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Five major blasts hit Jaipur

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:16:10 +0530

May 13 - Five serial blasts occurred in the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan on Tuesday evening. According to media reports the blasts have killed 6 and injured 20 people. More are feared dead.

"Recycled" militants take up arms

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:14:36 +0530

May 13 - Poverty and unemployment are driving former militants in Jammu and Kashmir to take up arms again, and to rejoin outfits such as the Hizbul-Mujahideen.

Map websites a threat to security?

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:01:17 +0530

May 13 - Indian government ministries and security agencies will meet to tackle concerns over websites such as Google Earth showing satellite maps of military installations that could be targeted by militants.

Sharif pulls out of Pak coalition

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:11:09 +0530

May 13 - Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announces his PML (N) party will pull out of Pakistan’s coalition government, after failing to break a deadlock with Asif Ali Zardari’s PPP over the reinstatement of sacked judges.

Thousands dead in China quake

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:01:51 +0530

May 12 - A powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale has devastated China's southwestern province of Sichuan. Thousands are believed to be killed in the most destructive earthquake to hit the country in over thirty years.

Pak coalition: Deadlock over judges

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:52:18 +0530

May 12 - The deadline for talks on the reinstatement of 60 judges sacked by Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf expires today.

Schaeffer: Mush stalks Pak coalition

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:24:58 +0530

May 10 - Teresita Scheffer, Director of the South Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) says that the fear of Musharraf is stalking the newly formed coalition government in Pakistan.

Powerful quake strikes China

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:06:27 +0530

May. 12 - One of the worst earthquakes since 1976 strikes western China, with reports of hundreds buried under collapsed buildings.

Patna zoo among top rhino breeders

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:36:42 +0530

May 13 - The Sanjay Gandhi zoo in Patna is in the top two Rhino breeders globally. They have managed to conserve the most endangered species in the world after California's San Diego zoo.

Bush wedding: the pictures

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:56:44 +0530

May 10 - US President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna marries Henry Hager, the son of the Virginia Republican Party chairman, in front of more than 200 family members and close friends.