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Delays in setting up a tribunal on post-election violence last year threaten Kenya’s stability, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday.
The issue of justice for the killings of at least 1,300 people and uprooting of more than 300,000 is straining the coalition government, established last year to end the worst blood-letting in Kenya since [...]

Frankfurt – The German football federation DFB has called on Hoffenheim coach Ralf Rangnick to elaborate on comments in which he sought to explain why two of his players turned up late for a doping test.
The federation has also called for written statements from the players, defenders Andreas Ibertsberger and Christoph Janker, who are [...]

Islamist insurgents attacked African Union peacekeepers in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, the second assault on the 3,500-strong force from Burundi and Uganda in three days.
A loud explosion shook a compound housing troops from Burundi and dark smoke was seen rising into the air. The African Union said its site was hit by mortar bombs, [...]

Islamist insurgents killed 11 African Union peacekeepers, all from Burundi, in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday in the deadliest attack on the 3,500-strong force.
The African Union said a compound housing troops from Burundi had been targeted by mortar bombs. Islamist insurgents said two suicide bombers, one in a car packed with explosives, had carried out [...]

Rome- Following the controversial death of Eluana Englaro, a comatose woman at the centre of a right-to-die debate in Italy, lawmakers said Tuesday they would seek to introduce legislation on so-called “living wills”.
Proposals mentioned differ in the extent to which people could use such documents to specify before their death what type of medical treatment [...]

Islamabad – Unknown gunmen killed six police officers and two civilians in a raid on a police check point in Pakistan’s central province of Punjab on Saturday, a security official said.
The attack took place around 3:30 am (2230 GMT Friday) in the Qudrat Abad area of Mianwali district, said local police chief Malik Tassadaq Hayat.
According [...]

New Delhi – India on Friday said the United Nations should ensure that Pakistan fulfils its commitment to end terrorism emanating from its soil as the UN chief was given evidence linking Pakistani nationals to the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said he apprised the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday [...]

Gaza – An Israeli aircraft rocketed a car driving in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Monday morning, injuring two people, witnesses and medical officials said.
The strike comes after Israeli aircraft launched overnight attacks on the Gaza Strip, primarily along the border separating the salient from the Sinai peninsula in an attempt to target [...]

Nairobi/Goma – International charity Oxfam said Wednesday it was concerned for the safety of civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo as Rwandan troops entered the country to hunt down Hutu militia formed after the 1994 massacre in Rwanda.
Several thousand Rwandan soldiers entered eastern DR Congo on Tuesday under an agreement with the Congolese government.
The [...]

Washington – Long before sunrise, with the crescent moon still high in the sky, inauguration revellers left warm homes to stand in long, cold lines and ride packed trains to the once-in-a- lifetime event unfolding Tuesday in the nation’s capital.
Unprecedented numbers – the final count could reach 2 million – gathered to celebrate the presidency [...]

An announcement regarding the deployment of the Warrior Satellite Monitoring and Surveillance System for the Indian region was today made by Pacific Telecom Conference — Antenna Technology Communications Inc., a provider of commercial satellite communications systems at the Pacific Telecom Conference in Hawaii.
The complete observation for satellite activities spread over 140 degrees can be simultaneously [...]

Keeping a high pedigree and good looking dog has become a style statement these days. This is quite evident when we see world celebrities like socialite Paris Hilton and pop diva Britney Spears, who are often photographed carrying “handbag dogs.”
However, a new study has suggested that pedigree dogs might look extremely cute and attractive, but [...]

Washington – US President Barack Obama was sworn into office at noon (1700 GMT) Tuesday as the first black president of the United States.
Below is Obama’s inaugural address as released in advance by the Presidential Inaugural Committee:
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, [...]

Washington  – US President Barack Obama’s inaugural speech, final part:
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through [...]

Tel Aviv/Gaza City – A fragile ceasefire in Gaza held for a second night as Israel withdrew more troops and was expected to complete its pullout by Tuesday afternoon.
No rockets landed in Israel during the night and Israel carried out no retaliatory attacks, a military spokesman in Tel Aviv said, saying the last rocket was [...]

Taipei – Taiwan on Tuesday admitted it is mulling cutting its armed forces, but denied reports that the cuts could be as much as one-third of its troops.
“Regarding the adjustment of the size of our military forces, it is still being planned. We have not made a decision yet and all possibilities are under [...]

New Delhi Two days after the Rs-7,800 crore Satyam scandal erupted, the Government disbanded the board of the beleaguered IT giant and decided to nominate 10 new directors.
Late on Friday evening, the Andhra Pradesh police arrested Satyam’s disgraced founder Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, misappropriation of [...]

Hyderabad,  Andhra Pradesh Police arrested disgraced former founder-chairman of Satyam Computers B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother and former Satyam MD B. Rama Raju on Friday night for cheating and forgery.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the police arrested Ramalinga Raju and Rama Raju on charges of “criminal breach of trust, criminal conspiracy, cheating, falsification [...]

Wellington, Jan 9 (ANI): Max has topped the list of the most popular name for dogs and cats, a new survey has revealed.
The survey, by Veterinary Pet Insurance, Australia’’s largest pet health insurance company, was carried out to determine the most popular pet names of 2008.
And as it turns out, the names that dominate the [...]

Islamabad, Jan.9 (ANI): After witnessing a lot of heat in the last two days over the Kasab issue, Pakistan it seems has has once again jumped back on its favourite subject to deflect international scrutiny from its predicament, ‘Kashmir’.
Opening the ‘Kashmir chapter’ once again, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said that the Kashmir issue should [...]