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• Sohrab case: CBI seeks court nod for voice samples of accused
• India hands over $20 million for Pakistan flood relief
• US needs to scrap July 2011 Afghan deadline: Gen David Petraues
• Two killed in rocket attack as Afghans vote: Police
• AFSPA an enabling provision, not arbitrary: Army Chief
• North Korea may have hit succession snag: Report
• Tremors felt in Himachal Pradesh
• Couple charged in nuclear weapons secrets case in US
• Publisher agrees to drop US spy secrets from book: Pentagon
• Afghan president votes in parliamentary poll
• UN seeks record two billion dollars for Pakistan floods
• Tremors felt in north India after quake hits Afghanistan
• Afghanistan hit by kidnappings on eve of vote
• First rescue shaft reaches trapped Chilean miners
• Mexico shut down its only nuclear power plant as Hurricane Karl nears Mexican Gulf coast

Sohrab case: CBI seeks court nod for voice samples of accused Posted: 18 Sep 2010 01:01 AM PDT The CBI has sought permission from the special court to obtain voice samples of five accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case for comparing them with the audio-video evidence gathered by the agency.

India hands over $20 million for Pakistan flood relief Posted: 18 Sep 2010 12:53 AM PDT India has handed over a cheque of $20 million to UN chief Ban Ki-moon for relief and rehabilitation of flood-affected in Pakistan, after Islamabad's insistence that the aid be routed through the world body.

US needs to scrap July 2011 Afghan deadline: Gen David Petraues Posted: 18 Sep 2010 12:18 AM PDT Describing the leadership of Gen David Petraues, the American Commander in Afghanistan, as reassuring, a top US expert on South Asia has said President Barack Obama needs to scrap his "arbitrary" deadline of July 2011 for the drawdown of troops from the war-torn country.

Two killed in rocket attack as Afghans vote: Police Posted: 17 Sep 2010 11:06 PM PDT A rocket attack killed two people and wounded another in a volatile province of eastern Afghanistan, as Afghans voted for a new parliament on Saturday, police said.

AFSPA an enabling provision, not arbitrary: Army Chief Posted: 17 Sep 2010 10:55 PM PDT Amid a raging debate on dilution of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and its partial withdrawal from Kashmir, Army Chief Gen V K Singh said the AFSPA was an "enabling provision" and not "arbitrary".

North Korea may have hit succession snag: Report Posted: 17 Sep 2010 10:35 PM PDT North Korea may have hit a snag in its move to annoint Kim Jong-Il's youngest son as successor, being forced to delay a key party conference, a government source in Seoul was quoted as saying Saturday.

Tremors felt in Himachal Pradesh Posted: 17 Sep 2010 09:43 PM PDT The quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit the region at 12.51 a.m.

Couple charged in nuclear weapons secrets case in US Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:44 PM PDT A scientist and his wife who both had worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory were arrested Friday after FBI agents allegedly lured them into what they were told was a conspiracy to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela.

Publisher agrees to drop US spy secrets from book: Pentagon Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:21 PM PDT A publisher has agreed to remove US intelligence secrets from a memoir by a former army officer in Afghanistan after the Pentagon raised last-minute objections, officials said Friday.

Afghan president votes in parliamentary poll Posted: 17 Sep 2010 09:25 PM PDT Polls opened at 7:00 am (0230 GMT) in the second parliamentary poll since the Taliban were overthrown in the 2001 US-led invasion.

UN seeks record two billion dollars for Pakistan floods Posted: 17 Sep 2010 03:01 PM PDT The United Nations on Friday appealed for a record two billion dollars in emergency aid for the millions of victims of Pakistan's devastating floods.

Tremors felt in north India after quake hits Afghanistan Posted: 17 Sep 2010 01:36 PM PDT Tremors were felt in several parts of north India, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, after an earth quake of 6.5 magnitude hit the Hindukush region in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan hit by kidnappings on eve of vote Posted: 17 Sep 2010 12:40 PM PDT A rash of election-related kidnappings hit Afghanistan on Friday despite tightened security on the eve of a parliamentary poll the Taliban has vowed to disrupt.

First rescue shaft reaches trapped Chilean miners Posted: 17 Sep 2010 11:37 AM PDT A drilling operation Friday reached 33 miners trapped in a Chile mine since early August, but the 630-meter (2,070-foot) deep hole now must be widened to bring the men out safely, a government official said.

Mexico shut down its only nuclear power plant as Hurricane Karl nears Mexican Gulf coast Posted: 17 Sep 2010 11:01 AM PDT Mexico shut down its only nuclear power plant and its central Gulf Coast oil platforms on Friday as Hurricane Karl thrashed the port city of Veracruz with 100 mph winds, and waves topped 16 feet in some beach towns.

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