Rajya Sabha functions normally after three days
March 23rd, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha functioned normally Wednesday morning after three days of protests over the WikiLeaks expose on the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal, with the discussion ... Read more...
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Wikileaks cables are accurate: Narendra Modi
March 22nd, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by ANI
Gandhinagar, Mar.22 (ANI): Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi has said that WikiLeaks cables about him are accurate and speak well of his stance against America's take on communal riots in the ... Read more...
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Cash-for-vote issue surfaces in Jharkhand assembly
March 19th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 18 (IANS) The cash-for-vote issue that created a storm in parliament also figured in the Jharkhand assembly Friday, with a legislator demanding the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ... Read more...
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NDA serves notice for Lok Sabha debate on WikiLeaks
March 18th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Friday served notice for a discussion on Tuesday on the WikiLeaks expose on alleged pay-offs to MPs to win ... Read more...
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U.S. envoy declines to comment on WikiLeaks disclosure
March 18th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Mar 18 (ANI): U.S. Ambassador to India, Timothy J. Roemer, on Friday declined to comment on the WikiLeaks disclosure that indicated that the Congress had paid lawmakers to survive a vote ... Read more...
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We do not comment on WikiLeaks: US ambassador
March 18th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 18 (IANS) The US does not, as a matter of policy, comment on WikiLeaks anywhere in the world, US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer said Friday as ... Read more...
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Nachiketa denies all information about payoffs to MPs
March 17th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Nachiketa Kapur, in the eye of a WikiLeaks storm, Thursday denied allegations made in leaked US diplomatic cables that he was involved in paying ... Read more...
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Wikileaks suspect’s prison psychiatrists accused of ‘violating ethical duties as doctors’
March 16th, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): A leading group of doctors in the US have accused psychiatrists in Quantico, Virginia, of 'violating their ethical duties as doctors' for subjecting the suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley ... Read more...
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US State Department spokesman resigns
March 14th, 2011 - 6:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 14 (IANS) US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley has resigned over his comment on the army's treatment of an American soldier suspected of leaking diplomatic cables to whistleblowing ... Read more...
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Assange’s mother slams Gillard for ‘prejudicing’ Wikileaks founder’s right to fair trial
March 7th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Mar 7 (ANI): The mother of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has accused Prime Minister Julia Gillard of 'character assassination' and 'prejudicing her son's right to a fair trial'.Responding to Gillard's statement ... Read more...
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Steven Spielberg ‘buys rights to WikiLeaks book’
March 3rd, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 3 (ANI): Hollywood film mogul Steven Spielberg is reportedly planning to make a film about WikiLeaks.According to the UK's Guardian newspaper, the filmmaker has bought the rights to ... Read more...
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Gaddafi’s favorite nurse returns to Ukraine
February 28th, 2011 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Kiev (Ukraine), Feb 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The favorite nurse of embattled Libyan leader's Muammar Gaddafi has returned home to Ukraine, media reports said.Galyna Kolotnytska, 38, was among 185 people who were evacuated ... Read more...
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Gaddafi’s Ukrainian nurse to return to own country
February 27th, 2011 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Kiev (Ukraine), Feb 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukrainian nurse Galyna Kolotnytska, who takes care of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will return to her native land soon, a media report said.The nurse's daughter, Tatyana, ... Read more...
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Massive fire guts machinery in Uttar Pradesh warehouse
February 26th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 26 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a warehouse of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) here Saturday morning, gutting machinery and equipment worth around Rs.50 ... Read more...
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Libya rejected offers to invest with Bernie Madoff, Allen Stanford: WikiLeaks
February 24th, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 24(ANI): Libya's Moammar al-Gadhafi regime had turned down offers from American Ponzi schemers Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford, according to classified US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.A cable revealed ... Read more...
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Arabs think Wikileaks made world a better place
February 17th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Manama, Feb.17 (ANI): More than 60 percent of Arabs support wikileaks and believe it may change the way governments behave, according to the Doha Debate poll.A survey conducted in 17 Arab countries ... Read more...
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Assange blames Oz govt. of providing information about WikiLeaks staff to US
February 13th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 13 (ANI): Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has alleged that the Australian government is providing the US with information about its citizens involved with the whistleblower website.Assange also alleged that Prime ... Read more...
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2 million baby monitors recalled
February 12th, 2011 - 1:53 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Feb 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that nearly 2 million Summer Infant video monitors have been recalled after it emerged they could cause strangulation in ... Read more...
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Fire in Delhi’s Krishi Bhawan, no casualties
February 11th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) A fire broke out at an underground electric service station in the Krishi Bhawan here Friday morning, fire officials said. No casualties were reported."The fire is suspected ... Read more...
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Wikileaks: Saudi oil reserves running low
February 10th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Riyadh, Feb 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A recent diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks gives some shocking revelation about the state of Saudi Arabia’s oil reserve.For years many people have believed that Saudi Arabia ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks founder’s extradition trial begins in Britain
February 7th, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 7 (IANS) Australian whistle-blower and founder of WikiLeaks website Julian Assange Monday appeared in a British court for the hearing of his extradition to Sweden over allegations of sexual assaults.Assange's ... Read more...
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Assange threatens to sue The Guardian for malicious libel
February 7th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 7 (ANI): Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' that had created controversy by its disclosure of thousands of US secret dilomatic cables, has threatened to sue The Guardian ... Read more...
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Major fire in state power utility’s warehouse
February 5th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Equipment and goods worth around Rs.1 crore were gutted Saturday after a major fire broke out in a warehouse of the state-owned Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam ... Read more...
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US ’sold UK nuke secrets to Russia’ as quid pro quo for “New START” deal: Wikileaks
February 5th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): The US has sold British nuclear secrets as a 'bargaining chip' to persuade Russia to sign the key arms control treaty, the latest secret US diplomatic cables ... Read more...
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Ex-SAS officers hired as “human bait” to protect vessels from Somali pirates: Wikilaeks
February 4th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Foreign shipping firms are hiring former SAS officers as "human bait" to safeguard their vessels from being hijacked by Somali pirates, the latest secret US diplomatic cables released ... Read more...
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US believes atomic arms race in Middle East, Asia can ‘lead to nuclear war’: WikiLeaks
February 3rd, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 3(ANI): The United States believes that an atomic arms race in the Middle East and Asia has the 'direct potential to lead to nuclear war', according to classified US diplomatic ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Appears On CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’
January 31st, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Jan 31, (THAINDIAN NEWS) After his whistle-blower website WikiLeaks attracted the ire of governments across the world especially United States for publishing confidential documents as well as diplomatic cables, for ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appears on ‘60 Minutes’
January 31st, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange believes that the United States does not have any grounds to prosecute him for espionage following his website’s decision to publish classified ... Read more...
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Bangladesh ‘death squad’ trained by UK police resumes extra-judicial killing
January 27th, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
London/Dhaka, Jan.27 (ANI): A Bangladeshi paramilitary unit that receives training from British police has resumed killing people in so-called "crossfire" incidents that human rights groups say are extra-judicial killings.According to The Guardian, ... Read more...
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Wikileaks investigators fail to link Assange to prime suspect Bradley Manning
January 26th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): Investigators trying to find a loophole that allowed 'Wikileaks' to get access to thousands of US secret diplomatic cables, have failed to establish a link between Private Bradley ... Read more...
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‘Dobber’ Julian Assange named ‘Un-Australian of the Year’
January 24th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 24 (ANI): WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange has been named Un-Australian of the Year by a men's magazine.According to Zoo Weekly, Assange is nothing but a dobber in disguise, reports the ... Read more...
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Oz spy agencies intensify secret operations with US, Japan to counter China: WikiLeaks
January 22nd, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 22 (ANI): To get sensitive information out of China, North Korea and Iran, Australian spy agencies have intensified secret operations with the US and Japan, according to WikiLeaks cables.The cables ... Read more...
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‘Wikileaks revelation caused less ‘real, lasting’ damage to American diplomacy’
January 19th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 19 (ANI): The "embarrassing" act of releasing US secret diplomatic cables by the whistleblower website 'Website' has caused less real and lasting damage to American diplomacy, state department officials have ... Read more...
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Julian Assange alleges that he has secret files on Murdoch
January 13th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Jan 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange has told the New Statesman that he is in possession of secret files on Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp organization.Assange claims that ... Read more...
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Assange claims he has got secret files on Murdoch
January 13th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 13 (IANS) Julian Assange, founder of whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, is claiming to have secret documents damaging to media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp empire.Assange told the New Statesman ... Read more...
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