Contributor ReportsPakistani suicide bombers kill at least 40 inside mosque
Source: Los Angeles Times
Rāwalpindi :: Pakistan | updated Fri Dec 04 09:00:30 -0800 2009 | travel-news
In a daring midday raid that showed insurgents' ability to strike Pakistan's military virtually at will, militants today stormed a Rawalpindi mosque filled with military officers and a group of children, killing at least 40 people with a combination of...
All refugees have been registered: Lankan Minister
Source: India Abroad
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated Fri Dec 04 09:08:20 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Bogollagama urged the British lawmakers to inform the diaspora to contact Sri Lankan Missions instead of complaining to their MPs, a Foreign Ministry statement said. The Foreign Minister said there have been no cases of disappearances and killings of journalists...
Clinton lauds Nato Afghan pledge
Source: BBC
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Fri Dec 04 09:46:40 -0800 2009 | travel-news
This is a crucial task for Nato" US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has welcomed a pledge by Nato allies to send at least 7,000 extra troops to support the US surge in Afghanistan. She said beating the Taliban insurgency...
Biggest Afghan airport shutdown after rocket attacks
Source: Press TV
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Fri Dec 04 10:12:43 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Rahmatullah Sediqi, deputy security commander for Herat reported the temporary shutdown of the civilian airport in the western province, following a Thursday attack by suspected Taliban militants, Reuters reported. The local police was quoted as saying that two of the...
Sri Lanka: bulk of refugees still in transit camps
Source: Chicago Tribune
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated Fri Dec 04 04:14:58 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Most Sri Lankan refugees resettled from large military-run camps since the end of a 25-year civil war in May are still in transit facilities while de-mining work is finished, the government said on Friday. Human Rights and Disaster Management Minister...
Berlin renews Afghan presence
Source: Financial Times
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Thu Dec 03 13:11:15 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Guido Westerwelle, the foreign minister,on Thursday told lawmakers that Afghanistan needed not a military solution but “a political solution backed by military means”, which was why Berlin was “putting an emphasis on civilian measures”. But since Barack Obama, US president,...
U.S. Prefers Regime Change in Sri Lanka: Part One - Once flirted ...
Source: Asian Tribune
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated Fri Dec 04 03:33:52 -0800 2009 | travel-news
The now defunct Sri Lanka’s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers) was designated a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) in the United States way back in 1998. Following protracted and serious investigations the FBI successfully cracked arms procurement racket of...
Fresh leashes for DAA and AFSPA in state again
Source: Kangla Online
Imphāl :: India | updated Thu Dec 03 21:13:05 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Disturbed Area Act, which is a requirement for imposition of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958 has been extended for another year in the entire state of Manipur except the greater Imphal area covering parts of seven assembly segments...
No mining at Tadoba, says forest ministry
Source: Daily News & Analysis
Chandrapur :: India | updated Thu Dec 03 12:12:10 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Adani Power Limited had applied for environment clearance for mining at Lohara, while the Maharashtra Coal Company Limited had applied for mining near Agarzari. Both the projects are located in ecologically sensitive area within 15km of the reserve. After detailed...
Shrapnel 'in Sri Lanka refugees'
Source: BBC
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | updated Thu Dec 03 22:43:57 -0800 2009 | travel-news
The bullets were found when 13 students were being checked for tuberculosis, Jaffna's district tuberculosis officer, Dr S Jamunanantha said...Tens of thousands of people have now left camps where they had been detained since May...Sri Lanka's army defeated Tamil Tiger...
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