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Prince Harry wants to ride the dragon to get back to the frontline

October 27th, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI -
London, October 27 (ANI): Prince Harry, who is attempting to qualify for training as a pilot in the British Army, wants to ride the dragon the Armys meanest and toughest attack ...

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Gurkhas submit Britain settlement petitions to Brown’’s office

Gurkhas submit Britain settlement petitions to Brown’’s office

September 16th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept.16 (ANI): About 40 retired Gurkhas took part in a protest demonstration outside British Prime Minister Gordon Browns 10, Downing Street official residence on Monday to protest a government decision ...

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Former POWs return to honour heroes of The Great Escape

August 16th, 2008 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug.16 (ANI): It was time of memories being revived and emotions being allowed to gush forth. Former prisoners of war returned to Stalag Luft III on Friday to honour the ...

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Prachanda victory kickstarts Indian author’s career

August 16th, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS -
By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Aug 16 (IANS) While analysts debate over the pluses and minuses of Maoist chief Prachanda's election as republic Nepal's first prime minister, one man is certainly regarding it as ...

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Massive jailbreak in Nepal terai, 54 inmates flee coop

August 13th, 2008 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) In the biggest jailbreak of its kind since the Maoist guerrillas signed a peace pact two years ago, nearly five dozen prisoners, armed with daggers and other weapons, ...

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UK soldier’’s account of Japanese World War Two massacre auctioned

August 13th, 2008 - 5:16 am ICT by ANI -
London, Aug.12 (ANI): A British soldier''s harrowing account of a merciless massacre that took place during World War Two has been auctioned off for 320 pounds, 65 years after the event. Private ...

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UK soldier’’s account of Japanese World War Two massacre auctioned

August 12th, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug.12 (ANI): A British soldier''s harrowing account of a merciless massacre that took place during World War Two has been auctioned off for 320 pounds, 65 years after the event. Private ...

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Prince Harry visits the cell Nelson Mandela was imprisoned in

Prince Harry visits the cell Nelson Mandela was imprisoned in

August 4th, 2008 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug 4 (ANI): Prince Harry, 23, and his Army colleagues made a trip to the cell where Nelson Mandela had been imprisoned for 18 years. Harry made the humbling trip to ...

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Surjeet’s funeral on Sunday

August 1st, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Marxist veteran Harkishan Singh Surjeet, who died Friday afternoon after a prolonged illness, will be laid to rest Sunday in the national capital, Communist Party of India-Marxist ...

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Pak Army imposes curfew in Swat valley following clashes

Pak Army imposes curfew in Swat valley following clashes

July 30th, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI -
Peshawar, July 30 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has imposed curfew across the Swat region for an indefinite period after its troops exchanged fire with militants in some areas of the valley. ...

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Insurgent activities increase in Afghanistan: NATO

Insurgent activities increase in Afghanistan: NATO

July 30th, 2008 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Kabul, July 30 (Xinhua) Militants fighting Afghan and international forces in Afghanistan have increased their activities, spokesman of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Wednesday. "There has been an increase ...

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My case is strong, says Somnath Chatterjee

My case is strong, says Somnath Chatterjee

July 29th, 2008 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Under attack from his former comrades for continuing as Lok Sabha Speaker in defiance of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)'s directive to step down, Somnath Chatterjee Monday ...

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War decorated soldier woman in beauty battle

July 18th, 2008 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS -
London, July 18 (IANS) Tunbridge Wells regularly keeps a date with history-makers. It was Kapil the Devil in 1983. It is Barbie the Soldier this year. The British town where Kapil Dev ...

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Pakistan militants threaten to kill captured security men

Pakistan militants threaten to kill captured security men

July 11th, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Islamabad, July 11 (DPA) Pro-Taliban militants threatened Friday to start executing 27 law enforcers they captured a day ago in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) if the government did not free ...

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Militants seize 16 security personnel in Pakistan

June 23rd, 2008 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Islamabad, June 23 (DPA) Suspected pro-Taliban militants have abducted 16 security personnel in Pakistan's tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said Monday. The law enforcers from tribal police, known as the Khasadar Force, ...

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Prince Harry to lead army pals on a holiday - into the African desert

June 21st, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI -
London , June 21 (ANI): Prince Harry will be heading to the African deserts on a holiday with his soldier friends, it has emerged. The 23-year-old royal is looking forward to ...

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Harry to participate in memorial parade to honour killed comrades

June 17th, 2008 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI -
London, June 17 (ANI): Prince Harry is to take part in a memorial parade and service in Edinburgh to commemorate troops killed during his tour of Afghanistan. The 23-year-old Household Cavalry ...

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Pakistan militants claim kidnapping 16 Iranian border guards

June 14th, 2008 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Islamabad, June 14 (DPA) A shadowy Islamic militant group Saturday claimed it had taken 16 Iranian border guards hostage near Pakistan's southern Balochistan province to secure the release of their comrades. ...

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Taliban militants free hundreds from Afghanistan prison

June 14th, 2008 - 6:08 am ICT by IANS -
DPA Kandahar, June 14 (DPA) Taliban militants attacked a prison in southern Afghanistan late Friday, killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. The commando-style attack, ...

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Congress opposes Gorkhaland demand, wants all-party talks

June 12th, 2008 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) The Congress party in West Bengal Wednesday opposed the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state, but sought that Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee convene an all-party meet to evolve ...

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Musharraf hasnt even packed his golf bag on the way to his retirement

Musharraf hasnt even packed his golf bag on the way to his retirement

June 6th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , June 6 (ANI): Vehemently denying the rumours that Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafs days are numbered, his spokesman said that Musharraf is safely installed at the Presidency and that he ...

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Comrades hit where it hurts in Bengal panchayat polls

May 24th, 2008 - 9:46 am ICT by admin -
(Commentary) By Amulya Ganguli In addition to the Left's across-the-board setbacks in the West Bengal panchayat elections, the significance of the outcome is that the comrades have been hit where it hurts the ...

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Suicide bomber strikes in Colombo, eight die, 90 injured (Third Lead)

May 16th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by admin -
Colombo, May 16 (IANS) At least eight people, most of them policemen, were killed and over 90 injured when a suicide bomber rammed into a police van in the busy heart of ...

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Musharraf wants a PPP-friendly person to head PML-Q

Musharraf wants a PPP-friendly person to head PML-Q

May 5th, 2008 - 10:01 am ICT by admin -
Lahore, May 5 (ANI): In order to forge a more friendly relationship with the PPP, the biggest political party in the ruling coalition, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is learnt to be ...

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Clash between militants, outlaws leave seven dead in Pakistan

April 27th, 2008 - 2:24 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Islamabad, April 27 (DPA) At least seven people were killed in an overnight gun battle between pro-Taliban militants and suspected criminals in Pakistan's lawless tribal territory along the border with Afghanistan, an ...

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Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan drops key demand in exchange of Pak envoys release

April 22nd, 2008 - 11:46 am ICT by admin -
Peshawar, Apr 22 (ANI): Militants belonging to Pakistans wing of the Taliban - the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, who are holding Pakistans envoy in Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin, have reportedly dropped the demand of ...

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Three Pakistani troopers killed in shootout with militants

April 5th, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Islamabad, April 5 (DPA) Three paramilitary soldiers were killed and five wounded Saturday in a shootout between security forces and suspected Islamic militants in Pakistan's western province of Balochistan, officials said. The ...

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Terai talks fail as rebels demand comrades’ freedom

March 28th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by admin -
By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, March 28 (IANS) Four armed groups in Nepal that had warned they would oppose the crucial election next month and called an indefinite closure to paralyse the Terai plains ...

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Nepal Tarai armed groups want talks

March 27th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by admin -
Kathmandu, Mar 27 (ANI): Armed groups in Tarai region have formed a four-member talks team to hold talks with the Government about the rights of Mahesis and Tarai residents. The names ...

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Ukrainian gas firm uses Hitler’s image to warn non-payers

March 26th, 2008 - 9:30 pm ICT by admin -
RIA Novosti Donetsk (Ukraine), March 26 (RIA Novosti) A utility company in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine is using the image of Adolf Hitler on billboards to remind defaulters of their gas bills. The ...

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