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India test-fires Brahmos cruise missile

"It was a fantastic test. It met all mission requirements," S.P. Dash, director of the test range, told Reuters. The Brahmos, named after India’s …
Reuters

Suicide attack rocks army base in Iraqi capital

A police source said one person died and six were wounded in Sunday’s attack, which took place less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat …
Interns

Floods give renewed clout to Pakistan Army

The powerful military has taken the lead in providing relief — dwarfing the civilian government — and in doing so has greatly enhanced its prestige …
Reuters

Suicide car bomb rocks army base in Iraqi capital

A police source said one person died and six were wounded in Sunday’s attack, which took place less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat …
Interns

Kidnapped Japan journalist freed in Afghanistan

Kosuke Tsuneoka, a 41-year-old freelance journalist, was at Japan’s embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Kyodo news agency reported, quoting Japanese …
Reuters

Bloomberg: Roubini says dollar, franc may beat gold in recession

“If there was a double-dip recession, increasing risk aversion, some assets are going to be preferred, and gold will be one of them,” Roubini said …
Interns

Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city

Christchurch and a large surrounding area of rural towns and farms on South Island were struck by the magnitude 7.1 quake early on Saturday morning, …
Reuters

Earl sweeps through Maritime Canada

But the storm, downgraded successively from a fierce Category Four hurricane, never packed the punch that had been feared earlier in the week, when …
Reuters

Six killed in Darfur camp shootout – peacekeepers (update)

Darfur’s joint U.N./African Union (UNAMID) peacekeeping force said gunfire had broken out at the Hamidiya camp, close to the town of Zalingei in West …
Reuters

Italy’s Berlusconi expects to avoid early polls

Berlusconi has tied the future of his centre-right government to a 5-point programme of measures ranging from justice reforms to help for Italy’s poor …
Reuters

Obama says his economic policies halted ‘bleeding’

Obama, struggling to bring down the 9.6 percent jobless rate, is to spend next week talking up proposals on improving the economy. He hopes to gain …
Reuters

Mexican judge orders drug lord held 40 more days

Valdez, a 37-year-old Texan who was arrested outside Mexico City late last month, is the highest-ranking suspected drug cartel leader captured alive …
Reuters

Pakistani militants stoking sectarian rift-minister

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on two Shi’ite rallies that killed 33 people in Lahore on Wednesday and 65 in the city …
Reuters

Earl slows to tropical storm after hitting Canada

The storm, once a violent Category Four hurricane, had slowed to just above hurricane speeds when it made landfall over the Atlantic province of Nova …
Reuters

Cargo ship embarks on historic Arctic passage

Steaming east along Russia’s desolate northern coast, the ship departed on Saturday as the first non-Russian commercial vessel to attempt a non-stop …
Reuters

Afghan progress slower than first hoped, general says

British Lieutenant-General Sir Nick Parker, second-in-command of the International Security Assistance Force behind U.S. General David Petraeus, said …
Reuters

French security protest kick off week of unrest

Demonstrators opposed to new measures including repatriation of Roma to eastern Europe waved French flags and placards and chanted slogans including …
Reuters

Bloomberg: IMF May Start Preliminary Talks on New Romanian Loan, Fund Official Says

“We may start some preliminary discussions, but we haven’t decided if we will start negotiating now,” Franks said in an interview while attending a …
Kyiv Post
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