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Saturday, 12 October 2013

Philippine typhoon floods rice fields, kills 8

A typhoon that flooded villages and farms in the Philippines' major rice-growing region Saturday has killed at least eight people, officials said. Power outages affected Aurora province, where Typhoon Nari made landfall late Friday, and five nearby provinces due to downed pylons and emergency shutdowns that were intended to prevent...

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Republicans, Obama aim to end crisis after meet Indian Express

President Barack Obama and Republican leaders appeared ready to end a political crisis that has shuttered much of the US government and pushed the country dangerously close to default after meeting at the White House on Thursday. No deal emerged from the 90-minute meeting, but talks...

Pak Taliban ‘commander’ captured in Afghanistan Dawn

KABUL, Oct 11: US troops are holding a senior Tehreek-i- Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘commander’ they captured in Afghanistan a week ago, an Afghan official said on Friday. The capture could be a...

Strongest Indian cyclone since 1999 nears coast Austin American Statesman

The strongest cyclone to threaten India in more than a decade bore down on its east coast Saturday as authorities bused and trucked tens of thousands of villagers from their mud and thatch coastal homes to government shelters inland. Officials canceled holy day celebrations and stockpiled emergency...

UN extends NATO force in Afghanistan for last time The Siasat Daily

October 11: The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan for the last time before it hands over total responsibility for security to Afghan forces at the end of 2014. The resolution adopted by the council yesterday said the situation in...

US confirms the capture top Pakistani Taliban leader The Siasat Daily

October 11: American troops have captured second in command of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Latif Mehsud, officials here have confirmed . However, officials did not confirm the place and date where the top TTP leader was captured. "I can confirm that US forces did capture TTP terrorist leader...

'Syrian kids face food, healthcare challenges' The Siasat Daily

United Nations, October 11: The UN relief office has said that Syrian children are facing food and healthcare challenges as violence is still raging in the country, which has been plunged into a political crisis since March 2011, a UN spokesperson said here Friday. "The Office for the Coordination...

Africans tell ICC: Heads of state should not be tried Reuters

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African nations have agreed that sitting heads of state should not be put on trial by the International Criminal Court where Kenya's leaders are in the dock, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said at a ministerial meeting. The ministers of the 54-member African Union...

Actress Freida Pinto Urges Education for Girls The New York Times

UNITED NATIONS — Indian actress Freida Pinto urged the world on the International Day of the Girl Child to ensure that 66 million girls who are not in school today get an education. The "Slumdog Millionaire" star told an event sponsored by the U.N. children's fund, UNICEF marking Friday's second...