US condemns deadly attacks in Iraq
July 24th, 2012 - 8:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 24 (IANS) The US has strongly condemned the spate of attacks across Iraq in the last two days, the deadliest in the country since the withdrawal of US ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa has given firm commitment to empower Tamils: Krishna
January 20th, 2012 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
On Board Special Aircraft, Jan 19 (IANS) India's External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna secured a firm commitment from Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on devolution of powers to the ... Read more...
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Gaddafi says Libya could turn into ‘another Vietnam’
March 3rd, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
London/Tripoli, Mar. 3 (ANI): Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has promised "another Vietnam" if foreign powers answer a Libyan dissidents plea for military intervention.In a fiery speech in Tripoli, the Libyan leader vowed ... Read more...
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Argentina protests British war games in Falkland Islands (Lead)
October 12th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Oct 12 (IANS/EFE) Argentina has protested London's plan to hold military exercises in the British-controlled Falkland Islands, a senior official has said.Argentina will present to the UN a copy of ... Read more...
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Argentina protests British war games in Falklands
October 12th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Oct 12 (IANS/EFE) Argentina will present to the UN a copy of the formal protest it conveyed to the British government over London's plans to hold military exercises in the ... Read more...
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Naomi Campbell says she gave ‘blood diamonds’ to Mandela charity
August 6th, 2010 - 11:44 am ICT by ANI
London, Aug 6 (ANI): British supermodel Naomi Campbell, while testifying at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, said that that she gave alleged 'blood diamonds' to the ... Read more...
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Naomi Campbell admits in court she was given blood diamonds
August 5th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 5 (ANI): British supermodel Naomi Campbell, while testifying at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, said that she received 'dirty rocks.'The catwalk queen was quizzed ... Read more...
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Eight Turkish soldiers killed near Iraqi border
June 19th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Istanbul, June 19 (DPA) Eight Turkish soldiers were killed and 14 injured in an attack by Kurdish rebels on a military outpost near Turkey's border with Iraq, the Turkish military said Saturday.
The ... Read more...
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Maoists want to overthrow Indian state by 2050: Pillai (Second Lead)
March 6th, 2010 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Maoists want to overthrow the Indian state by 2050, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said Friday and admitted that it would take at least 7 to 10 years ... Read more...
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Long haul to put down Maoist threat, says home secretary (Lead)
March 5th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Crushing the Maoist challenge is going to be a long haul because the armed rebel cadres were entrenched in no-go areas, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said Friday ... Read more...
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Long bloody war to stamp out Maoist threat: Home secretary
March 5th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Stamping out the Maoist threat is going to be a "long bloody war" because the armed rebel cadres were very highly motivated and trained, Home Secretary G.K. ... Read more...
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Afghan president to meet Saudi king over peace talk with Taliban
February 2nd, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 2 (DPA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai left for Saudi Arabia Tuesday to discuss his new reintegration plan aimed at luring Taliban away from violence.
The president is scheduled to visit ... Read more...
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Landslide win for Rajapaksa, besieged Fonseka claims rigging (Roundup)
January 27th, 2010 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 27 (IANS) Mahinda Rajapaksa, who defied the odds to vanquish the Tamil Tigers last year, was Wednesday re-elected Sri Lankan president with a thumping majority as the opposition cried foul ... Read more...
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I am not afraid, says besieged Fonseka
January 27th, 2010 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 27 (IANS) "I am not afraid," Sri Lankan presidential candidate and former army chief Sarath Fonseka said Wednesday after heavily armed soldiers threw a tight circle around his hotel.
"...Their (Sri ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa’s victory secured, says Sri Lankan official (Lead)
January 27th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 27 (IANS) The official result would come only later in the day but Mahinda Rajapaksa's victory in the Sri Lankan presidential poll had been secured, a Presidential Secretariat official said ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa leads in poll as troops encircle Fonseka hotel (Third Lead)
January 27th, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 27 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday took a comfortable lead in the first presidential election since the Tamil Tigers were vanquished after 26 years of bloody war. As ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa takes big lead as soldiers surround Fonseka hotel (Second Lead)
January 27th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 27 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa took a comfortable lead Wednesday in the country's first election since the Tamil Tigers were defeated after 25 years of bloody war. Hours ... Read more...
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Two attacks kill 16 policemen in Afghanistan (Lead)
December 14th, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 14 (DPA) At least 16 policemen were killed in two attacks by insurgents in Afghanistan Monday, officials said.
The first attack took place in Baghlan Markazi district of the northern ... Read more...
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Militants kill eight policemen in Afghanistan
December 14th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kunduz (Afghanistan), Dec 14 (DPA) A group of insurgents stormed a checkpoint in the northern province of Baghlan Monday and killed eight policemen, the provincial governor said.
The attack took place in ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka denies surrendering Tamil leaders were slaughtered
December 13th, 2009 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Dec 13 (DPA) The Sri Lankan government Sunday denied claims by a former army chief, who has turned presidential poll candidate, that orders had gone out not to spare rebel leaders ... Read more...
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Brazilian Indians up against Amazon dam
December 8th, 2009 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 8 (EFE) The native Indians living in the Brazilian region of Amazonia have threatened the government against the construction of a hydroelectric dam there and said the move ... Read more...
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Obama Promises Repatriation Of Soldiers At His Speech In West Point Military Academy
December 2nd, 2009 - 7:20 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Washington, Dec. 02, (THAINDIAN NEWS) US President Barack Obama held a conference at the West Point Military Academy on Tuesday, Dec. 01. He spoke at length on the necessity to ... Read more...
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Anlaysis blasts Obama for trickery on US troop deployment in Afghanistan
December 2nd, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Dec.2 (ANI): Former US President George W. Bush can no longer be held responsible for the bloody war in Afghanistan, for his successor --President Obama has decided to take that ... Read more...
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Canada follows UK in not backing Sri Lankan bid to host 2011Commonwealth summit
November 28th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Port-of-Spain, Nov 28 (ANI): The Canadian Government has followed the United Kingdom in announcing that it will oppose Sri Lanka's bid to host the next summit of 53 Commonwealth countries in 2011."Canada ... Read more...
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China makes its presence felt in Goa
November 21st, 2009 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 21 (IANS) After Chinese goods taking over the Indian market, a Chinese film will open 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here Monday.
"Wheat", directed by ... Read more...
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Tibetans slam China for making Dalai Lama’s Arunachal visit controversial
November 8th, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamshala, Nov. 8 (ANI): Tibetans living-in-exile in Dharamshala have slammed China for trying to create a controversy over the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh."People of that land (Tibet) and that ... Read more...
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Government’s approach to displaced Sri Lankan Tamils ‘partisan’: CPI-M
October 12th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday termed the central government's decision to send a team of MPs exclusively of the ruling coalition in Tamil Nadu to ... Read more...
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Repeat of 1962 India-China war not possible: IAF chief
October 1st, 2009 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A repeat of the 1962 India-China war is not possible now as the Indian armed forces have enhanced their capability, Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal ... Read more...
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Torture scene with Pitt was a treat for Diane Kruger
August 11th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 11 (ANI): It looks like actress Dianne Kruger loved being tortured by Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming bloody war film 'Inglourious Basterds.'The German actress didn't get ... Read more...
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Bangladesh to resume Mujib murder trial
July 11th, 2009 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 11 (IANS) Bangladesh will shortly resume the trial relating to the murder of its founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was killed along with most of his family members ... Read more...
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China-Pakistan linkages have military implications: India
July 9th, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India Thursday said the rapid enhancement in the defence capabilities of China as well as its hobnobbing with Pakistan and other countries in South Asia have "military ... Read more...
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Peter Andre accuses Jordan of bullying ‘me into a shadow of myself’
June 9th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 9 (ANI): Peter Andre has accused his wife Katie Price of cheating on him and bullying him into a "shadow" of his former self.The singer claimed that the mum ... Read more...
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The truth about Lanka’s secret refugee camps revealed
May 24th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, May 24 (ANI): They squat in a circle, grinding their tiny hands nervously into the mud behind the six foot high barbed wire fence that imprisons them. And their little eyes ... Read more...
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Post victory over LTTE, Mahinda Rajapaksa assures Tamils of equal rights
May 19th, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, May 19 (ANI): The Sri Lanka President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his victory speech to the Parliament termed "the victory achieved by defeating the LTTE as the victory of the country" here ... Read more...
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LTTE vanquished, victory for our country: Sri Lankan president (Lead)
May 19th, 2009 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 19 (IANS) The victory "achieved by defeating the LTTE" is the victory of the country, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa said while addressing parliament here Tuesday, adding the Tamil Tigers ... Read more...
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