Berlusconi breaks into Latin on Gaddafi’s death
October 21st, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 21 (IANS/AKI) After hearing about the death of his former friend Muammar Gaddafi, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi used a Latin phrase to say that everything is transitory."Sic ... Read more...
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David Cameron welcomes Gaddafi’s death
October 21st, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 20 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron Thursday welcomed the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's death, saying it was a day to remember all his victims, Xinhua reported.... Read more...
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I feel betrayed by Europe, especially Berlusconi: Gaddafi
March 16th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, March 16 (IANS/AKI) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he feels betrayed by Europe but is especially dismayed by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with whom he has the closest ... Read more...
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Tourism hit in Italian region struck by quake
April 10th, 2010 - 9:38 am ICT by IANS
L'Aquila (Italy), April 10 (IANS/AKI) The devastating earthquake that struck the central Italian region of Abruzzo a year ago has driven thousands of tourists away.
According to the latest statistics from Abruzzo's culture ... Read more...
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Italy remembers L’Aquila earthquake victims
April 6th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
L'Aquila (Italy), April 6 (IANS/AKI) Thousands of people gathered here to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that destroyed many parts of Italy's medieval city, killing 308 people and leaving ... Read more...
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A flurry of visits in run-up to Obama’s India trip
February 1st, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) A flurry of visits, reflecting the growing level of Indo-US bilateral engagement since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's November visit, is on the cards in the ... Read more...
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No fear of ties suffering under Obama: Manmohan Singh
November 23rd, 2009 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his state visit to the US, the first by any global leader under the Obama administration, he expressed confidence that India-US ... Read more...
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Italy to shut down anti-Berlusconi Facebook site
October 23rd, 2009 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
L'Aquila (Italy), Oct 22 (DPA) The Italian government has ordered the closure of a group on the social networking website, Facebook, calling for the death of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, an ... Read more...
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Protect hospitals from disasters: UN chief
October 13th, 2009 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) When disaster strikes an area, hospitals are the most critical infrastructure. So it is essential to protect the hospitals themselves from disasters, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ... Read more...
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India hasn’t changed its climate policy: PM
July 29th, 2009 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) India has not changed its climate policy and the declaration at the Major Economic Forum adopted at L'Aquila, Italy, is not a declaration of India's climate ... Read more...
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G8 leaders ‘ignored’ UN findings on climate change: Pachauri
July 21st, 2009 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, July 21 (IANS) The world's largest economies have "clearly ignored" the findings of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN scientific body that evaluates climate change when formulating their recent proposals on ... Read more...
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I find Obama very supportive towards India: Manmohan
July 11th, 2009 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
On board Air India One, July 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said talk of US President Barack Obama and his administration being not supportive towards India ... Read more...
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G8 leaders condemn Iranian President Ahmadinejad
July 10th, 2009 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was Friday criticized by name by the G8, the group of the world's wealthiest and most industrialized countries, for the ongoing turmoil in ... Read more...
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Gursharan Kaur meets Pope, sees quake devastation
July 10th, 2009 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been busy with back-to-back meetings of the G8-G5 summit and bilaterals with heads of other countries in this quake-hit town ... Read more...
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The world’s ‘G’ order - G5, G8, G14, G20
July 10th, 2009 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) It can be termed as the new 'G' order of the world where the presence of nations proclaims their international political and economic status.
The ... Read more...
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One billion are hungry, poor - nations acknowledge at L’Aquila
July 10th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Over a billion people in the world are suffering from hunger and poverty and the global economic crisis has plunged nearly 100 million into extreme ... Read more...
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Italian press unhappy with snobbish Bruni
July 10th, 2009 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (ANI): The Italian press has gone to town about the snobbish ways of Carla Bruni, the wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy.Bruni stayed away from the first wives' ... Read more...
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Firm on going to school, Orissa girl reaches G8 (Lead changing dateline)
July 10th, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Convincing her father to let her go to school has paid dividends for a teenaged Indian girl from a tribal area of Orissa. She ... Read more...
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Britain ready to cut warheads if others do it too, says Brown
July 10th, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (ANI): Britain is ready to cut its number of nuclear warheads in its Trident weapons system as part of a global deal, The Telegraph reports.Prime Minister Gordon ... Read more...
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Orissa teenager represents India in Rome for J8
July 10th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) While top global leaders like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are meeting in Italy, Orissa teenager Sanyukta Pangi is busy attending a summit parallel to the G8-G5 ... Read more...
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India hopeful as G8 talks of green fund
July 10th, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) India is hopeful that the issue of climate change will move forward with the G8 countries, the group of the world's most developed nations, ... Read more...
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Obama to visit India next year
July 10th, 2009 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go to the US later this year while US President Barack Obama will visit India next year.
The invitations were exchanged and ... Read more...
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Need to reform international institutions buoys India’s hopes for UNSC seat
July 10th, 2009 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
By Naveen KapoorL'aquila (Italy), July 10 (ANI): The G8-G5 agreement on introducing reforms in international and financial institutions has buoyed India's hopes for a UNSC seat.The proposal put forth by ... Read more...
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G8-G5 summit: World powers accept warming limit
July 10th, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (ANI): Developed and developing nations have agreed that global temperatures should not rise more than two degrees Celsius above 1900 levels, a G8 summit declaration has said. ... Read more...
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France wants to expand G8 group
July 10th, 2009 - 6:29 am ICT by IANS
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (DPA) French President Nicolas Sarkozy is pushing for an expansion of the Group of Eight (G8).
"The G8 are no longer representative enough to manage the economic crisis," Sarkozy ... Read more...
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Obama asks Brazil to press Iran on nukes
July 10th, 2009 - 4:56 am ICT by IANS
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (EFE) US President Barack Obama has urged his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to help convince Iran to keep its nuclear programme peaceful.
The two leaders ... Read more...
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Climate remains an issue as G8-G5 agree on UN reforms (Roundup)
July 10th, 2009 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The outreach meeting of the G8, the grouping of the world's most wealthy and industrialized countries, with the world's emerging economies G5, Thursday outlined ... Read more...
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G8-G5 resolve to resist trade protectionism
July 10th, 2009 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Trade protectionist policies of some countries, especially in the times of global economic crisis, have been given a thumbs down by the joint declaration of ... Read more...
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G8 non-committal on emission targets in L’Aquila declaration (Lead)
July 10th, 2009 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The G8 or the world's most wealthy and developed countries have remained non-committal on setting targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, a demand ... Read more...
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G8-G5 agree on global economic crisis, institutional reforms
July 10th, 2009 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Even as they jointly declared to conclude the Doha development round on trade talks by 2010, the world's most wealthy and industrialized countries or ... Read more...
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Declaration of the leaders: the major economies forum on energy and climate
July 10th, 2009 - 12:12 am ICT by admin
L´AQUILA, Italy (BNO NEWS) -- "We, the leaders of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the United ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh, Obama meet briefly during G8-G5 summit
July 9th, 2009 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Prime MInister Manmohan Singh briefly met with US President Barack Obama during the outreach meeting of G8 and G5 leaders at their summit here ... Read more...
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G8 and G5 leaders meet in Italy
July 9th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ICT by ANI
L'AQUILA, July 9 (ANI): Leaders of the world's richest nations and major developing powers met on Thursday (July 9) to discuss global issues on the second day of a G8 summit ... Read more...
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G8 supports Pakistan’s fight against terror
July 9th, 2009 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Pakistan has got the support from the G8, the group of world's eight most wealthy and industrialised countries, for its fight against terrorism."The G8 ... Read more...
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Brazil wants G5 to settle trade accounts with own currency
July 9th, 2009 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Brazil has asked G5 countries to explore the possibility of using their own currency to settle trading accounts amongst themselves.The suggestion was made by ... Read more...
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