Former Kerala CM Karunakaran dies after prolonged illness
December 23rd, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by ANI
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 (ANI): Veteran Congress leader and former Kerala Chief Minister K Karunakaran breathed his last on Thursday after suffering a stroke and acute breathing problems at a hospital here.He was ... Read more...
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Chinese politician behind Google hacking: WikiLeaks
December 5th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Dec 5 (ANI): Secret cables released by the whistleblower website 'WikiLeaks' have revealed that the hacking of Google, which forced the search engine out of China, was masterminded by one of ... Read more...
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei under house arrest
November 6th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 6 (IANS) Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei said Saturday he has been put under house arrest, a day before he was to hold a party at his Shanghai studio ... Read more...
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China cracks down on dissidents despite dissident getting Nobel Peace Prize
October 29th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Oct. 29 (ANI): China has defied widespread international criticism and continued its crackdown on human rights activists and lawyers despite one of its dissident citizens receiving the coveted Nobel Peace prize.Jailed ... Read more...
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Chinese Twitter user arrested for supporting jailed ‘uncle’Nobel winner Xiaobo
October 27th, 2010 - 11:37 am ICT by ANI
London/Beijing, Oct. 27 (ANI): Beijing Police have arrested a woman after she tweeted her intention to march with a banner praising jailed Nobel peace prize winner Lui Xiaobo.According to a Guardian report, ... Read more...
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Karnataka JD-S rebel legislator quits avoiding expulsion
October 15th, 2010 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 15 (IANS) Opposition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) rebel legislator M.C. Ashwath, who abstained from the trust vote Thursday, resigned from the party Friday to avoid facing disqualification for defying its ... Read more...
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High Court reserves ruling on rebel Karnataka legislators (Lead)
October 12th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 12 (IANS) A division bench of the Karnataka High Court Tuesday reserved its judgment on the disqualification of 11 ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators and posted for further ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh BJP government can fall any day: Ajit Jogi (Interview)
October 12th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Sujeet Kumar
Raipur, Oct 12 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will not complete its full term and it can fall any day under its own weight, senior Congress leader ... Read more...
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Karnataka crisis: Chaos at Assembly ahead of trust vote
October 11th, 2010 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Oct 11 (ANI): Restricted from entering the Karnataka Assembly, eleven BJP and five Independent MLAs, who were earlier disqualified by speaker K G Bopaiah under the anti-defection law, created a ruckus ... Read more...
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Karnataka governor directs speaker not to disqualify rebels
October 10th, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 10 (IANS) Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Sunday directed assembly Speaker K.G. Bopaiah not to disqualifying the 10 ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebels before the trust vote Monday.Warning the ... Read more...
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Karnataka crisis remains on boil
October 10th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Oct 10 (ANI): With just 36 hours left to prove his majority on the floor of the House, there was no relief for Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, as the ... Read more...
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Deadlock in Karnataka BJP as rebels stay put in Goa (Roundup)
October 9th, 2010 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 8 (IANS) The crisis in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued Friday as 11 rebel legislators refuse to budge from their defiant stand and stayed put at a ... Read more...
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Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
October 8th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct.8 (ANI): Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 for helping to spearhead a campaign for more freedom in China.In a statement, the ... Read more...
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Parrikar meets Karnataka dissidents MLAs, says crisis will be solved by Saturday
October 8th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Panaji, Oct 8 (ANI): Former Goa Chief Minsiter and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manohar Parrikar met Karnataka dissidents MLAs here on Friday and exuded confidence about the crisis being ... Read more...
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Karnataka crisis will end Saturday, says Parrikar (Lead)
October 8th, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manohar Parrikar, the party's chief interlocutor for the Karnataka crisis who has been holding discussions with dissident legislators camping at a Goa ... Read more...
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Karnataka crisis: Fresh talks with dissidents MLAs in Goa
October 8th, 2010 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
Panaji, Oct 8 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders will on Friday hold fresh talks with dissident Karnataka MLAs to resolve the issue within the state government."I will be meeting ... Read more...
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Karnataka BJP struggles to save Yeddyurappa government
October 7th, 2010 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 7 (IANS) The crisis-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is pulling out all stops to save its first government in Karnataka by trying to prove majority in the legislative assembly ... Read more...
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Iranian prosecutors demand death penalty for ‘blogfather’
September 24th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Sept 24 (ANI): Iranian prosecutors have demanded the death penalty for a Canadian-Iranian writer, Hossein Derakhshan, credited with starting the blogging movement in the country, and who was reportedly put on ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists not alone in buying MPs, says ex-minister
September 6th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Sep 6 (IANS) As Nepal readies to hold prime ministerial polls again for an unprecedented seventh time Tuesday, the country's former foreign minister, whose party has come under suspicion ... Read more...
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BlackBerry stock plunges on India’s ultimatum
August 13th, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Aug 13 (IANS) India's deadline loomed large over BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) Thursday as its stock plunged about four percent on the Toronto Stock Exchange.The share slipped ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh has best government-party tuning: BJP
August 7th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is experiencing the best co-ordination between government and party in Chhattisgarh, party's newly-appointed state in-charge J.P. Nadda said Saturday.
"There is an absolute ... Read more...
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RIM talks tough as Canadian government, media back BlackBerry (Lead)
August 6th, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Aug 6 (IANS) The Canadian government and media have fully backed the security features of BlackBerry that have concerned countries like India, UAE and Saudi Arabia, even as the ... Read more...
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Canadian government, media bat for BlackBerry
August 6th, 2010 - 6:02 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Aug 6 (IANS) The Canadian government and the media Thursday came out in support of embattled BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM), which is facing a ban in the United Arab ... Read more...
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Synod rejects concession on women bishops in England
July 11th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 11 (ANI): The Church of England is facing a fresh crisis after the archbishops of Canterbury and York failed to win enough support for a compromise over women bishops at ... Read more...
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US, Russia agree on possible ’spy swap deal’
July 8th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 8 (ANI): Russia and the US are said to have agreed on 'spy swap deal' involving Russian beauty Anna Chapman, and it could take place as early as today in ... Read more...
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Cuba to free 52 political prisoners
July 8th, 2010 - 6:09 am ICT by IANS
Havana, July 8 (IANS/EFE) The Cuban government will release 52 political prisoners over the next few months, the Catholic church said Wednesday after a meeting between Archbishop Jaime Ortega and President Raul ... Read more...
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300-pound bomb left in front of police station in Northern Ireland
June 18th, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by BNO News
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND (BNO NEWS) – A 300-pound bomb was left inside a van outside a border police station in Northern Ireland, the Guardian reported on Friday.Hundreds of people living near the ... Read more...
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Burma refutes nuclear weapons program allegations
June 12th, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Yangoon, June 12, (ANI): Putting all speculations at rest, Burma has officially denied that it is developing any nuclear weapons program.The Foreign Ministry of Burma has claimed that anti-government groups in ... Read more...
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Iranian opposition cancels election anniversary rally
June 10th, 2010 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, June 10 (DPA) The Iranian opposition Thursday cancelled an anti-government protest rally scheduled to take place on June 12, the anniversary of last year's controversial presidential election, opposition websites reported.
The two ... Read more...
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No crisis in Malaysian Indian Congress, leaders tell PM
May 24th, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, May 24 (IANS) There is no major crisis in the Malaysian Indian Congress, its senior leaders have assured Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak after a group of dissidents demanded ... Read more...
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Nepal PM’s partymen ask him to quit
May 2nd, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 2 (IANS) Nepal's embattled Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal found himself caught in a tightening vice Sunday as his own partymen began a campaign for his ouster even as the ... Read more...
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Congress Legislature Party to elect new CM in Shillong
April 19th, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by ANI
Shillong, Apr 19 (ANI): The Congress Legislature Party is meeting in Shillong on Monday night to elect its new leader following the resignation of Meghalaya Chief Minister D D Lapang.Succumbing to ... Read more...
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China pull-out partly for personal reasons: Google co-founder
March 25th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 25 (DPA) Google's pull-out from China was partly motivated by co-founder Sergey Brin's own memories of repression in the Soviet Union, Brin told the Wall Street Journal Thursday.
Google announced ... Read more...
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US won’t accept legitimacy of Myanmar’s elections
March 11th, 2010 - 6:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 11 (DPA) The US will not recognise the outcome of Myanmar's elections scheduled for later this year because of new laws that ban political prisoners and the country's leading democratic ... Read more...
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Spain to maintain dialogue with Cuba on human rights
March 3rd, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Baku (Azerbaijan), March 3 (IANS/EFE) Spain's foreign minister said here that Madrid will maintain its "dialogue strategy" with Cuba as a way of achieving freedom for its political prisoners and respect for ... Read more...
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