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Saturday, 24 September 2011

Northeast quake: 10,000 food packets airdropped, toll rises to 118

Fearing fresh tremors and landslides, hundreds of people in quake-hit remote areas of Sikkim started moving out of their villages as rescue teams airlifted 22 stranded engineers with the death toll in Sunday's 6.8 devastating temblor...

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At least 15 killed in Yemeni capital as shelling continues The Washington Post

SANAA, Yemen — Renewed violence in the Yemeni capital killed at least 15 people Thursday as forces loyal to the regime and its opponents shelled each other’s strategic positions from hills surrounding the city, medical and security officials said. The shelling over Sanaa has terrified...

UN walkout at Ahmadinejad speech Khaleej Times

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad went on the warpath against the West at the UN again sparking a mass walkout by outraged US and European delegations. The Iranian leader repeated comments casting doubt on the origins of the Holocaust and the September 11, 2001 attacks and criticized the United...

Iranian's speech prompts widespread walkout at U.N. The Wichita Eagle

UNITED NATIONS — American diplomats led a walkout at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday as Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fiercely attacked the United States and major West European nations as "arrogant powers" ruled by greed and eager for military adventurism. The two U.S....

President Ali Abdullah Saleh returns to Yemen BBC News

Yemeni state television says President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned to the country three months after surviving an assassination attempt. He went to Saudi Arabia in June for treatment following a bomb attack in the grounds of the...

Abbas to go ahead with UN state bid: Palestinians Indian Express

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will today go ahead with his bid to secure UN membership for a Palestinian state, a top official said, amid protests on the West Bank against US leader Barack Obama. "Our people demonstrated yesterday and today to express their feeling that...

South African Leader Backs Palestinian Bid To Join UN Scoop

Friday, 23 September 2011, 3:25 pm Press Release: UN News New York, Sep 21 2011 - South African President Jacob Zuma today told the General Assembly that his country supported the intention of the Palestinian Authority to seek full membership of the United Nations as a sovereign State and urged...

Jordan's King Calls for Push Towards Peace in Middle East Scoop

Friday, 23 September 2011, 3:21 pm Press Release: UN News New York, Sep 21 2011 - Voicing support for Palestine’s efforts to seek full United Nations membership, King Abdullah II of Jordan today called for a vigorous international push with concrete steps to end the Middle East crisis based...

Obama Indirectly Praises Anna Hazare Movement The Siasat Daily

United Nations, September 22: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised the anti-corruption campaign launched by anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare in India, but he did not refer to him by name. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Obama hailed the wind of change sweeping...