Wanted Russian carried out attack
A young Russian woman wanted by the police for
planning a New Year’s Eve attack in Moscow blew herself up in a
deadly suicide bombing in the country’s restless North Caucasus,
investigators said Tuesday.
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Japan, India sign free trade pact
Japan and India signed a free trade pact
Wednesday under which the high-tech nation and the South Asian giant
pledged to scrap tariffs on 94 percent of goods within a decade.
Japan’s Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara and Indian Commerce Minister
Anand Sharma signed the deal in Tokyo, hoping it will boost two-way
trade which totalled 900 billion yen ($10.7 billion) in 2009, less
than one percent of Japan’s total foreign trade.
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Bahrain Opposition quits Parliament
Bahrain’s main Shia Opposition party has quit
the Parliament in protest at a brutal crackdown of pro-democracy
demonstrators and the use of violence by security forces. The
Islamic National Accord Association announced Tuesday its decision
to suspend participation in the parliament due to the killing of
anti-government demonstrators, a Press TV correspondent reported.
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