US sanctions eight key figures of LeT
August 31st, 2012 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) The US Thursday imposed sanctions on eight key figures of Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based terrorist group with alleged links to the Taliban, the Haqqani ... Read more...
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Bullock to be honoured for charity
May 10th, 2012 - 10:01 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 10 (IANS) Actress Sandra Bullock is being honoured for her charity work.The actress has been selected to be admitted into 2012 Warren Easton Hall of Fame ... Read more...
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Mitt Romney releases tax returns
January 25th, 2012 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS/EFE) Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney Tuesday made public his two most recent tax returns, which reveal that the millionaire businessman is subject to a much lower ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Tata’s Kolkata cancer treatment centre inaugurated
May 16th, 2011 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata Monday inaugurated Tata Medical Centre, a state-of-the-art facility for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of cancer patients at Rajarhat on the ... Read more...
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US feared UK backed “sharia banks” could become centre of terrorist funding: Wikileaks
March 15th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Thousands of secret US diplomatic cables released by the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' have revealed that Britain's support for "sharia banking" had raised concerns in America that London would ... Read more...
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Wills, Kate to ask for charity donations instead of wedding presents
January 17th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 17 (ANI): Prince William and Kate Middleton are likely to ask the public to donate money to charity instead of buying them wedding presents.The noble scheme could involve online ... Read more...
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William, Kate say no to wedding gifts
January 16th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 16 (IANS) They are different. Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, and Kate Middleton want to put their own stamp on their wedding day and ... Read more...
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Tony Curtis to be honoured at private memorial service in Las Vegas
October 3rd, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 3 (ANI): Hollywood legend Tony Curtis's family will gather to pay tribute to the star in a small ceremony in Las Vegas on Monday.The 'Some Like It Hot' star passed ... Read more...
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Millionaire and Segway owner Jimi Heselden dies after driving off cliff
September 28th, 2010 - 12:09 am ICT by BNO News
LEEDS, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- British millionaire Jimi Heselden, Chairman of Hesco Bastion Ltd. and owner of upright scooter manufacturer Segway, was found dead on Sunday after driving off a cliff on ... Read more...
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US military judge seals sentence of bin Laden’s former cook
August 10th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 10 (ANI): Judge Nancy J. Paul, a US Air Force lieutenant colonel, has ordered the sealing of a plea agreement capping the maximum sentence of Osama bin Laden's former ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Victims of Sri Lanka violence sue Rajaratnam
October 23rd, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Oct 23 (IANS) Victims of the Tamil Tiger militant attacks in Sri Lanka have sued billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, charged in a $25 million insider trading case, for ... Read more...
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The First Family and the Vice President release 2008 income tax returns
April 16th, 2009 - 6:04 am ICT by admin
Washington, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The White House released the 2008 income tax returns for the First Family and Vice President Biden and his wife on Wednesday.President Obama and First Lady Michelle ... Read more...
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Italy returns Orthodox Church to Russia
March 2nd, 2009 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Bari (Italy), March 1 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev who travelled to the southern Italian city of Bari Sunday received a symbolic key to Italy's Russian Orthodox Church from President Giorgio ... Read more...
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Urmila Matondkar goes underwater for her birthday
February 4th, 2009 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) She is an Aquarian, but doesn't know swimming. But Urmila Matondkar took the plunge on her 35th birthday by gifting herself an underwater holiday in Koh Samui, Thailand, ... Read more...
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Palins” assets worth about 2.1 million dollars
October 4th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct.4 (ANI): Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, have assets worth about 2.1 million dollars, and they paid 24,738 dollars in 2007 as income tax on ... Read more...
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Poverty, inequalities make natural disasters more lethal in S. Asia: Oxfam
April 10th, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr.10 (ANI): Poverty and inequalities make natural disasters much more lethal in South Asia, a study for Oxfam International has found.
According to the study titled The Rethinking Disasters Report, when ... Read more...
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