China kicks off rescuing nationals from riots-hit Kyrgyzstan

BEIJING: Two chartered planes loaded with 195 Chinese nationals who were evacuated from Kyrgyzstan arrived at an airport in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region early Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said.

About 600 of the more than 1,000 Chinese living in south Kyrgyzstan have asked for early evacuation from the region, the ministry said.

Diplomatic sources said another two chartered planes will bring back the rest of the Chinese nationals on Tuesday.

It will be the largest evacuation task since April 2006, when Chinese chartered planes brought home some 400 nationals from riot -hit Solomon Islands.

Quake rattles southern California

LOS ANGELES: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck near southern California”s border with Mexico Monday, rattling buildings across a wide area, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake hit at 9:26 pm (0426 GMT), five miles (eight kilometers) southeast of Ocotillo, a desert town some 200 miles southeast of Los Angeles, and was followed by a cluster of more than 10 aftershocks. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage but the temblor was felt throughout the region, rattling buildings in Los Angeles and even shaking a stadium hosting a Major League Baseball game in San Diego, reports said.

A seismologist from the California Institute of Technology said the quake was an aftershock of the 7.2 magnitude temblor which rattled northwestern Mexico in April, leaving two people dead.

Taliban attack kills five Afghan police

KABUL: Taliban militants killed five Afghan policemen and wounded another two during a raid on a police post on the outskirts of the southeastern city of Ghazni, a senior police commander said Tuesday.

The overnight attack in the capital of Ghazni province overpowered the seven-man post, deputy provincial police chief Nawrooz Ali Mehmoodi told foreign news agency. The militants escaped and the two wounded policemen were taken to Ghazni city hospital, he said.

A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the attack and said the militants killed all seven policemen in the post.

30 dead in Bangladesh floods, landslide: police

DHAKA: At least 30 people were killed and dozens missing in Bangladesh after heavy rains caused widespread flash floods and triggered a landslide, police said.

Iran nuclear fuel swap deal ”still alive:” Ahmadinejad

TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran”s nuclear fuel swap deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey last month was “still alive,” state television reported on its website on Tuesday.

“The Tehran declaration is still alive and can play a role in international relations even if the arrogant Western powers are upset and angry,” he said in a meeting with visiting Turkish parliament speaker Mehmet Ali Shahin.

Under the May 17 accord with Brazil and Turkey, Iran agreed to send 1,200 kilogrammes of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey, after which the Islamic republic, at a later date, would be supplied with higher grade fuel from Russia and France for a research reactor.

The proposal aimed to counter an arrangement drafted by the UN atomic watchdog that had been deadlocked for several months.

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TrendPK.com Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the increase in US force in Afghanistan might lead to the spill over of militants in Pakistan and make the situation worse confounded and, therefore, the western countries should evolve a joint strategy against the Taliban on Pak-Afghan borders. In an interview with

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Bangladesh Ferry Toll At 37, May Surge: Police

TrendPK.com Bangladesh Ferry Toll At 37, May Surge: Police:Bangladeshi rescue workers on Sunday pulled more bodies from a capsized ferry as police said at least 37 people had died and warned that “scores” more corpses remained in the vessel.

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Senior IAS Officer Commits Suicide In UP

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