Archive for May 15th, 2008
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
A little-known organization named "Indian Mujahideen" has claimed responsibility for carrying out serial terror blasts in Jaipur on Tuesday, which killed 63 people and wounded more than 150, according to NDTV Thursday.
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The Indonesian government has defended its opposition to bringing the issue of relief work in Myanmar to the UN Security Council, saying such a move could lead the country to completely shutting its doors.
Indonesia's UN Ambassador ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
A total of 327.18 tons of aid supplies have so far been transported by the Myanmar authorities to storm-hit areas, especially the Ayeyawaddy delta region, the state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday.
The areas inc ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Six members of Muslim's Ahmadiyah sect attended the Australian consulate general's office in Indonesia's Bali island Thursday looking for asylum, but were denied entry.
The six came from Lombok, the capital of West Nusa Tenggara pro ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is extending its "Everyday Low Fares" campaign to all its ASEAN destinations and selected routes between Malaysia and China next week, local media reported on Thursday.
The national carrier will offer 1 milli ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Political parties in Sierra Leone have agreed to refrain from activities detrimental to the holding of peaceful local council elections in July, the UN website report said Wednesday.
The political parties reached the agreement at an ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that more than 2.6 million Somalis are currently considered "food insecure," and this number could climb to 3.5 million, almost half of the Horn of Africa nation's population, by the end of the yea ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
A top UN peacekeeping official warned on Wednesday that the Darfur conflict could lapse soon into another major cycle of violence and large-scale human displacement unless the parties retreat from their recent state of confrontation.
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