09 Dec 2009 03:10:24 GMT US lawmakers agree on $447 bln to fund government By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers agreed on Tuesday on a $447 billion spending bill that would fund large parts of the U.S. government for the fiscal year that began more ...
09 Dec 2009 02:28:22 GMT Drug war abuses by Mexican army rise sharply * Cases are "tip of the iceberg" - Amnesty
* Mexican leader risks losing support for drug war
* Drug gang members killed in fight with army on Tuesday (Adds shootout with army in ...
09 Dec 2009 01:57:05 GMT TNN(0c-surve.tim)sunil6.10 pmdk8.05 pm
SCB to appoint own survey unit soon
Sunil Mungara|TNN
Secunderabad: The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) will soon have its own land survey unit for better management of defence land. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has given the green ...
09 Dec 2009 01:57:02 GMT TNN(06-shv-2.tim)Alert against swine flu issued
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Lucknow: Director general, health services, Dr RR Bharti on Sunday issued an alert against swine flu. He directed all chief medical officers (CMOs) and chief medical superintendents (CMSs) to ensure general preparedness to ...
09 Dec 2009 01:56:54 GMT TNN(07pirate.tim)Cleared by Suchit 2105
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Navy foils pirate attack on tanker in Gulf of Aden
Times News Network
New Delhi: The Indian Navy on Monday prevented a pirate attack on a US-owned tanker in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia's coast.
09 Dec 2009 01:39:10 GMT Don't take security for granted
THE 9/11 atrocity - murderous attacks on civilians by the use of commercial airplanes as improvised explosive devices - heightened global security to unprecedented levels that shattered any illusion of this planet being an anodyne paradise.
09 Dec 2009 01:39:09 GMT Thai strategy offers new hope, says Najib
DATUK Seri Najib Razak said yesterday the Thai government's confidence-building strategy for its troubled southern provinces reflected new thinking and offered hope of eventual peace.
09 Dec 2009 01:38:41 GMT PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - Dec 9 HANOI, Dec 9 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories.
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