FIFA’s Bin Hammam ban annulled
July 19th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ex-FIFA presidential candidate Mohammed bin Hammam Thursday saw his life ban from the organization overturned on appeal by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on ... Read more...
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New Rs.10 and Rs.50 banknotes soon with rupee symbol
July 19th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said Thursday it will soon issue Rs.10 and Rs.50 denomination banknotes incorporating the rupee symbol which was officially adopted in ... Read more...
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Myanmar to introduce new 10,000 kyat banknotes
June 8th, 2012 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, June 8 (IANS) The Central Bank of Myanmar has announced it will put currency notes of 10,000 kyat denomination into circulation June 15. The new 10,000 kyat banknote is ... Read more...
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At last, a tool to help men who hate shopping (The Funny Side - IANS introduces a new weekly column by Hong Kong-based humour writer Nury Vittachi)
June 2nd, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
REAL MEN DON'T SHOP. We make incursions into enemy territory. 1) Locate supermarket. 2) Access aisles. 3) Liberate beer. 4) Return to base. 5) Mission accomplished. Cheers!During the mission, our ... Read more...
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Future ATMs may play ads before you get your money
March 14th, 2012 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
London, March 14 (IANS) It may now take more time for people to get money out of an ATM. Cash machines may now play advertisements before you get your banknotes.The ... Read more...
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China executes mafia-style gang leader
December 13th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 13 (IANS) The leader and two core members of a mafia-style gang that terrorised people in southwest China's Kunming city were executed Tuesday, court officials said.Gang leader Jiang ... Read more...
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Club dancer tells tales of ‘crazy’ 6-yr fling with Gaddafi’s son
March 6th, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 6 (ANI): A Bulgarian former nightclub dancer, who had a six-year fling with Saadi Gaddafi, has revealed how the third son of Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi squandered millions on ... Read more...
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Ship carrying huge sum of Libyan money seized by Britain
March 4th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 4 (IANS) A ship carrying a huge amount of Libyan money has been seized by officials and taken to a British port, the Home Office said Friday.The vessel ... Read more...
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Britain foils plan to export 1 bn pounds in Libyan banknotes
February 28th, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 28 (IANS) British authorities have foiled an attempt to send out nearly one billion pounds worth of Libyan banknotes back to Tripoli, a media report said Monday.It was revealed Sunday ... Read more...
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4.2 billion dollar worth ‘blizzard of banknotes’ have flown out of Kabul since 2007
July 6th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 6 (ANI): The 'blizzard of banknotes' leaving Kabul airport is worse than originally feared, with at least 4.2 billion dollars (around 2.8 billion pounds) exported in mysterious cash flown out ... Read more...
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North Korea spurns UN push to stop executions and torture
March 20th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Geneva, Mar.20 (ANI): North Korea's Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Ri Chol, has denounced its recommendations to stop public executions, torture of prisoners, and other endemic violations of ... Read more...
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Brazil unveils new banknotes
February 4th, 2010 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Feb 4 (IANS) Brazil's Central Bank has unveiled new banknotes with superior print quality and new security features to prevent counterfeiting.
The new bills unveiled Wednesday are in denominations of 2, ... Read more...
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Moneyfacing - the latest internet craze
December 9th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 9 (ANI): Moneyfacing - the act of placing a banknote in front of one's face - has become the latest craze to infect the web.Netizens pass their time by photographing ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe unveils 100 trillion dollar banknote
January 16th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Harare, Jan 16 (Xinhua) The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has introduced a new family of trillion Zim-dollar banknotes in denominations of 100 trillion, 50 trillion, 20 trillion and 10 trillion that ... Read more...
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Reserve Bank to release new Rs.100 notes
October 15th, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The central Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon issue a new Rs.100 note with the inclusion of the letter 'A' in the number panels.In a statement, ... Read more...
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Taiwan eases economic restrictions on China
June 26th, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
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Taipei, June 26 (DPA) Taiwan eased restrictions on economic ties with China Thursday to prepare for the arrival of Chinese tourists and for easing tension with the mainland. Starting from the afternoon ... Read more...
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Cell phone study tracks universal laws of human motion
June 5th, 2008 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 5 (ANI): A team of researchers from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, has worked out some apparently universal laws of human motion by tracking the signals from 100,000 mobile-phone ... Read more...
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RBI asks people to stop misusing currency notes
March 12th, 2008 - 9:35 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) The use of currency notes as a display of one's social status or ardour or affection has struck a sour note with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ... Read more...
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