Art auction market witnessing new generation of buyers (With Images)
July 11th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A curious dichotomy has gripped the art auction market with a sudden boom in sales at record prices even as economies in Europe, the US ... Read more...
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Foreign mafias creating socio-economic chaos in Goa: Naik
April 27th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 27 (IANS) Foreign land mafias are usurping and exploiting scarce land resources in Goa and creating "social and economic chaos", Goa's only representative in the Rajya Sabha told ... Read more...
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Greek parliament approves austerity plan
February 13th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, Feb 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Greece's parliament has approved austerity measures requested by the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund to secure a 130-billion euro ($170 billion) bailout to avoid ... Read more...
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Stable Pak key to defeating terror, ensuring peace in S. Asia: Zardari
August 10th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug. 10 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari has asserted that a democratic, strong and economically stable Pakistan, in partnership with Britain and the West, is the key to defeating the menace ... Read more...
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Deadly mob attacks spread to second South African township
May 15th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Johannesburg, May 15 (DPA) The violent attacks by rampaging mobs on mostly foreigners in a township north of Johannesburg looked to have spread to another poor community on the outskirts of the ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe issues 250 bn dollar banknote to tackle price spiral
May 6th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Harare, May 6 (DPA) In a sign of the growing worthlessness of Zimbabwe's currency, the country's central bank Tuesday introduced two new banknotes - a 100 million Zimbabwe dollar note and a ... Read more...
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Zimbabweans want change, says EU chief
April 9th, 2008 - 11:39 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Brussels, April 9 (DPA) Saying Zimbabweans want change, European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso Wednesday urged the country's President Robert Mugabe to favour a "peaceful transition" towards full democracy in his poverty-stricken ... Read more...
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Kidnap baby saga highlights mother who refused to give up
April 7th, 2008 - 11:04 am ICT by admin
By Aleks Tapinsh
Daugavpils (Latvia), April 7 (DPA) Irina Sukhova never lost hope that her baby boy, kidnapped 16 years ago, was somewhere nearby. It turns out they may have lived only a ... Read more...
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Mugabe under pressure after losing parliamentary vote
April 3rd, 2008 - 3:33 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Harare, April 3 (DPA) Zimbabweans were eagerly awaiting the results of last weekend's presidential vote Thursday after results of parliamentary elections showed incumbent President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party soundly beaten by the ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe poll results being announced
March 31st, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Johannesburg/Harare, March 31 (DPA) The Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) began Monday releasing the results of Saturday's elections in which the opposition claims to have ousted the country's leader of 28 years, President ... Read more...
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Indonesian court acquits Suharto, finds charity guilty
March 27th, 2008 - 4:36 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Jakarta, March 27 (DPA) An Indonesian court acquitted Thursday the late former president Suharto in a civil corruption case but ordered his charitable foundation to repay $105 million in government funds. Suharto, ... Read more...
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