Canada to open embassy in Myanmar
July 14th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, July 14 (IANS) Canada will open an embassy in Myanmar, said Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird.No date was set yet, but Baird told reporters Friday on a conference ... Read more...
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Hamid Ansari releases Shashi Tharoor’s new book
July 12th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari Wednesday released a book on India's foreign affairs, "Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century" by ... Read more...
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Pakistan donates $50,000 to Philippines
June 14th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, June 14 (IANS) The Philippines government has received a donation of $50,000 from Pakistan for reconstructing areas devastated by last year's tropical storm Washi, according to the country's foreign ... Read more...
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Renuka, Alvi appointed Congress spokespersons
August 5th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Congress Friday appointed party leaders Renuka Chowdhury and Rashid Alvi as spokespersons and former union minister Suresh Pachauri as convenor of its research ... Read more...
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Sonia to meet Hasina during Bangladesh visit
July 20th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will discuss bilateral relations with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during a visit to Dhaka July 25, said a party ... Read more...
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Aussie travel warning for Indonesia following arrest of Bali bombing suspect in Pak
April 1st, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Apr 1(ANI): Australia's Foreign Affairs Department has said that the arrest of 2002 Bali bombing suspect, Umar Patek, may spark a violent response against Westerners by extremists in Indonesia.The department released ... Read more...
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Pak FIA told to produce Musharraf in court on March 26
March 19th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Mar 19(ANI): An Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to produce former President Pervez Musharraf in court during the Benazir Bhutto assassination case's hearing ... Read more...
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Musharraf’s arrest warrant in Benazir murder case sent to UK Foreign Affairs Dept.
March 10th, 2011 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 10(ANI): The Pakistan Government has sent the arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case to British authorities.According to Interior Ministry sources, the Federal ... Read more...
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Investigation demanded against Australian over war Sri Lankan war crimes
February 22nd, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Amsterdam, Feb 22 (ANI): Two international Tamil organisations have lodged a complaint in the International Criminal Court against Palitha Kohona, an Australian citizen and senior Sri Lankan diplomat, accusing him of being ... Read more...
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China TV news channel airs stolen scene from Top Gun!
January 29th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 29 (ANI): A news channel in China broadcast a training exercise by the People's Liberation Army Air Force with one plane firing a missile at another - but the ... Read more...
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Australia under pressure to reject Sri Lankan envoy
January 24th, 2011 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 24 (ANI): Australia is under pressure to reject Sri Lanka's choice of naming former Navy Chief as its next envoy in Canberra.Former Sri Lankan Navy Chief Thisara Samarasinghe has ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi calls on Chinese premier
December 16th, 2010 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday evening called on the visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Taj Palace Hotel, a party official said.
Gandhi was ... Read more...
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Envoy recalled to Zimbabwe for stripping, diamond smuggling
November 25th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra (Australia), Nov.25 (ANI): Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Australia, Jacqueline Zwambila, has been recalled to Harare following allegations of stripping and diamond smuggling orchestrated by Robert Mugabe.Jacqueline Zwambila has been accused by Mugabe ... Read more...
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India, China are two major re-foresters: Jairam Ramesh
November 1st, 2010 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Monday said China's green house gas emissions are four times that of India, but both countries are united in being ... Read more...
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Good India-China ties favour peace in Asia: Chinese leader
November 1st, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Dispelling the impression of rivalry with India, a senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Monday said "good-neighbourly" relations between them were not only beneficial ... Read more...
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Krishna hopes China removes barriers in IT, pharma
November 1st, 2010 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna Monday said he hoped China will provide a level playing field to India in pharmaceuticals and IT sector."There is a ... Read more...
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Communist leaders to meet Chinese leaders Monday
October 30th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Indian Communist leaders will meet leaders of the Communist Party of China here Monday as they visit the country to take part at a conference organised by ... Read more...
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Chinese Communist Party leaders to attend Congress conference
October 28th, 2010 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will take part at a conference here Nov 1 organised by the Congress as part of exchanges between ... Read more...
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Oz to face UN committee over ‘racist’ Northern Territory intervention allegations
August 10th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Aug 10 (ANI): Australian officials would face a UN Committee on the 'Elimination of Racial Discrimination' in Geneva on Tuesday amid allegations from human rights activists that the Northern Territory intervention ... Read more...
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Canada raises warning level for travellers to India
December 31st, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, Dec 31 (IANS) Canada has raised its warning level for travellers to India after violence over the Telangana statehood demand.
Urging its citizens travelling to India to exercise great caution "at ... Read more...
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Australia seeks free trade pact with Gulf states council
October 11th, 2009 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Oct 11 (IANS) Australia is seeking a free trade agreement with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), WAM news agency reported Sunday.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Trade Minister Sheikha ... Read more...
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India’s booming nuclear industry still a distant dream for Canada
August 24th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, Aug. 24 (ANI): A year after Canada changed its long-standing non-proliferation policy in order to help India join the international trade in nuclear supplies, Canada's plans to participate in India's booming ... Read more...
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Obama not to attend new South African president’s inauguration
April 30th, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
Pretoria (South Africa), Apr.30 (ANI): US President Barack Obama will not be among the heads of state attending ANC leader Jacob Zuma's inauguration as the country's fourth democratically-elected president, the foreign ... Read more...
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We seek renewal of the peace process: Pakistani delegation
January 23rd, 2009 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Three days after they arrived in India with the message of peace, a Pakistani delegation led by noted human rights activist Asma Jahangir Friday said it's time ... Read more...
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South African Airways officials trapped in Oberoi (Lead, changing dateline)
November 28th, 2008 - 4:35 am ICT by IANS
Pretoria, Nov 28 (IANS) Seven South Africans are still trapped in the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai as the standoff continued following the terrorist attacks in India's commercial capital that left over 125 ... Read more...
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Seven South Africans still trapped in Mumbai hotel
November 28th, 2008 - 4:12 am ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Nov 28 (Xinhua) Seven South Africans are still trapped in the Oberoi Trident Hotel in India's commercial capital Mumbai following terrorist attacks that left over 100 people dead, the country's foreign ... Read more...
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China gives foreign journalists more freedom
October 18th, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 18 (Xinhua) China has issued new rules on reporting activities by foreign correspondents on its territory, allowing them to interview without application to foreign affairs departments. "The new rules follow ... Read more...
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China to continue with relaxed media rules temporarily adopted for Olympics
October 18th, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing , Oct 18 (ANI): China has decided to continue with the relaxed rules for foreign journalists operating from the country. The relaxed rules which were temporarily adopted for the Beijing ... Read more...
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After Prachanda, Koirala’s party heads for China
August 29th, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 29 (IANS) Even before the furore over Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda's visit to China could die down, now leaders from former premier Girija Prasad Koirala's Nepali Congress ... Read more...
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Australian cricketers to choose between ‘high risk’ India, Pakistan
February 23rd, 2008 - 11:03 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Feb 23 (IANS) Australian cricketers could well have to choose between India and Pakistan to play cricket in April even as the foreign affairs department of the country have termed both ... Read more...
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