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FACTBOX-Ships held by Somali pirates

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:07:58 +0000

Source: Reuters Feb 9 (Reuters) - Somali pirates said they received a $3.1 million ransom on Tuesday and had freed a Panama-flagged ship, the MV Al Khaliq, which they hijacked in October. Here is a list of ships ...

UK sees no sign Taliban leaders are ready to talk peace

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:11:01 +0000

Source: Reuters LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Most Taliban leaders have no wish yet to reach any peace deal with the Afghan government, British Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said on Tuesday. Afghan President Hamid ...

Fate of Pakistani Taliban chief still unclear

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:49:08 +0000

Source: Reuters * Death not definitively confirmed, says U.S. official * New wave of rumours, lack of intelligence (Adds U.S. counter-terrorism official comment) By Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (Reuters) - ...

UNHCR requests US$69 million to help internally displaced Pakistanis

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:43:54 +0000

Source: UNHCR The UN refugee agency on Tuesday called on donors for an extra US$69 million to help more than 1 million internally displaced people in Pakistan over the next six months.

Protests flare in restive S.African township

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:46:40 +0000

Source: Reuters * Library torched in restive township * Police fire rubber bullets to disperse crowds * Foreign-owned shops attacked (Updates with police firing rubber bullets) JOHANNESBURG, Feb 9 (Reuters ...

Protests flare in restive S.African township

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:19:41 +0000

Source: Reuters * More protests in restive township * Foreign-owned shops attacked JOHANNESBURG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - South Africans angry at squalid living conditions burnt tyres and barricaded roads in a ...

Dutch mull longer Afghanistan stay at NATO request

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:28:36 +0000

Source: Reuters * Dutch study options for longer stay but exit not ruled out * Current 2,000 troops mission scheduled to leave by Dec. (Adds ministry comment, background) AMSTERDAM, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The ...

U.N. seeks $537 mln in aid for war-zone Pakistanis

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:35:26 +0000

Source: Reuters (For full coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK]) By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed on Tuesday for $537 million in aid for hundreds of ...

Dutch mull longer Afghanistan stay after NATO request

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:15:35 +0000

Source: Reuters AMSTERDAM, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Dutch government will look at options to extend its military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2010 after having received a request from NATO, the Dutch Defence Ministry ...

Regional rivalry tests security in India's Mumbai

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:18:45 +0000

Source: Reuters By Rina Chandran MUMBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A verbal battle between one of Bollywood's stars and a radical Hindu group in Mumbai has sparked worries the stature of India's financial hub is being ...