LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran killed

Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was shot dead by Sri Lankan special forces as he tried to stage a dramatic breakout from the army encirclement, a military spokesman said.

Prabhakaran and his top aides came out of their last hiding place in a small convoy of van and an ambulance and tried to drive out of [...]

Barack Obama inauguration

Speaking on the eve of the historic ceremony, he hailed the civil rights leader as “not just a dreamer, but a doer” who worked tirelessly for change.
Mr Obama will become the first black man to take office at the White House, a milestone that few believed possible when Dr King was assassinated four decades ago.
Speaking [...]

Israeli attack on UN agency

Prime Minister Gordon Brown describes Israel’s actions as “indefensible” as a UN compound in Gaza is attacked.
The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, condemned the Israeli attack, where 700 Palestinians were sheltering.
The UN Relief and Works Agency was struck twice by Israeli fire, “a grave mistake” according to Israel’s defence minister.
But Prime Minister Ehud Olmert [...]

India – Pakistan War?

Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Kayani promised a matching response ‘within minutes” were the Indians to carry out precision strikes against camps of militants inside Pakistan, whom it blames for the Mumbai attacks.
And as if they were doing a dress rehearsal, Pakistan Air Force jets have been flying over Islamabad and Lahore for the past [...]

Obama names science and technology team

President-elect Barack Obama named his science and technology team Saturday with a pledge to ensure that “facts and evidence are never twisted or obscured by politics or ideology.”
“It’s time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and worked to restore America’s place as the world leader in science and technology,” he [...]

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Pak refuses to hand over 21 terrorists

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari rejected India’s demand that Islamabad hand over 21 suspects, believed to be in Pakistan, saying: “If we had proof, we would try them in our courts. We would try them in our land and we would sentence them.” He said that he doubted India’s claim that the sole surviving gunman, [...]

‘War criminal’ Bush blamed for global crisis

PROTESTERS have demanded that US President George W Bush get out of Peru where he is attending an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, blaming him for the world economic crisis.
“Bush out,” about 1000 demonstrators chanted in the centre of the capital Lima, watched by scores of police in riot gear who made sure they did [...]

Hillary Clinton nominated as US Secretary of State: Report

NEW YORK: Hillary Clinton has decided to accept the post of Secretary of State in the incoming Obama administration, a media report said
today, raising prospects of former Democratic rivals joining hands to guide the US foreign policy amid steep challenges at home and abroad. ( Watch )
Clinton came to her decision after additional discussions [...]

Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after quake

A powerful earthquake struck an area off northern Sulawesi in Indonesia early on Monday, causing a brief tsunami warning and triggering The magnitude 7.5 quake was at a depth of 21 km, with its epicentre 136 km (84 miles) northwest of the provincial capital of Gorontalo, the US Geological Survey said.
Two further weaker aftershocks [...]