Anti-Islam film protests grip Pakistan; one killed (Second Lead)
September 21st, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) One person was gunned down Friday when a demonstration against an anti-Islam film turned violent in Peshawar. Pakistan summoned a US diplomat to lodge an official ... Read more...
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Despite two peaceful summers, peace is fragile in Kashmir (Kashmir Newsletter)
September 21st, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 21 (IANS) For the last two weeks, street protests against an anti-Islam video have erupted at many places in Kashmir. Though by far and large peaceful, the ... Read more...
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Stray incident apart, Eid prayers offered peacefully in Kashmir
August 20th, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Save for a stray incident of some youths torching a police vehicle in Srinagar, Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were offered amid peace and tranquility across Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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Russia calls on Poland to prevent more football violence
June 13th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia hopes Poland will take action to prevent future clashes between football fans, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.A march by thousands of Russian fans ... Read more...
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20 charged for arson during 2010 Kashmir unrest
December 13th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police Tuesday formally charged 20 persons for setting ablaze public property worth crores of rupees in the north Kashmir town of Tangmarg ... Read more...
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Injured in clashes, Kashmir youth dies after 13 months
October 12th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 12 (IANS) A teenager, who had been in a coma since being hit by a bullet in a clash between a mob and security forces last September, died ... Read more...
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Egyptian finance minister resigns after clashes
October 11th, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Oct 11 (IANS) Egyptian Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi submitted his resignation Tuesday to Prime Minister Essam Sharaf.Beblawi said he resigned against the backdrop of the ... Read more...
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Stone pelters on bikes attack Kashmir police station
August 28th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 28 (IANS) Over 300 motorcycle-borne stone pelters attacked a police station in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, injuring six policemen. Over 70 attackers were arrested and 10 ... Read more...
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Geelani demands release of prisoners before Eid
August 19th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 19 (IANS) Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Friday threatened another stir if the arrested political prisoners and youth were not released by the government before Eid.Geelani, ... Read more...
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Kashmir reverberates with summer tourists (With images)
June 24th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 24 (IANS) Thanks to the prevailing peace this summer, Kashmir Valley is once again the vaunted paradise on earth, overflowing with tourists who have snapped up every possible ... Read more...
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Steps mooted to protect straying Ranthambore Park tigers
March 29th, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 29 (IANS) The union ministry of environment and forest plans to take steps to ensure the safety of the tigers that sneak out of the Ranthambore National Park ... Read more...
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UAE continues to help refugees on Libyan-Egyptian border
March 13th, 2011 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, March 12 (IANS) The UAE's relief team continues to offer relief medical and food material to over 35,000 refugees stranded on the Libyan-Egyptian border, following bloody clashes in Libya.A ... Read more...
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The Mubarak effect - protests spread near and far (Lead)
February 15th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo/Tehran/Manama, Feb 15 (IANS) In a spate of copycat movements following the successful uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, fierce protests broke out in Bahrain Tuesday, a day after massive demonstrations rocked ... Read more...
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Protester shot dead as clashes intensify in Bahrain (Lead)
February 15th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Manama, Feb 15 (IANS) At least one protester was shot dead and several injured Tuesday after police opened fire at crowds who had gathered in this Bahrain capital for the funeral of ... Read more...
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Protesters stand their ground in Cairo square
February 5th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 5 (IANS) Defiant protesters continued to camp in Cairo's Tahrir Square to seek the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, a day after tens of thousands of Egyptians held a "day of ... Read more...
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Fresh round of talks with NSCN-IM Tuesday in Nagaland
May 31st, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Dimapur (Nagaland), May 31 (IANS) Government negotiators begin fresh talks Tuesday in Nagaland with the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), the state's dominant ... Read more...
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Naga blockade of Manipur enters 42nd day
May 23rd, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, May 23 (IANS) The ongoing deadlock in Manipur entered its 42nd day Sunday with the main lifeline, National Highway 39, remaining paralysed due to an indefinite economic blockade enforced by Naga ... Read more...
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Muivah is a terrorist, says rival Naga group
May 19th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Dimapur (Nagaland), May 19 (IANS) A frontline Naga separatist group Wednesday accused rival militant leader Thuingaleng Muivah of being a terrorist who was trying to stoke communal clashes ... Read more...
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15 killed as Pakistani jets pound militant hideouts
May 16th, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 16 (DPA) Pakistani military jets Sunday pounded Taliban positions in the tribal district of Orakzai, killing at least 15 rebels, security officials said.
The airstrikes came as the Islamist insurgents ... Read more...
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‘Battle for Bangkok’ leaves 19 dead, 807 injured (Second Lead)
April 11th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, April 11 (DPA) The Thai government Sunday vowed to return the situation in Bangkok to normalcy, after fierce clashes on the weekend between troops and protesters claimed at least 19 lives ... Read more...
Eighteen killed in Thailand violence (Lead)
April 11th, 2010 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Bangkok, April 11 (DPA) Fierce clashes between Thai troops and protesters in Bangkok claimed at least 18 lives and injured 807, government sources said Sunday.
Among the dead were 14 civilians, ... Read more...
Hundreds protest beating of Hong Kong journalists in China
September 13th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Sep 13 (DPA) Hundreds of people marched in Hong Kong Sunday to protest the beating by police of three journalists from the city covering unrest in the western Chinese city ... Read more...
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China accuses three Hong Kong journalists of incitement
September 9th, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Sep 9 (DPA) A row over the beating by Chinese police of three Hong Kong journalists covering riots in the western Chinese city of Urumqi deepened Wednesday after officials accused ... Read more...
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Toll in Nigerian clashes now put at over 600
August 3rd, 2009 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Abuja, Aug 2 (DPA) The death toll in recent bloody clashes in the town of Maiduguri and other northern Nigerian districts was stated by police and military sources Sunday to have ... Read more...
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At least 40 killed in Nigeria clashes
July 27th, 2009 - 1:40 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Abuja, July 27 (DPA) At least 40 people have died in clashes between an Islamist sect and police in northern Nigeria, reports said Sunday.
Broadcaster Al-Jazeera reported that around 70 Nigerians wielding ... Read more...
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Pakistan Army pushes deeper into Taliban-held towns (Lead)
May 19th, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 19 (DPA) Pakistani soldiers pushed deeper into built-up areas in the Taliban bastion of Swat Tuesday, as the number of displaced civilians from the war zones swelled to over ... Read more...
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Gilani sees foreign hand in Karachi violence; toll rises to 34
May 1st, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 1 (IANS) A foreign hand could not ruled out in the ethnic violence that has rocked this southern port city, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Friday as ... Read more...
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Swat peace deal scrapped, all camps abolished
April 9th, 2009 - 8:55 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.9 (ANI): The peace deal reached between the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Government and the chief of the outlawed Tehreek e Nifaz e Shariat Mohammedi was scrapped on Thursday. Sufi ... Read more...
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Ruling party members attacked as S Africa prepares for elections
February 2nd, 2009 - 4:02 am ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Feb 2 (DPA) Election rallies in South Africa's KwaZulu- Natal Province saw attacks on members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party at the weekend, with several seriously injured, according ... Read more...
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At least 95 killed in sectarian clashes in Pakistan
September 1st, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 1 (DPA) At least 95 people were killed and about 200 injured in the weekend sectarian clashes in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, media reports said Monday.Heavily armed ... Read more...
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RSP spoiling Left unity, says CPI-M mouthpiece
June 14th, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The internal schism in the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left parties seems to be aggravating with the CPI-M mouthpiece hitting out at its smaller ally RSP and ... Read more...
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Left divided over UPA anniversary dinner
May 22nd, 2008 - 3:53 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) In a further sign of differences between the Left parties, the CPI-M and the CPI will attend the ruling United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) fourth anniversary dinner Thursday. ... Read more...
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Hezbollah ready for dialogue as normality returns to Beirut
May 15th, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Beirut, May 15 (DPA) The pro-Iranian Shia movement Hezbollah said Thursday it was ready for dialogue with the Western-backed ruling majority to safeguard the unity of the government. "We should solve the ... Read more...
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