2008年12月28日星期日

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Bangladesh takes breather before historic election (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 12:56 AM CST

A scale, the election symbol of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, is seen during an election campaign rally in Dhaka December 27, 2008. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Candidates took time for families and friends on Sunday following the end of official campaigning in an election to return Bangladesh to democracy after two years of emergency rule under a military-backed government.


'Clash of civilizations' author Huntington dies (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 11:25 PM CST

Samuel P. Huntington of Harvard University smiles during an interview with Reuters in Santiago, August 7, 2002. REUTERS/Claudia Daut/FilesReuters - Political scientist Samuel Huntington, whose controversial book "The Clash of Civilizations" predicted conflict between the West and the Islamic world, has died at age 81, Harvard University said on Saturday.


Israel pounds Gaza for second day, 229 killed (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 11:31 PM CST

Israeli soldiers take cover after a tear gas canister was mistakenly thrown at them by a comrade during scuffles with Palestinian stone-throwers at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 27, 2008. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Israel launched air strikes on Gaza for a second successive day on Sunday, piling pressure on Hamas after 229 people were killed in one of the bloodiest 24 hours for Palestinians in 60 years of conflict with the Jewish state.


Suicide bomber kills 6 in S.Lankan capital - army (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 12:52 AM CST

Reuters - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed six paramilitary guards and wounded more than a dozen others in a residential area of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Sunday, officials said.

Pakistan cautions India against 'non-state actors' (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 09:59 AM CST

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad December 13, 2008. REUTERS/Mian KhursheedReuters - Pakistan's president promised on Saturday to rid the country of terrorism and his prime minister said the military would not take action first in any face-off with India.


India, Bangladesh plan to discuss border intrusion (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 04:42 AM CST

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier keeps watch along the fenced border with Bangladesh in Fulbari village, on the outskirts of Siliguri, August 12, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - South Asian neighbours India and Bangladesh plan to hold talks to discuss the intrusion of Indian survey ships into its neighbour's territorial waters, an Indian official said.


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