Four more farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha
September 8th, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), Sep 8 (IANS) Even as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was attending a massive 'Janata Darbar' (public hearing) in Yavatmal town of Vidarbha region, four debt-ridden farmers ... Read more...
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Suspicious packages, a credible terrorist threat to the US: Obama
October 30th, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct. 30 (ANI): President Barack Obama has described the discovery of two packages containing explosives, shipped from Yemen and addressed to synagogues in Chicago, as very "credible terrorist threat" to ... Read more...
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Carrie Underwood Gets Hitched With Mike Fisher In An Intimate Wedding Ceremony This Weekend
July 11th, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 11, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): American Carrie Underwood happens to be a country vocalist and songwriter, who attained national attention subsequent to her triumph in the fourth season ... Read more...
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Report: At least 8 dead, including journalist, after blast at Pakistani hospital
April 16th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by BNO News
QUETTA, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least eight people were killed when an explosion struck a civilian hospital in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, news reports said.Express News TV reported ... Read more...
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Bali bomber believed to be behind Jakarta bombings
July 19th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 19 (ANI): A Malaysian-born extremist wanted for the 2002 Bali attacks is believed to be behind the deadly twin hotel bombings in Jakarta.Suspected Islamist suicide bombers detonated powerful devices ... Read more...
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China arrests Rio Tinto’s Shanghai GM on bribery charges
July 10th, 2009 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 10 (ANI): The Chinese Government has arrested the Shanghai-based general manager of multinational mining and resources, Rio Tinto, on charges of bribing staff of Chinese steel companies during iron ore ... Read more...
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Michael Jackson’s death causes enormous spike in AT&T traffic
June 27th, 2009 - 7:22 am ICT by admin
SAN FRANCISCO (BNO NEWS) -- As word of Michael Jackson's death spread across the world, AT&T recorded an enormous spike in text messages, at one point reaching almost 4 million text ... Read more...
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Pope posts appeal for new generation on YouTube
January 24th, 2009 - 3:21 am ICT by IANS
Vatican City, Jan 24 (DPA) An appeal by Pope Benedict XVI to the new "digital generation" marked Friday the Vatican's launch of its own channel on video-sharing internet site, YouTube.New media technologies ... Read more...
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South Ossetia reports hundreds dead in fighting
August 8th, 2008 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow/ Tbilisi (Georgia), Aug 8 (DPA) The president of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia reported "hundreds of civilians" killed in the separatist capital under siege by Georgian troops Friday, news agency ... Read more...
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New Zealand puzzled over falling mystery object
April 18th, 2008 - 3:14 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Wellington, April 18 (DPA) A piece of iron that smashed the roof of a house in New Zealand continued to have police and aviation experts puzzled Friday, news reports said. Police initially ... Read more...
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