India’s Mahesh, Anaka second in world junior squash
January 11th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 11 (IANS) Indian squash players Mahesh Mangaonkar and Anaka Alankamony have been ranked No.2 in the world among boys and girls in the latest WSF World Junior Circuit ... Read more...
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Bangkok selected as World Book Capital 2013
June 30th, 2011 - 7:32 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday announced that an international committee designated Bangkok, Thailand as World Book Capital 2013.Representatives from the publishing world, along with the UN ... Read more...
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Operation ‘Safe Homecoming’ successfully drawing towards a close: MEA
March 10th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): The External Affairs Ministry on Thursday informed that as 'Operation Safe Homecoming' rapidly draws towards a close tonight, some 15,400 of Indian nationals are already home from ... Read more...
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All Indians to be back home from Libya by Friday
March 10th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The last three flights are on way to Libya to bring back the remaining Indians from there, ending the fortnight-long operation of evacuating nearly 18,000 ... Read more...
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1045 more Indians return from strife-torn Libya
March 2nd, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 2 (ANI): A total of 1,045 Indians returned in three batches from strife-torn Libya on Wednesday by Air India special flights.The first special flight (AI-160) carrying 259 passengers, ... Read more...
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Another batch of Indians arrive from Libya
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 2 (ANI): Two special Air India flights carrying 600 Indian citizens arrived here from strife-torn Libya this morning.A third Air India flight is expected to land later today carrying ... Read more...
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Libya evacuation in full swing: Vayalar Ravi
February 28th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Kochi, Feb.28 (ANI): Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi has said all arrangements for the evacuation of stranded Indians in Libya are in place and is taking place in full swing.He said more ... Read more...
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UN Secretary-General condemns church bomb attack in Egypt
January 3rd, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the deadly church attack that killed 21 people in Alexandria, Egypt.According to Martin Nesirky, spokesman for the Secretary-General, ... Read more...
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Egypt completes canal project to turn desert into farmland
August 17th, 2010 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Alexandria (Egypt), Aug 16 (IANS/WAM) An ambitious $100 million canal project to bring water from the Nile river to the Toshka desert in Egypt to convert arid regions into farmland and boost ... Read more...
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Etihad to start flights to Alexandria
July 3rd, 2010 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 2 (IANS/WAM) Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will start its service to Alexandria in Egypt from July.
The service, which is subject to government approval, ... Read more...
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Cleopatra died of drug-spiked cocktail, not snakebite
June 30th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 30 (ANI): Cleopatra died from drinking a lethal drug cocktail that included opium and hemlock and not a snakebite, says a German scientist.Christoph Schaefer, a historian and professor at ... Read more...
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Cleopatra died from lethal drug cocktail
June 30th, 2010 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
London, June 30 (IANS) Legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra did not die of a snake bite as is believed but died of a drug cocktail instead, a researcher has claimed.
The lethal drug ... Read more...
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Divers Excavate Sunken Ruins Of Cleopatra’s City
May 26th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Alexandria, Egypt, May 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Divers are exploring the ruins of the ancient kingdom of the famous queen of Egypt, Cleopatra. The ruins are submerged in the waters off ... Read more...
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Underwater Museum in Egypt to showcase remnants of Cleopatras palace
September 17th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 17 (ANI): Soon, visitors to Alexandria, Egypt, may be able to see the remnants of Cleopatras palace, with plans underway for the construction of the worlds first underwater museum ... Read more...
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