May 16th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 16 (ANI): MIT researchers claim they have boosted the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much wider market, especially in portable electronics.
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by admin
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Karachi, May 15 (ANI): The ashes of Indian peace activist Nirmala Deshpande will be immersed in the Indus River near Sukkur on Saturday.
According to the Dawn, a Pakistan peace coalition delegation carrying the ashes will leave Karachi on Saturday morning for Sadhu Belo in Sukkur where the ashes will ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by admin
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Dhaka, May 16 (IANS) A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against a dozen former ministers, some of whom it declared absconding, in a corruption case filed against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her associates. Thursday's action, another first in Bangladesh's military-backed caretaker government's drive against corruption, prompted some ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 9:35 am ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 16 (ANI): Polling for the second phase of Karnataka Assembly polls began today amidst tight security.
Polling is being held in sixty-six constituencies spread in ten districts of Raichur, Koppal, Uttara Kannada, Bellary, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Shimoga, Udupi, Chikmagalur and Dakshina Kannada.
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May 16th, 2008 - 8:44 am ICT by admin
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By Ashok Dixit
New Delhi, May 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is leaving for two-day official visit to Bhutan today.
Enhancing economic and hydropower cooperation between India and Bhutan will be the key focus areas of the Prime Ministers visit.
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:15 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): India today offered to send five million dollars in emergency supplies to China, where the official death toll from this week's devastating earthquake has roughly touched 20,000.
"Keeping in view India's close and good neighbourly ties with China, the Government of India has decided ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by admin
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By Pinaki Das
Agartala, May 15 (ANI): The Left parties in Tripura today held rallies and marches across the state to protest against the 'failure of the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government' to check the rising prices of essential commodities.
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 15 (IANS) Leading Pakistani newspapers have lauded India for showing restraint and not indulging in "finger pointing" in the aftermath of the bomb attacks in Jaipur and underlined that such incidents should not derail the peace process between the two countries. "...no Indian government official has blamed Islamabad ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): The International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) has developed an evidence-based definition of premature ejaculation with the help of the worlds leading sexual health experts.
The ISSM has defined premature ejaculation as a male sexual dysfunction characterized by ejaculation which always or nearly always occurs prior ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Ahead of talks between India and Pakistan next week, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has struck an upbeat note saying both sides should "seize the opportunity to clinch all issues" and abolish the restrictive visa regime. Underlining cross-party consensus on building better bilateral ties, ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): Veteran singer Sir Elton John has been revealed as the surprise performer at the upcoming concert for Nelson Mandelas 90 th birthday.
The whole event is being set up by Mandela's 46664 campaign against Aids team, and one of the reasons John did not want his ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 3:21 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 15 (IANS) The horrific blasts in the Indian tourist town of Jaipur that killed 63 shouldn't derail the India-Pakistan peace process, Pakistani newspapers said Thursday, warning that the danger of bad blood between the two nations escalating was real and finger pointing would achieve no end. "The finger-pointing ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 15 (ANI): Talking tough on the issue of terrorism, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today told his Russian and Chinese counterparts here that there can be no justification for any terrorist acts, and added that there should be zero tolerance towards this ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by admin
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Kuala Lumpur, May 15 (ANI): A Malaysian federal court has ruled that the detention of the five Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leaders at the Kamunting Detention Centre is legal, and they will remain incarcerated for another 19 months at least.
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has married a woman 35 years his junior in a ceremony at the hospital where he has been undergoing treatment since February. Kohl, 78, who oversaw the reunification of Germany in 1990, married Maike Richter, a 44-year-old economist, last week ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): It was like a merger of high technology and high art when a robot conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Both the audience and performers burst into applause after Honda's Asimo(Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility), 1.3 metre (4ft 3in) tall robot led the symphony in a performance ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 15 (ANI): Weeks after Josef Fritzls crime surfaced, his family has for the first time expressed gratitude for the support they have received - and to wish for a normal life in the future.
Elisabeth, 42, who was kept as a sex slave in a purpose-built subterranean ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): A new NASA-led study has shown that human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earths natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming earlier across Europe, and lakes declining in productivity in Africa.
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 15 (ANI): A common friend of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Punjab Governor Lt. General (retired) Khalid Maqbool has had his priviges withdrawn by the Sharif-controlled Punjab Government.
This business tycoon friends private jet was once allowed to taxi at Lahore Airport and park in the VIP parking ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:40 am ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 15 (DPA) At least 15 people were killed Wednesday when two missiles allegedly fired by NATO forces in Afghanistan targeted a suspected militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said. "The guided missiles hit the house of a local Taliban commander Maulvi Abdullah in Damadola area of Bajaur ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:59 pm ICT by admin
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Srinagar/New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Violating a truce that has been in force since 2003, Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an incident that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described as worrisome. "It is worrisome. The issue is being taken ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:19 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, May 14 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Wednesday called for more restraint to be shown in both words and deeds stating the country is going through a sensitive stage in the transitional process.
Hinting at the recent remarks made by the leaders of different political parties, ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:18 pm ICT by admin
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Kabul, May 14 (ANI): US-led security forces and the Afghan Army waited for the Taliban Spring Offensive, but it never came. Gun battles with the Taliban were down 50 percent so far, compared to last year.
Roadside bomb attacks were about the same. But Taliban casualties were up, as ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 10:18 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 14 (DPA) The government and Islamic militants were set to exchange dozens of prisoners Wednesday ahead of a formal peace deal between the sides in Pakistan's restive tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, media reports said. The prisoner's swap was agreed to between the militant commander Baitullah Mehsud and the ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne, May 14 (ANI): A 13-year-old boy from Texas has been convicted of fraud for hiring two hookers and racking up 30,000 dollars in charges on his father's credit card, it has emerged.
According to money.co.uk, Ralph Hardy confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his dad's existing credit ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by admin
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Dhaka, May 14 (Xinhua) Bangladesh Wednesday condemned the deadly bomb explosions in Rajasthan's Jaipur city that killed at least 63 people Tuesday night. Bangladesh's foreign affairs advisor, Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Wednesday strongly condemned the bomb explosions in Jaipur, saying: "It was a mindless and shameful act that deserves condemnation in ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, May 14 (ANI): Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Prachanda has sent a message to King Gyanendra, suggesting him to leave Narayanhiti Palace by May 27, a day before the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) in Nepal.
After inaugurating a meeting of the party's Limbuwan state council ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 12:44 pm ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 14 (IANS) Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who fought a 10-year war to overthrow the country's centuries-old monarchy, have now started a war of nerves against embattled King Gyanendra. With less than a fortnight left for the apparent end of the long dynasty of Shah kings, ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by admin
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May 14th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, May 14 (IANS) Sri Lankan jets bombed suspected Tamil Tiger training base in Kilinochchi district in the island's north Wednesday, military sources here said. The air force bombed a key Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) training facility at Kollanvillu, four kilometres south of Mulankavil, between 7.15 and 7.30 ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:50 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier has condemned the serial bomb blasts that claimed the lives of nearly 70 people and injured another 200.
These terrorist bombings, which occurred in crowded market areas and near a temple, are a deplorable act of violence against innocent civilians. ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:40 am ICT by admin
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Islamabad , May 14 (ANI): India will play three Tests and five ODIs in Pakistan in January-February 2009, the PCB announced last evening after the Boards governing meeting in Islamabad .
Besides, efforts are also being made to fix two 20twenty games too during the Indian tour to Pakistan .
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May 14th, 2008 - 12:50 am ICT by admin
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Bogota, May 13 (DPA) Colombia Tuesday extradited to the US 14 commanders of extreme-right paramilitary groups who were suspected of drug trafficking. The extraditions were made possible because the government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe expelled the paramilitaries from a re-insertion programme that afforded them privileges under special legislation.
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May 14th, 2008 - 12:31 am ICT by admin
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Colombo, May 13 (IANS) A top member of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) and human rights lawyer Maheswari Velauthan was shot dead in her native northern Jaffna peninsula Tuesday evening, party and military source said. Velauthan was also a senior advisor to Social Welfare and Social Development Minister Douglas ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Tuesday compared President Pervez Musharraf to a "dangerous virus" that was harmful for Pakistan's democracy and said it was important to remove him. "Just like a deadly virus in any computer that can destroy the whole ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 8:35 pm ICT by admin
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By Praful Kumar Singh
Hussainiwala (Punjab), May 13 (ANI): Two days after the encounter in the Samba sector of Jammu District, in which three Pakistani militants were killed, Defence Minister A K Antony today took a tough stand on the issue, and indirectly suggested that it was being encouraged from ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by admin
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Angul(Orissa), May 13 (ANI): The UPA Government will never ignore the voice of poor while moving on the path towards growth and development. The voice of poor will always be heard, said Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday.
Addressing employees of NALCO in the town of Angul during ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 7:18 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): At least 1300 rescuers have reached Chinas quake-ravaged Sichaun province, where the death toll is said to have risen to 11, 921.
The rescuers came even as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid his respects to the dead with a three-time bow at a square inside ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 6:49 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): The People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) today called for the immediate release of social worker Dr. Binayak Sen, and appealed to the Central Government to allow him to travel to the United States to receive the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 6:37 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) A day after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif announced his party's withdrawal from the cabinet, nine federal ministers of the party Tuesday submitted their resignations over disagreement on the issue of sacked judges. The resignations come six weeks after the PML-N joined ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 13 (Xinhua) Ministers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) submitted their resignations to Prime Min
