A dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Monday brought normal life to a halt in Assam.
The ULFA has called the 12-hour shutdown, which began at 6 a.m., demanding the release of two of their arrested leaders - 'foreign secretary' Sasha Choudhury and 'finance secretary' Chitraban Hazarika.
Shops, businesses and educational institutions remained closed, while most public and private transport kept off the roads.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on leaders Sunday to bring down the walls of the 21st century, as she accepted an award for the role of the American people in the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago. Read Full Story
When Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty walks down the aisle to marry London-based businessman Raj Kundra this month, she will be following in the footsteps of Hema Malini, Sridevi and Raveena Tandon - actresses who famously entered into wedlock with men who had been married earlier. Read Full Story
The Bhatt camp is known for highlighting serious issues or real life events in the garb of a romantic story. And it continues the trend in its next outing "Tum Mile", which is set against the backdrop of the floods in Mumbai in 2005. Read Full Story
Two separate explosions rocked the Philippine cities of Quezon and Mandaluyong in Manila Monday morning, but no one was hurt in the explosions, police said.
City police chief Senior Superintendent Carlos De Sagun said one explosion occurred in Mandaluyong outside the main office of food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corporation at 3 a.m. (1900 GMT Sunday), Xinhua reported.
Another explosion rocked the Puregold supermarket in Quezon City sometime between 4.50 and 5 a.m., Quezon City... Read Full Story
At least 38 people have been wounded and scores of houses, school buildings and a health clinic have collapsed after a quake of 6.7-magnitude on the Richter scale rocked the eastern parts of Indonesia Monday morning, officials said. Read Full Story
The German parliament Sunday celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, commemorating the efforts of European civil rights activists which helped end the divide between East and West in Germany and Europe. Read Full Story
An earthquake registering a magnitude of 6.7 on the Richter scale shook the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, the US Geological Survey reported early Monday.
The epicentre was in the eastern part of the island, which lies about 1,300 km east of Jakarta.
There was no tsunami warning nor immediate reports of damage or casualties.
Last updated on Nov 9th, 2009 at 06:32 am IST--DPA
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Mexico City/San Salvador, Nov 9 (DPA) At least 90 people were killed as heavy rains prompted mudslides and flooding rivers in El Salvador, rescue workers said Sunday.
The rainfall, which was prompted by a cold front and the remainders of Caribbean hurricane Ida, also caused havoc in other countries in the region, including southern Mexico, where more than 200,000 people were affected.
More than 60 people died in the El Salvadorian capital, San Salvador, alone.
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