Advani lauds Mamata, Jayalalithaa
May 16th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Mamata Banerjee's triumph in the West Bengal polls will hasten the end of communism in India, while J. Jayalalithaa's victory in Tamil Nadu has ... Read more...
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2500 German police evict tenants from Berlin’s squat
February 2nd, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by BNO News
BERLIN (BNO NEWS) -- Around 2,500 police officers were deployed across Berlin to evict illegal tenants from one of the city's last surviving squats, DPA news agency reported.Police used an axe and ... Read more...
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Police search for causes of German festival stampede
July 25th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Duisburg (Germany), July 25 (DPA) Police in the city of Duisburg Sunday began searching for the exact causes of a mass panic in a tunnel at the Love Parade music event, in ... Read more...
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19 die in Germany stampede (Lead)
July 25th, 2010 - 9:03 am ICT by IANS
Duisburg (Germany), July 25 (DPA) At least 19 people died and more than 300 were injured Saturday when revellers at the Love Parade music festival in the western German city of Duisburg ... Read more...
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15 die in Germany stampede
July 25th, 2010 - 3:58 am ICT by IANS
Duisburg (Germany), July 25 (DPA) At least 15 people died and 80 were injured Saturday when revellers at the Love Parade music festival in the German city of Duisburg set off a ... Read more...
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9/11 top news event in last 50 years
June 27th, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Auckland, June 27 (IANS) The 9/11 terror attack and Princess Diana's death topped a poll of the biggest news events in the past 50 years, a media report said Sunday.
Thousands of ... Read more...
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For Robert De Niro, direction is a nightmare
June 16th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 16 (ANI): Robert De Niro has said that directing a film is a "nightmare", and he is not going to continue behind the camera for long.The two-time Oscar winner ... Read more...
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Roger Waters Releases Pink Floyd “The Wall” Tour Dates
April 13th, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Apr 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Pink Floyd's "The Wall" will hit the stage again this fall. Roger Waters, the front man of the famous English progressive rock group will take the ... Read more...
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Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters would take ‘The Wall’ on a tour
April 13th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Detroit, Apr 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has revealed that he is about to embark on an ambitious North American tour with 'The Wall', which would start on ... Read more...
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Germany, Pakistan forge economic deal, pledge cooperation
December 1st, 2009 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Dec 1 (DPA) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised closer cooperation between their two countries Tuesday, and heralded the signing of a new economic ... Read more...
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Bon Jovi takes the No.1 Soundscan debut with The Circle
November 30th, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
WORLDWIDE SINGLE "WE WEREN'T BORN TO FOLLOW" LEADS TO No. 1 ALBUM DEBUTS IN CANADA, JAPAN AND GERMANY –No. 2 DEBUT IN UKLegendary Island Records group Bon Jovi caps the celebration of ... Read more...
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Clinton urges Iran to free US hikers
November 10th, 2009 - 3:52 am ICT by IANS
Tehran/Berlin, Nov 10 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday called for Iran to immediately release three US hikers charged with espionage after four months of detention in Tehran.
Shane Bauer, ... Read more...
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Berlin ice wall melts in London
November 10th, 2009 - 2:37 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 10 (DPA) A wall of ice melted in London Monday as part of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The 3.5-metre-high art installation "Work ... Read more...
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Berlin celebrates the fall of the Wall (Lead)
November 9th, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Nov 9 (DPA) German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday retraced the steps she took after the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, as international leaders gathered in Berlin to ... Read more...
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Two Decades Passed After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
November 9th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Berlin, Nov.9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The year, 2009 marks the 20th Anniversary of 'the fall of the Berlin Wall' and Germans as well as people in other part of the world ... Read more...
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Sarkozy recounts how he chipped away at Berlin Wall with a pick axe
November 9th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Nov. 9 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy has revealed how he actively participated in the historic fall of the Berlin Wall, by chipping away at the concrete slabs with a ... Read more...
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Berlin celebrates the fall of the Wall
November 9th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Nov 9 (DPA) International leaders were congregating in Berlin Monday, 20 years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall augured the end of Europe's East-West divide.
On Nov ... Read more...
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Germans, Americans honoured for bringing down Berlin Wall
November 9th, 2009 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Nov 9 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on leaders Sunday to bring down the walls of the 21st century, as she accepted an award for the role ... Read more...
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German parliament commemorates fall of the Berlin Wall
November 9th, 2009 - 4:11 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Nov 9 (DPA) The German parliament Sunday celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, commemorating the efforts of European civil rights activists which helped end the divide ... Read more...
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Angela Merkel preferred scheduled sauna bath to watching Berlin Wall fall!
November 6th, 2009 - 3:42 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Nov. 6 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed that she was not part of the frenzied East German crowd that poured through the newly opened border to witness the historic ... Read more...
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U2, Beyonce, Eminem win as MTV awards return to Berlin
November 6th, 2009 - 6:38 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Nov 6 (DPA) Irish band U2 won the Best Live Act prize Thursday night at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards, after playing a sold-out free gig at Berlin's Brandenburg ... Read more...
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US, Europe must accept climate change obligations: German chancellor
November 4th, 2009 - 10:46 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made an impassioned plea to the US and European nations to accept binding obligation on climate change to influence countries like ... Read more...
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Merkel decries Iranian denial of Israel’s right to exist
November 3rd, 2009 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 3 (DPA) Iran's denial of Israel's right to exist is unacceptable and Tehran must be prevented from obtaining a nuclear weapon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a speech before ... Read more...
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Margaret Thatcher saw Berlin Wall’s fall as German threat to peace, stability
November 2nd, 2009 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 2(ANI): A series of French diplomatic files have revealed that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher considered the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 as part of ... Read more...
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U2 to mark fall of the Berlin Wall with free gig
October 28th, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 28 (ANI): U2 will perform a free concert at the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.The Irish band along with other artists, ... Read more...
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A proclamation by POTUS on German-American Day 2009
October 7th, 2009 - 1:20 am ICT by admin
Comprising the Nation's largest ancestry group, German Americans have contributed to our collective identity since the first settlements were founded in the 17th century. Essential to the growth of America, these farmers, ... Read more...
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Hasselhoff plans show for 20th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall
September 8th, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 8 (ANI): David Hasselhoff is all set to return to Germany for celebrating the anniversary of his greatest personal triumph-singing at the fall of the Berlin Wall.The actor cum singer ... Read more...
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Cami McCormick Gets Injured On Reporting Scene
August 29th, 2009 - 6:21 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
CBS news reporter Cami McCormick was injured in Logar province of Afghanistan while covering an assignment for the CBS Radio News. She was reportedly in company of U.S. marshals.She got ... Read more...
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Soviet holiday haven looks for new place in the sun
August 13th, 2009 - 9:09 am ICT by IANS
By Mike Collier
Riga, Aug 13 (DPA) The Amber Coast sanatorium, located in the Latvian seaside resort of Jurmala, features a dacha where Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev would greet his guests. A clock ... Read more...
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PM meets his Bangladeshi, Vietnamese counterparts in Egypt
July 16th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt), July 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh held bilateral meetings with his Bangladeshi and Vietnamese counterparts -- Sheikh Hasina and Nguyen Tan Dung respectively on the sidelines of ... Read more...
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9/11 terror attacks voted most iconic TV moment of all time
July 10th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 10 (ANI): The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City have surfaced as the most iconic TV moment of all time in an online ... Read more...
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Stasi tried to recruit Angela Merkel
May 20th, 2009 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 20 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed that communist East Germany's Stasi secret police had tried to hire her as a scientific assistant, but she quickly turned down the ... Read more...
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Of Coke and Communists: memories of the Iron Curtain
March 28th, 2009 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
By Ben Nimmo
Prague, March 28 (DPA) Ask a citizen of the former Communist world what they longed for most before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the answer may well surprise ... Read more...
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Leonardo DiCaprio honoured with the International Green award
February 12th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 12 (ANI): Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has been honoured with the International Green award for his humanitarian efforts for the environment.Russian politician Mikhail Gorbachev conferred the award on the ... Read more...
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Supriyo Sen’s ‘Wagah’ wins award at Berlin film fest
February 9th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 9 (IANS) Indian filmmaker Supriyo Sen's 10-minute short film "Wagah" has won the sixth Berlin Today Award at a parallel initiative held at the ongoing 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
Germany's ... Read more...
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