Lagos pipeline fire kills 14- Red Cross

Tuesday, December 26, 2006, 18:10 [IST]

LAGOS, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Fourteen people were killed and 30 critically injured today when a fuel pipeline exploded in Lagos after it was broken open by thieves, the Red Cross said.

Hundreds of people went to scoop fuel from the pipeline after thieves puntured it overnight at Abule Egba, a heavily populated area of Nigeria's largest city, said Red Cross Secretary General Abiodun Orebiyi.

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Turkmen assembly sets February presidential polls

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,18:11 [IST]

ASHGABAT, Dec 26 (Reuters) Turkmenistan's People's Assembly, setting out the Central Asian state's future path after the death of authoritarian President Saparmurat Niyazov, today scheduled a presidential election for February. President-for-life Niyazov, who died last week after ruling the country for 21 years, left no heir apparent. His passing prompted fears of a power vacuum in a country with vast gas reserves seen as critical in the West. A Reuters correspondent inside the vast congress hall.....

Thai coup leaders get $15 mln for new spy unit

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,18:11 [IST]

BANGKOK, Dec 26 (Reuters) Thailand's cabinet gave coup leaders 555 million baht today to run a ''Peackeeping Command'' whose job is to maintain political stability through intelligence and psychological operations, officials said. The command, consisting of 13,625 staff from the military and police, has been tasked with working until next September to prevent political turbulence that supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra might cause, they said. ''Undercurrents, as some may call them, remain, so.....

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Police seize 1.5 tonnes of cocaine, smash drug ring

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,18:11 [IST]

WARSAW, Dec 26 (Reuters) Polish and Swedish police broke up a major drug smuggling ring, netting 100 million dollars worth of cocaine, Polish police said today. The joint police operation stopped the gang attempting to smuggle some 1.5 tonnes of cocaine direcly from Colombian drug cartels into Poland, police spokesman Zbignew Matwiej said in a statement. ''Two Poles and a North American well known in the drug trade have been arrested in (the Baltic.....

HDFC Bank to declare its Q3 results on January 11

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,18:35 [IST]

Mumbai, Dec 26 (UNI) HDFC Bank Ltd will declare the results of its financial results for the third quarter, which ends December 31, on January 11 next year. It has informed BSE that a meeting of the board of directors of the bank will be held on January 11, to consider and approve the Unaudited Financial Results (Provisional) for the third quarter ending December 31. UNI KKD SD AW1813.....

New portal offers one-stop-shop for stress-free travel

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,18:36 [IST]

Chandigarh, Dec 26 (UNI) To keep sweat out of travelling plans, a new travel portal was launched today offering instant single-window answers to the queries and needs of travellers. The comprehensive travel portal, travelOtravel.com launched here by Joy Travels Private Ltd offers global hotel booking, air travel, car rental and many more services to the Indian leisure and corporate travellers. Talking to media persons, company's Chairman Y Guglani said, ''Instant and confirmed bookings in hotels,.....