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US government stops Haiti evacuations

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBd, Dhaka
The US military has halted the evacuation of victims of the Haiti earthquake for medical care, reportedly due to uncertainty about who will pay for the costs.
A military official told the New York Times that flights to the US were stopped on Wednesday, as some hospitals didn’t want to receive the refugees.
“Apparently, [...]

Biswa Ijtema begins today

The three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the hajj, begins on the bank of river Turag at Tongi on Friday.
Thousands of pilgrims from home and abroad thronged the bank of river Turag to join the Biswa Ijtema, also called the World Congregation of Muslims.
Around two million devotees including one lakh women are [...]

Hasina pays tributes to Jyoti Basu

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid the last respect to veteran Marxist politician Jyoti Basu, who died in Kolkata on Sunday, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
Hasina placed a wreath of white flowers at Basu’s coffin draped in Indian national flag on a makeshift dais at the lobby of West Bengal state assembly building around [...]

Massive power failure hits Brazil

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBd, Dhaka:
A massive power blackout in southern Brazil left tens of millions of people without power, with residents in major cities like Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo affected. Police called in extra officers and asked people to stay off the street when the Itaipu hydroelectric plant failed at 10:15 pm local time [...]

Health expert: Swine flu outbreak exaggerated by pharmaceutical companies for profits

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBd, Dhaka:
Wolfgang Wodarg, a European health official, has said that the severity of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic was intentionally exaggerated by pharmaceutical companies so they could receive large profits. Wodarg, who is the Council of Europe’s head of health, claimed that the manufacturers of the anti-virus drugs pressured the World Health [...]

US Secret Service discovers third uninvited guest at White House dinner

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBd, Dhaka:
The US Secret Service has revealed that a third uninvited guest gained entry to last November’s state dinner for the Indian Prime Minister. The Secret Service discovered the third interloper while investigating how Tareq and Michaele Salahi were able to breach security at the dinner. The man did not get close to [...]

US, UK embassies in Yemen close due to al-Qaeda threat

Tarif Haque, newshoursbd, Dhaka:
Monday, January 4, 2010
The United States and the United Kingdom closed their embassies in Yemen Sunday, pointing to ongoing terrorist threats. The closures come after the two nations pledged to boost counter-terrorism support to the Yemeni government.
The American embassy’s website said the threats come from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the group [...]

North Korea seeks diplomatic relations with the US

Tarif Haque, newshoursbd, Dhaka:
North Korea said in a statement on Friday that it wants to end its “hostile relationship” with the United States, and that it seeks to focus on
six-party talks with the west. The statement released by major state run news outlets, said that the North is committed to “a lasting peace system
The Korean [...]

Obama vows to use power to thwart terrorists

President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to use “every element of our national power” to keep Americans safe and said the failed Christmas Day plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner was “a serious reminder” of the need to continually adapt security measures against changing terrorist threats.
But even as Obama spoke, word came that a [...]

Suicide bombing in Karachi kills 20

A suicide bombing targeting a Shia Muslim procession in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi killed at least 20 people and wounded 60 more Monday, as Shias across the country marked the key holy day of Ashura.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday’s attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who detonated his explosives at the [...]

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