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November 27th, 2008 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Nov 27 (IANS) Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma Thursday expressed his outrage at the "despicable and barbaric" terror attacks in Mumbai. “The Commonwealth strongly condemns such despicable and barbaric attacks on ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) With global financial crisis having ripple effects the world over, Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma Tuesday discussed with Indian leaders ways to cushion developing countries from the adverse ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today.
According to reports, issues relating to the 53-member grouping of former British colonies and ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 10:51 am ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma will meet Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today
Issues related to the 53-member grouping of former British colonies and developments ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 4:28 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma Sunday arrived here for talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his senior ministers on developments in South Asia and issues ...
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October 18th, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
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Kuching (Malaysia), Oct 18 (IANS) The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) Saturday resolved to fight curbs on media freedom from "despots masquerading as politicians", mainly in the developing nations."We will expose and embarrass ...
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September 3rd, 2008 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Sep 3 (IANS) Commonwealth finance ministers will discuss the implications of rising food and fuel prices on their economies at their annual meeting in Castries, St Lucia, Oct 6-8.The meeting will ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 31 (IANS) The head of the Commonwealth harnessed his considerable experience in multilateral negotiations to recommend a series of steps that he said rich countries should take ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 7:19 am ICT by IANS
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
Oxford, June 16 (IANS) The government is doing its best to control runaway "imported inflation", Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said Monday. "This is imported inflation - whether ...
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May 23rd, 2008 - 10:11 am ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 23 (IANS) After the Sens of America, meet the two Mukherjees of London. The impeccable sense of timing behind the Ministry of External Affairs' move to post ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:51 pm ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 15 (IANS) The likely absence of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from a planned Commonwealth summit to discuss the reform of international institutions has disappointed supporters who ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 12 (IANS) Nearly six months after it was expelled from the Commonwealth, Pakistan was Monday readmitted into the 53-nation body following the restoration of democracy in the ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 8:25 pm ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 12 (IANS) Pakistan was Monday readmitted to the Commonwealth nearly six months after it was suspended for flouting democratic norms of the international body. The decision was ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 12 (IANS) Expelled for flouting democratic norms, Pakistan is set to be readmitted to the Commonwealth Monday after general elections ushered in a democratic government in February. ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 9 (ANI): India's High Commissioner designate to the United Kingdom Shiv Shankar Mukherjee assumed formal charge of his responsibilities here today.
A 1971-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 7:13 pm ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 9 (IANS) Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, a senior career diplomat, Friday took charge as India's new High Commissioner to Britain, a country that enjoys particularly close economic and ...
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April 1st, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, April 1 (IANS) Indian diplomat Kamalesh Sharma took office as the Commonwealth secretary-general Tuesday, saying he was he was full of "confidence and enthusiasm". Sharma, who succeeded Don ...
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February 23rd, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Feb.23 (ANI): Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon has praised the Election Commission (EC) of Pakistan for conducting fair and peaceful elections on February 18.
According to the Daily Times, the message, ...
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February 22nd, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Islamabad, Feb 22 (Xinhua) Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon has welcomed the Feb 18 general elections in Pakistan, saying the polls were held in a fair and peaceful manner, according to a ...
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February 22nd, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Feb 22 (ANI): Welcoming the conduct of fair and peaceful general elections on February 18, Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon has said that Pakistan is important to the Commonwealth.
The commonwealth is ...
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November 24th, 2007 - 5:41 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Kampala, Nov 24 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, who is currently attending a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala, Uganda, today expressed happiness and satisfaction over ...
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November 24th, 2007 - 2:52 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Kampala (Uganda), Nov.24 (ANI): Maltese Foreign Minister Michael Frendo is pulling out all stops to achieve his objective of becoming the 53--member Commonwealth's next Secretary-General.
In an interview to Al Jazeera, ...
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November 24th, 2007 - 11:59 am ICT by admin
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Kampala, Nov 24 (ANI): The Commonwealth has justified Pakistans suspension from the 53-member body saying that it would stand until democracy was restored in that country.
We still believe that the democratic institution ...
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November 23rd, 2007 - 4:54 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Kampala (Uganda), Nov.23 (ANI): Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Second, Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Musaveni and Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon today delivered speeches at the opening session of the Commonwealth ...
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November 23rd, 2007 - 4:45 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Nov 23 (ANI): Pakistan has termed the Commonwealth decision to suspend it from the 53-member body because of emergency rule as "unreasonable and unjustified".
The Foreign Office statement expressed deep regret ...
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November 23rd, 2007 - 2:03 pm ICT by admin
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Melbourne, Nov 23 (ANI): Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has backed Pakistan's suspension from the Commonwealth, with an admission that it is a symbolic penalty.
It (the suspension) is symbolic more than anything, ...
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November 23rd, 2007 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin
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Kampala, Nov 23 (ANI): Pakistan will now not attend the meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) on Saturday after its suspension from the 53-member organisation.
The Commonwealth Foreign Ministers meeting in ...
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November 23rd, 2007 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin
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By Naveen Kapoor
Kampala (Uganda), Nov 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, along with a high-level delegation arrived at Ugandas Entebbe airport late on Thursday night to attend the 53-nation Commonwealth Heads ...
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November 14th, 2007 - 10:27 am ICT by admin
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