Sri lanka arrests 19 Indian fishermen Colombo: Sri lankan authorities have arrested 19 Indian fishermen and seized five boats when they were allegedly fishing in the country’s waters. A total of 19 fishermen were arrested north of the Jaffna Delft islet late night on Saturday.
10 Hindus killed in Nepal bus accident
Kathmandu: A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded off a mountain road and fell down more than 300-metre in eastern Nepal, killing at least 10 people, police said on Sunday. The bus, carrying 66 passengers to Haleshi Mahadev of Khotang from Sindhuli district, skidded off the road and plunged some 300-meter down in Suklatar village of Okhaldhunga district on Friday.
Chinese ships enter disputed waters
Tokyo: Chinese ships sailed through disputed waters off Tokyo-controlled islands on Sunday as diplomatic tension between Tokyo and Beijing intensifies.Three Chinese coastguard vessels entered the 12-nautical-mile territorial waters off one of the Senkakus, which China claims and calls the Diaoyus, at about 0630 IST, Japan’s coastguard said.
Egypt to try Mossad officers for ‘spying’
Cairo: Five officers from Israel’s Mossad spy agency and three Egyptians will stand trial on Wednesday on charges of spying for the Jewish State, judicial sources said. Egyptian prosecutors have accused the eight of espionage and supplying Israel with information impacting Egypt’s national security, the sources said on Sunday.
Woman journo found murdered in lanka
Colombo: A senior Sri lankan woman journalist was stabbed to death on Sunday at her home here, prompting police to launch an investigation. Mel Gunasekera, 40, was found murdered at her Colombo suburb home, police said. She had cut injuries on head and face.
Ex-B’desh min indicted for war crimes
Dhaka: A former Bangladeshi minister from Jatiya Party on Sunday was indicted by a special court here on 16 war crime charges, including genocide, murder and rape, committed during the country’s 1971 liberation war.
Jailbreak in libya, 54 detainees escape
Tripoli: A libyan security official says that over 54 detainees have escaped from a prison in the capital Tripoli due to a security failure. Judicial Police lt Col Ahmed Abu Kara said in a statement on Sunday that the escapees smashed the building’s rear protective windows, while guards were distributing the inmates’ breakfast.
Ukrainian prez to end sick leave today
Kiev: The beleaguered President Viktor Yanukovych will return to work today from a short sick leave, according to a statement posted on his office’s website today. The announcement on Thursday that Yanukovych was on sick leave due to an acute respiratory illness raised concerns that he may have been taking himself out of action in preparation for declaring a state of emergency as the country’s political crisis heads into its third month.
anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow
Moscow: Several thousand protesters have marched through central Moscow to call for the release of 20 people who were arrested after clashes between police and demonstrators in May 2012.Some of them face up to 10 years in prison if convicted for the The protesters marched on Sunday with a banner stretching across the street reading: “Freedom to the Bolotnaya heroes, the hostages of Putin.” Others held portraits of the jailed protesters.
protest, held on Bolotnaya Square on the eve of President Vladimir
Putin’s inauguration to a third term as Russia’s president.