05:08 20 Jun 2013 from
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Four killed, 21 injured Iraq attacks
Baghdad, June 20 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 21 wounded in separate incidents of shooting and bomb attacks in Iraq Wednesday, the police said.Three people were killed and 15 injured in a roadside bomb explosion at a popular football...
04:12 20 Jun 2013 from
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Kerry calls Karzai over Taliban office issue
Kabul, June 20 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry called up Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a bid to defuse tensions over opening of a Taliban office in Qatar, an Afghan spokesperson said Wednesday.Washington and Kabul had disagreed over the...
03:20 20 Jun 2013 from
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12 rhino poachers jailed in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 20 (IANS) Twelve poachers of the one-horned rhinos have been sentenced to a jail term, ranging between 10 -15 years, and fined in Nepal.Authorities at the Chitwan National Park said the convicts, who were from a nearby Nawalparasi...
