic growth and prosperity in the region, a press release said in Phnom Penh on Sunday.
Prime mi ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
U.S. military, Afghanistan and Pakistan have established the first joint intelligence center in Afghan eastern Nangarhar province close to Pakistani border in an effort to check militants' infiltration, an Afghan newspaper reported Sunday. ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
The curfew in Baghdad, which was imposed Thursday and slated to be lifted Sunday morning, has been extended for an indefinite period, state television Al-Iraqiya reported.
The extension comes as violent clashes continue between Shii ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
A Polish tour bus crashed off an Austrian motorway and rolled down an embankment Saturday, killing one man and injuring 43 people, police said.
The accident occurred at 5:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT) on theA-1 autobahn near Linz in ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Russian experts' entry into the planned U.S. radar base in the Czech Republic would require the consent of the Czech government, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Saturday.
Topolanek added that a reciprocal principle for the ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Seven sealers were rescued Saturday afternoon, hours after their boat sank in icy waters off Cape Breton in eastern Canada, reported Canadian Press.
The sealers, who abandoned their wooden boat as it took on water and waited on the ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Farmers in Argentina resumed their blockade of rural highways Saturday against export tax hikes on their crops after talks with the government failed to end a 17-day-old strike.
A leader of one of four striking farm groups said in a ...
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