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December 1st, 2008 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): Acid attacks are commonly used to terrorise and subjugate women in many parts of Asia, including Pakistan, the New York Times has said.
Naeema Azar, whom Nicholas Kristoff ...
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November 30th, 2008 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Nov 30 (DPA) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday called off a four-day visit to Hong Kong as he continued with his deliberations with political leaders over the fallout of ...
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November 30th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 30 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ejaz Butt has warned that the world cricket was in danger of a damaging split if countries like England and Australia refused ...
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November 30th, 2008 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): After getting not-so-good reviews for his new movie Valkyrie, Tom Cruise has now asked fellow scientologists to go and watch the film.
According to reports, the movie has ...
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November 28th, 2008 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov.28 (ANI): Western intelligence agencies have said that they were surprised that terrorists had singled out Asia and not the United States as a viable place to attack, even as ...
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November 26th, 2008 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
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Kuala Lumpur, Nov.26 (ANI): Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad says that the National Fatwa Councils edict on yoga should not be turned into a religious debate.
If they believe it is ...
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November 25th, 2008 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
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By Ajay Kumar
Sonepur, Nov 25 (ANI): A large number of tourists from across the country have been visiting the cottage village at ongoing traditional fair in Bihar''s Sonepur district.
Though the month-long ...
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November 18th, 2008 - 9:57 am ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
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The CITIGROUP Inc plans to cut about 50,000 jobs due to the economy and the gobal credit conditions caused by the US banks. It is also expected that the cuts are on ...
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November 14th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Shanghai, Nov 14 (IANS) The growing popularity of tennis in Asia has prompted The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to increase the number of tournaments to five in the region from next ...
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November 12th, 2008 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov.12 (ANI): Disgraced ex-minister Ron Davies has called for scrapping the term British. He told staff the word upsets people from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Asia and China. Davies, 62, now ...
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November 8th, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
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Coonoor (Tamil Nadu), Nov 8 (ANI): Forest officials in Tamil Nadus Coonoor town have rescued a trapped leopard and released the big cat into the wilds.
Officials said farmers trapped the leopard, ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 11:05 am ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
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Friendster is the number one social networking site in Singapore, and is 1.8 times bigger than the next largest one, according comScore.
In August 2008, the website friendster.com hit up to 974,000 guests, ...
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October 27th, 2008 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangkok, Oct 27 (DPA) Thai shares lost 10.5 percent of their value Monday, prompting a circuit break at 4 p.m., as investors continued to dump equities in panic selling.The Stock Exchange of ...
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October 12th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
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Pune, Oct 12 (ANI): The state authorities in Pune received an email threatening to target President Pratibha Patil during her ongoing trip to the town.
The mail sent by some unidentified ...
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September 30th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
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Colombo, Sept.30 (ANI): The Government of Sri Lanka has claimed it is closing in on the Tamil Tiger stronghold of Kilinochchi.
Amid fierce fighting in recent days, the military says it will ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Sep 24 (ANI): Americans send more text messages from their cell phones than they make calls, according to Nielsen Mobile survey.
The survey revealed that for the second quarter of 2008, ...
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September 18th, 2008 - 10:55 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi , Sept 18 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi on Thursday said that the preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games are progressing as per the schedule.
While addressing ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
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Dar-es-Salaam, Aug.14 (ANI): An English university study has suggested that the snow cap on Mount Kilimanjaro may not disappear by 2020 or 2030 as had been claimed previously.
Xinhua quoted the ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
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London, August 12 (ANI): French scientists have come up with an explanation for why the Earths inner core of solid iron behaves differently in the western hemisphere and the eastern hemisphere, ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday met his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapakse, who is here to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. Hu extended a ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Aug 7 (ANI): Hollywood actress and UN ambassador Angelina Jolie is planning to build an AIDS clinic in her daughter Zaharas native country Ethiopia.
Jolie and boyfriend Brad Pitt will be ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai Aug 7(IANS) Indian equity markets opened slightly lower Thursday following weak markets elsewhere in Asia but wiped out the loss within ten minutes, thanks to buying interest in banking, IT and ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
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New York, Aug 6 (IANS) Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is planning to build an AIDS clinic in Ethiopia for her daughter Zahara to manage when she grows up. Jolie will make a ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Hong Kong-based Nomura Investment Bank will invest $16 million in the Chennai-based Real Image Media Technologies Pvt Ltd, the latter said here in a statement. "Our investment in ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, July 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's Information Communication Technology (ICT) policy 2008-9, aiming to provide employment to three million people in the next three years was unveiled Tuesday by Chief Minister M. ...
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July 20th, 2008 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, July 20 (IANS) The World Bank has agreed to extend the facility of carbon credit financing to Himachal Pradesh to encourage people to raise forests on private and community lands. A ...
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July 16th, 2008 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
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Hyderabad, July 16 (IANS) The Asian Hockey Federation's (AHF) umpires' committee Wednesday drew out a plan to promote young umpires in the continent. AHF will increase the number of young umpires in ...
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July 14th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Ahmedabad, July 14 (IANS) Singapore-based Ahlstrom Asia Holding has announced setting up of a fabric manufacturing plant in Mundra special economic zone (SEZ) in Kutch district of Gujarat with a proposed investment ...
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July 11th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Indian judokas won six medals, including one gold, in the just concluded 4th Children of Asia Games at Yakutsk in the Republic of Saka. Pooja Dhanda (57 ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp's (HSBC) India unit Tuesday launched a new product, HSBC Direct, here for small businesses. "This product, targeted at small businesses and micro-SMEs, ...
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