Friday, December 24, 2010

40 killed, 72 injured in suicide blast in Pakistan

40 killed, 72 injured in suicide blast in Pakistan

40 killed, 72 injured in suicide blast in Pakistan

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Blast in Pakistan - A suicide bomber struck a World Food Programme distribution centre in the restive Bajaur tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 40 people and injuring 72 others.


Belarus president re-elected, others cry fraud

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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was officially declared the winner Friday of a fourth term in office in a vote that both his challengers and international monitors say was tainted by fraud.


Russian parliament tentatively approves arms pact

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Russia's lower house of parliament on Friday gave preliminary approval to a U.S.-Russian arms treaty, but decided to delay the final vote until next month.


Ivory Coast state TV signal cut off in some areas

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Ivory Coast state television disappeared from the airwaves outside the nation's largest city late Thursday, a blow to the incumbent president's attempts to cling to power in the bloody aftermath of an election most of the world says he lost.


Iraqi kills daughter recruited as Al-Qaida bomber

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An Iraqi man killed his 19-year-old daughter after he discovered Al-Qaida had recruited her as a suicide bomber in an area north of Baghdad, a police spokesman said on Friday.


Thousands flock to Bethlehem for Christmas

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Thousands of tourists, pilgrims and clergy converged on Bethlehem on Friday as the town of Jesus' birth prepared to celebrate Christmas Eve.


Meet some of the world's largest Santas

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Meet the elephant Santas of Thailand. They hand out presents, dance to music, and even perform with balloons regaling kids with their antics.


Beijing fights nightmare traffic

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Traffic jams in Beijing are worsening with each passing day. The city now has 4.76 million vehicles, compared to 2.6 million in 2005 with nearly 2,000 new cars hitting the road each day.


Another storm hits Europe flights

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A fresh storm brought new delays to the European Continent on Friday, snarling travel for thousands of Christmas Eve travelers from Paris and parts of Germany but London's Heathrow Airport was operating almost normally.


He delivered baby with help of iPhone

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A man who was stuck at his snowed-in home in Britain helped deliver his girlfriend's baby by checking the internet on his iPhone. Chris Corfield used his phone to look online for tips on how to deliver a baby when his girlfriend Jenni Visser went into labour at their home in Southport, Merseyside, Daily Express reported on Friday.


Indian-origin man jailed for plotting wife's murder

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A South African man of Indian-origin has been jailed for life after admitting to have masterminding the murder of his wife in a staged car-jacking.


Romanian man jumps off Parliament’s balcony

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Romania's government survived a no-confidence motion in Parliament on Thursday, but will it survive this shocking incident? In the midst of the no-confidence motion, a distraught TV engineer Adrian Sobaru jumped off Parliament chamber's balcony, unhappy with budget cuts that reduced benefits for his autistic son.


North Korea threatens 'sacred' nuclear war if attacked

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North and South Korea beat the drums of war on Thursday, with each threatening the other with immediate retaliation if attacked. Seoul has staged days of military drills in a show of force meant to deter North Korea, including live-fire exercises earlier this week on a front-line island shelled by the North last month. Angered by the exercises, North Korea threatened Thursday it would launch a "sacred" nuclear war if Seoul hit it and warned that even the smallest intrusion on its territory would bring a devastating response.


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