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Now, Berlusconi ‘advised to seek sex addiction sessions’

August 23rd, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug 23 (ANI): Silvio Berlusconi's entourage members are urging him to seek treatment for his sex addiction, it has emerged. Since attending the 18th birthday party of Noemi Letizia, an aspiring model, ...

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Chinese airline plane hijacked in China

August 10th, 2009 - 12:02 am ICT by John Le Fevre -
A passenger airplane is reported to have been hijacked in the country’s troubled western region of Xinjang. The official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, did not give any details about the hijacking in a ...

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South African president meets Hillary Clinton in Durban

South African president meets Hillary Clinton in Durban

August 8th, 2009 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS -
Johannesburg, Aug 8 (Xinhua) South Africa's President Jacob Zuma met the visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Saturday in the port city of Durban. "In both countries there are two new ...

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Thousands of Italian women denounce ’sexist’ Berlusconi

August 1st, 2009 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug 1 (ANI): Bad times refuse to end for Silvio Berlusconi. A Milan academic has revealed that more than 15,000 Italian women have approved a petition attacking the "sexist policies, behaviours ...

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Climate change: Clinton shares green thoughts with India

Climate change: Clinton shares green thoughts with India

July 19th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday began the Delhi leg of her five-day India visit with a conference on climate change and green technologies - a ...

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Manmohan Singh, Gilani meet in Egypt (Lead)

Manmohan Singh, Gilani meet in Egypt (Lead)

July 16th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Sharm-el-Sheikh, July 16 (IANS) The much anticipated meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani began in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm-el-Sheikh Thursday amid ...

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Once again, the Amitabh factor (Egypt Diary)

Once again, the Amitabh factor (Egypt Diary)

July 16th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS -
By Minu Jain Sharm-el-Sheikh, July 16 (IANS) There is really no getting away from Bollywood, of course. Indians everywhere are identified with the heroes of the silver screen but Egyptians here are ...

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Teenagers, who represented India at J8, arrive in New Delhi

Teenagers, who represented India at J8, arrive in New Delhi

July 14th, 2009 - 10:51 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Three teenagers, who represented India at the Junior-8 Youth Summit held last week at L'Aguila in Italy, arrived in the national capital on Tuesday. United Nations ...

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Berlusconi’s paper rubbishes Britain

July 14th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 14 (ANI): A newspaper owned by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has severely criticized Britain by saying the country is in a sorry state of decline and overshadowed at every ...

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Berlusconi’s luxurious spa weekend with ‘young women’ disclosed

July 12th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 12 (ANI): While Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was busy attending world leaders at the G8 summit in his country, a new chapter unfolded in the sex scandal haunting him ...

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Meet the girl whose ‘rear view’ captivated Obama at G-8

Meet the girl whose ‘rear view’ captivated Obama at G-8

July 12th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI -
Sydney, July 12 (ANI): The girl who appeared to have caught the eye of US President Barack Obama and that of his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at the G-8 summit in ...

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Turkish PM calls China violence ‘genocide’

July 11th, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS -
Istanbul, July 11 (DPA) The violence against minority Uighurs in western China can only be described as genocide, said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in comments cited by Turkish media Saturday. "The ...

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Sarah Brown twice refused veal meal at G8 summit

Sarah Brown twice refused veal meal at G8 summit

July 11th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 11 (ANI): Sarah Brown might belong to a nation of avid meat-eaters, but the wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown twice declined eating veal during official receptions at ...

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Obama arrives in Ghana for talks and visit to slave fort (Lead)

Obama arrives in Ghana for talks and visit to slave fort (Lead)

July 11th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS -
Nairobi/Accra, July 11 (DPA) US President Barack Obama arrived in Ghana early Saturday, on his first visit to the African continent since taking office as America's first black president. An overnight flight ...

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Obama arrives in Ghana for talks and visit to slave fort

Obama arrives in Ghana for talks and visit to slave fort

July 11th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS -
Nairobi/Accra, July 11 (DPA) US President Barack Obama arrived in Ghana early Saturday, on his first visit to the African continent since taking office as America's first black president. An overnight flight ...

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‘Honoured’ Obama’s first ever meeting with Pope

‘Honoured’ Obama’s first ever meeting with Pope

July 11th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI -
New York, July 11 (ANI): US President Barack Obama received a "great honor" on Friday when he met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican for the first time. "It's a great ...

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Manmohan Singh meets Japanese PM

Manmohan Singh meets Japanese PM

July 10th, 2009 - 10:49 pm ICT by ANI -
L'aquila, July 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso on the sidelines of the G8-G5 summit at L'Aquila in Italy on Friday. The two leaders were ...

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Gursharan Kaur meets Pope, sees quake devastation

Gursharan Kaur meets Pope, sees quake devastation

July 10th, 2009 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS -
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been busy with back-to-back meetings of the G8-G5 summit and bilaterals with heads of other countries in this quake-hit town ...

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The world’s ‘G’ order - G5, G8, G14, G20  (Lead)

The world’s ‘G’ order - G5, G8, G14, G20 (Lead)

July 10th, 2009 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS -
By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) It can be termed as the new 'G' order of the world where the presence of nations proclaims their international political and economic status. The ...

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The world’s ‘G’ order - G5, G8, G14, G20

The world’s ‘G’ order - G5, G8, G14, G20

July 10th, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS -
By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) It can be termed as the new 'G' order of the world where the presence of various nations spells out their international political and ...

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G8-G5 summit: World powers accept warming limit

G8-G5 summit: World powers accept warming limit

July 10th, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI -
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (ANI): Developed and developing nations have agreed that global temperatures should not rise more than two degrees Celsius above 1900 levels, a G8 summit declaration has said. ...

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China calls for reform of global monetary system

July 10th, 2009 - 8:53 am ICT by IANS -
Rome, July 10 (Prensa Latina) China has called on the group of eight industrialised nations (G8) to take steps to steady the exchange rate. It also proposed the creation of a new international ...

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Obama asks Brazil to press Iran on nukes

Obama asks Brazil to press Iran on nukes

July 10th, 2009 - 4:56 am ICT by IANS -
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (EFE) US President Barack Obama has urged his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to help convince Iran to keep its nuclear programme peaceful. The two leaders ...

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Obama, Manmohan cozy up at G8-G5 summit

Obama, Manmohan cozy up at G8-G5 summit

July 9th, 2009 - 10:55 pm ICT by ANI -
L'aquila, July 9 (ANI): US president Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cozied up to each other at a summit of the G8-G5 groupings at L'Aquila in Italy on ...

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G8 and G5 leaders meet in Italy

G8 and G5 leaders meet in Italy

July 9th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ICT by ANI -
L'AQUILA, July 9 (ANI): Leaders of the world's richest nations and major developing powers met on Thursday (July 9) to discuss global issues on the second day of a G8 summit ...

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New push from rich, developing nations to global trade talks

New push from rich, developing nations to global trade talks

July 9th, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS -
By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The groups of rich and developing countries, including India, are likely to commit themselves to early conclusion of the Doha Development Round of multilateral ...

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Gordon Brown’s wife changes her outfit 3 times a day during G8 summit

Gordon Brown’s wife changes her outfit 3 times a day during G8 summit

July 9th, 2009 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 09 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife Sarah exhibited her fashion consciousness by changing her outfit three times in a day during the G8 summit. She was first ...

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G8 endorses Obama’s call for world free of nuclear weapons

G8 endorses Obama’s call for world free of nuclear weapons

July 9th, 2009 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS -
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (DPA) The Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations meeting in Italy endorsed calls by US President Barack Obama for a world without nuclear weapons. "We are all committed ...

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Russia rejects G8 emissions cut target

July 9th, 2009 - 5:14 am ICT by IANS -
L'aquila (Italy), July 9 (RIA Novosti) Russia has refused to back a target of an 80 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 proposed by the Group of Eight (G8) countries, ...

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IANS Top Stories At 9

IANS Top Stories At 9

July 8th, 2009 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS -
NATIONAL Ahmedabad liquor tragedy toll 43, Modi faces protests - Roundup moved at 1936 Recession causes 50,000-150,000 Indian workers to return home - Moved at 1722 I-cards for residents of 3,331 coastal villages: ...

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