Ajax, El Hamdaoui blame each other for failed transfer
February 1st, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague, Feb 1 (IANS) The transfer of Mounir El Hamdaoui from Ajax to Fiorentina appeared to be a done deal, but the move fell apart at the last moment ... Read more...
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Sea cucumbers could protect endangered corals
February 1st, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 1 (IANS) Tropical sea cucumbers could protect coral reefs from the devastating effects of climate change, a new finding says."We have found that sea cucumbers play a vital ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill waiting since 1968 for parliament’s nod
December 30th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) First introduced in 1968, the Lokpal bill is yet to get parliament's nod, and faces an uncertain future with the Rajya Sabha Thursday night ... Read more...
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Call fresh elections in Kashmir: National Panthers Party
November 8th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) has asked Governor N.N. Vohra to dissolve the state assembly and call for fresh elections, accusing the National Conference-led ... Read more...
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Thackeray asks Manmohan Singh to go
September 29th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately resign and recommend dissolution of the Lok Sabha.Attacking Manmohan Singh for "wearing ... Read more...
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Gorbachev worried about Putin’s return
September 26th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 26 (IANS) Russia risks wasting six years if Prime Minister Vladimir Putin returns to the presidency, former USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev has warned.Reacting to the news that Putin ... Read more...
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Pakistani provincial panel for women criticised
September 17th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Women legislators in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly have criticised a provincial commission for women.The legislators demanded that professional and dedicated women should be made part of ... Read more...
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Crisis in Nepal as PM quits (Lead)
August 14th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 14 (IANS) Nepal was plunged into a crisis Sunday with embattled Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal tendering his resignation late night after days of vacillating.The communist leader, who ... Read more...
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Nepal government likely to fall
July 27th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 27 (IANS) The five-month-old communist-led government of Nepal could fall again, causing another severe setback to the peace process and drafting of a new constitution in which New ... Read more...
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Child dies after vaccination, doctors face action
July 22nd, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 22 (IANS) Action has been recommended against a deputy chief medical officer and another doctor after an infant died and two others took ill following administration of measles ... Read more...
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Hackers attack Apple’s website, claim they stole passwords
July 5th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 5 (IANS/EFE) The AntiSec hackers group has launched an ambitious attack on one of the best-protected websites in the world of technology - Apple's - and said they ... Read more...
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Thailand to deploy 100,000 police for general election
June 7th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) -- Thailand's National Police Bureau announced on Tuesday that it will deploy 100,000 officers to polling stations nationwide for its July 3 general election, MCOT Online news reported.National police ... Read more...
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Protesters shoot arrows at Ulan Bator’s Government House
June 3rd, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ulan Bator (Mongolia), June 3 (IANS) About 50 protesters on horseback encircled the Government House here Friday and shot arrows at it to protest the lack of a referendum on ... Read more...
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Nepal’s reprieved PM refuses to quit
May 31st, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 31 (IANS) It took Nepal's Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal seven months and 17 rounds of vote to get elected to his post. Then it took him another ... Read more...
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Legal challenge to Nepal house extension (Lead)
May 29th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 29 (IANS) Though Nepal averted a constitutional meltdown for now, the government now faces a fresh legal battle with a lawyer challenging the extension of parliament's term.Bharat Mani ... Read more...
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Legal challenge likely to Nepal crisis
May 29th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 29 (IANS) Though Nepal averted a constitutional meltdown for now, there are indications that the turbulent republic is heading for further upheavals. A lawyer, who filed a writ ... Read more...
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Latvian President dissolves parliament
May 29th, 2011 - 3:58 am ICT by IANS
Riga, May 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Latvian President Valdis Zatlers announced Saturday a dissolution of the country's parliament (Saeima), the country's TV and radio stations reported.Zalters accused the parliament of lying ... Read more...
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High alert in Kathmandu as constitution expires midnight
May 28th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 28 (IANS) Riot police dragged away dozens of people protesting near parliament and the government ordered high security in the turbulent capital Saturday, with Nepal's constitution due to ... Read more...
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Nepal court asks government not to extend tenure ‘endlessly’
May 25th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 25 (IANS) With only three days left for Nepal's interim constitution to become invalid, parliament's tenure to end and the government to face dissolution, the Supreme Court came ... Read more...
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Tories clinch majority in Canada polls
May 3rd, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, May 3 (ANI): Canadians have handed the Conservative Party its long-coveted majority after a game-changing election that boosted the New Democrats to the Official Opposition, decimated the Bloc Québécois and humbled ... Read more...
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Egypt court orders dissolution of Mubarak’s ex-ruling party
April 17th, 2011 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Apr 17 (ANI): An Egyptian court has ordered the dissolution of the country's former ruling party led by ousted President Hosni Mubarak, and the confiscation of its assets.The move, which indicate ... Read more...
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Egypt court orders dissolution of Mubarak’s party
April 16th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, April 16 (IANS) Egypt's supreme administrative court Saturday ordered the dissolution of the party of former president Hosni Mubarak and transfer of its assets to the government, state media ... Read more...
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Jordan’s Islamists urge government to resign
March 27th, 2011 - 8:18 am ICT by IANS
Amman, March 27 (IANS) Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF) has called on the government to resign in the wake of Friday's clashes between pro-reform protesters and government loyalists.IAF, the political ... Read more...
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Thai PM to dissolve parliament before June
February 17th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Feb 17 (IANS) Thailand's deputy prime minister for security affairs Suthep Thuagsuban reiterated Thursday that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had sent a clear signal that parliament should be dissolved before ... Read more...
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Gilani to dissolve cabinet
February 4th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Friday authorised Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to dissolve the cabinet and form a smaller one, a media report said.The decision ... Read more...
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The White Stripes Split After 13 Years
February 3rd, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Feb 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It came as a shock to the ardent followers of American rock band The White Stripes when the duo Meg White and Jack White announced that ... Read more...
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Burmese Supreme Court refuses to hear Suu Kyi party’s appeal
January 29th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Yangon (Myanmar), Jan.29 (ANI): Myanmar's highest court has refused to hear a case filed by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi seeking to overturn the government's dissolution of her political party.The ... Read more...
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INLD seeks judicial probe into Haryana land scam
January 26th, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 26 (IANS) Haryana's main opposition party Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Wednesday sought a judicial probe into a multi-billion-rupee land scandal in the state during the tenure of the Bhupinder ... Read more...
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‘Russians want Lenin removed from Moscow mausoleum’
January 24th, 2011 - 4:30 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) More than two-thirds of Russians want revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin to be removed from his mausoleum in Moscow and be buried, a poll has suggested. In an ... Read more...
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Should Lenin’s body be buried, asks poll (Lead)
January 23rd, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A political party in Russia has launched an online poll asking whether the body of revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin should be buried.Lenin died Jan 21, 1924, and ... Read more...
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Russia wants to bury Lenin?
January 23rd, 2011 - 5:23 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The ruling United Russia party has launched a website announcing an online poll on the burial of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.The poll of the goodbyelenin.ru website ... Read more...
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Halle Berry’s Ex, Gabriel Aubry, Requests The Judiciary To Pronounce Him Formally As The Daddy Of Their 2-year-old Nahla
January 19th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
January 19, 2011 (Pen Men at Work): The state of affairs surrounding Halle Berry, the accomplished American actress, and her ex-companion, Gabriel Aubry, could worsen in the coming days. The romance between ... Read more...
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Brenda Strong Files For Divorce
January 16th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Looking away from the various hook-ups, the engagements and the pregnancy news of the celebrities, there are some more celebs on the chart for whom the ... Read more...
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Measles virus plays key role in Paget’s disease of bone
January 15th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 15 (ANI): A team of researchers, led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, have found that a gene from the measles virus plays a key role in the ... Read more...
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Commercial disputes with foreign nation flood Chinese courts
December 19th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 19 (IANS) The US is among the five nations that have the most civil and commercial disputes with China, a senior official of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said. A ... Read more...
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