Putin condemns attack on US diplomats in Libya
September 14th, 2012 - 8:09 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the attack on US diplomats in Libya while urging governments to react strongly and timely to provocations against people's ... Read more...
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Current times worse than emergency: Advani
September 12th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani has come out in support of Aseem Trivedi, saying the act of jailing the cartoonist for an allegedly ... Read more...
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Nasheed sees ex-dictator Gayoom’s network behind his ouster
February 9th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Male, Feb 9 (IANS) A day after he was ousted as the Malidivian president, Mohamed Nasheed has said what happened in the country should be traced to former dictator Maumoon ... Read more...
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Lokpal Bill a threat to democracy: Team Anna
December 28th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Terming the Lokpal Bill passed by the Lok Sabha as "a threat to democracy", a key member of Team Anna said here Wednesday that it ... Read more...
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Enforce law, don’t gag social networking sites: Experts
December 12th, 2011 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Communications Minister Kapil Sibal has clarified that the government did not intend to either interfere or restrict social networking sites but the furore over his ... Read more...
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People rebel when they feel there’s a way out
November 2nd, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Nov 2 (IANS) People stuck with a rule are more likely to tolerate it than people who think the rule isn't definite. And this could explain many things, from ... Read more...
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PPP a party of the masses, says Pakistani PM
June 25th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 25 (IANS) The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a party of the masses and has always "confronted dictators" to uphold the rule of law in the country, ... Read more...
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University of St Andrews to review Syria funding arrangement
April 28th, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 28(ANI): The University of St Andrews, the third oldest university in the United Kingdom, has decided to review the work of one of its academic research centres because its funding ... Read more...
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Nawaz Sharif “in bed with anti-Pakistan elements”: Musharraf
February 8th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 8(ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has accused Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif of providing political cover to religious extremists in the country."He [Nawaz] has close links ... Read more...
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Lava bubbling below the surface, daily warns Pakistan
February 1st, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 1 (IANS) There is "a lava bubbling under the surface" in Pakistan, said an editorial in a Pakistani daily as it commented on the political upheaval in Tunisia and Egypt. ... Read more...
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‘PML-N a “pro-American” party’, Nawaz, Nisar told US envoy: WikiLeaks
December 1st, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 1 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told the then US envoy to Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson, that his party- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz was pro-American, according to whistle-blower ... Read more...
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Zardari cites past ‘mistakes’ for militants’ rise
September 19th, 2009 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 19 (DPA) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Friday urged the international community to support his government's efforts to make democracy in his country "sustainable and irreversible".
In a speech delivered to ... Read more...
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Communist secret files continue to haunt east Germans
August 11th, 2009 - 9:21 am ICT by IANS
By Niels C. Sorrells
Berlin, Aug 11 (DPA) Like an unwanted gift, files from the spying machines of the former East European dictatorships continue to come into the public eye 20 years ... Read more...
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Security forces targeting Mehsud’s network with ‘precision’: Malik
July 23rd, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 23 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud's terror network is being targeted with 'precision' by the security forces, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik has said.Malik said Pakistan is ... Read more...
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F-1 chief Ecclestone says Hitler got things done
July 4th, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 4 (ANI): Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has said that he preferred totalitarian regimes to democracies and praised Adolf Hitler for his ability to "get things done".In an outspoken ... Read more...
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Obama should not surrender to jehadi blackmail on Kashmir (Comment)
January 24th, 2009 - 10:09 am ICT by IANS
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may have overstated his case when he said that George W.Bush was loved in India. But there was a reason for the accolade. Bush was the only American ... Read more...
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Bush says ‘Cuba will be free from tyranny one day’
January 14th, 2009 - 5:22 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) US President George W. Bush Tuesday expressed solidarity with the Cuban people and assured them that one day they would be free from Raul Castro's “cruel dictatorship”, EFE ... Read more...
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US-based Pak group describes MPs visit to Dr Aafia wasteful
October 16th, 2008 - 11:43 am ICT by ANI
Washington , Oct 16 (ANI): A New-York group of Pakistani political workers has reportedly criticised the recent visit of a Pakistani parliamentary delegation to the US to meet terror suspect Dr ... Read more...
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Dictatorship has always nurtured extremism in Pakistan: Benazir
December 26th, 2007 - 1:38 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Dec 26 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has claimed that dictatorships have always nurtured extremism in Pakistan.
She said the PPP had never accepted any dictator in uniform, saying its ... Read more...
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Sharif’s return to Pakistan will strengthen democratic culture: Benazir
November 27th, 2007 - 2:17 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Nov 27 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has welcomed Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan after seven years in exile, and said it will strengthen ... Read more...
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