Sex doll river race banned in Russia
August 20th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian authorities have banned an annual river race involving competitors gliding down the water on their inflatable sex dolls.The Bubble Baba Challenge-2012 was banned because ... Read more...
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DMK to discuss government crackdown
June 19th, 2012 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 18 (IANS) With many of its senior leaders and former ministers facing police cases and being arrested, Tamil Nadu's DMK has called meeting of its executive committee Friday ... Read more...
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70 arrested Chinese released in Nigeria (Lead)
May 24th, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) Nigeria has released around 70 Chinese who were arrested for illegally living and working in the country, a Chinese foreign ministry official said Thursday.Ministry spokesman Hong ... Read more...
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45 Chinese arrested in Nigeria
May 24th, 2012 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) A total of 45 Chinese have been arrested in Nigeria for their involvement in illegal textile trade, a media report said Thursday.The 34 men and 11 ... Read more...
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U.S. Ambassador Ford pulled from Syria due to threats
October 24th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. government has decided to pull Ambassador Robert Ford from Syria as a result of 'credible threats' made against him, officials said on Monday morning.Ford, who ... Read more...
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Russia favours more time for Assad for reforms
August 20th, 2011 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 19 (IANS) Russia has declined to endorse calls by the US and European Union member states asking Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to step down, favouring more time ... Read more...
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US, Britain and Saudi Arabia call for immediate end to Syrian crackdown
August 14th, 2011 - 3:58 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON (BNO NEWS) -- United States President Barack Obama on Saturday discussed the situation in Syria with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah and British Prime Minister David Cameron, and all three called for ... Read more...
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U.S. government sanctions three Syrian companies
August 10th, 2011 - 11:00 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. government on Wednesday announced new sanctions against Syria by including the country's largest commercial bank and the country's biggest mobile phone company.The U.S. Treasury Department ... Read more...
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15 countries elected to UN Human Rights Council
May 21st, 2011 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, May 21 (IANS) The UN General Assembly has elected 15 countries, including India, to the Human Rights Council, filling the latest slate of rotating council candidates, Xinhua reported.The ... Read more...
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Deploy UN forces in Arab countries, say Mumbai Muslims
March 25th, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Muslims from Mumbai and its surrounding areas Friday demanded deployment of United Nations peacekeeping forces in Arab and West Asian countries where pro-democracy and pro-reform protests ... Read more...
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India express condolences over death of Indian in Bahrain cross-fire
March 18th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IANS) India Friday expressed its condolences over the death of an Indian national, Stephen Abraham, in the violent clashes between protestors and security forces in Bahrain."In ... Read more...
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Bahrain assures safety of Indians
March 17th, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Bahrain has assured the safety of all Indians living in the Gulf state which has witnessed violent clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces.Bahraini Prime ... Read more...
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Bahrain anti-government protests pose fresh hurdle for Obama administration
February 18th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18(ANI): A brutal government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Bahrain has left the Obama administration again confronted with the task of trying to stabilize an ally besieged by growing ... Read more...
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Iran presses opposition not to go ahead with rally
February 11th, 2011 - 11:45 am ICT by ANI
Tehran/New York, Feb.11 (ANI): Iranian authorities are putting pressure on the country's political opposition not to go ahead with a rally in support of the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.Security ... Read more...
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Thousands of anti-government protesters rally in Bangkok
January 24th, 2011 - 12:33 am ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) -- Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in Bangkok on Sunday, demanding the government to release their key leaders who were jailed in last year's crackdown, MCOT online news reported.
Demonstrators ... Read more...
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Chinese dissident plans empty chair protest for Nobel peace prize ceremony
November 21st, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.21 (ANI): A Chinese veteran of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, Yang Jianli, has said that his decision not to attend the Nobel peace prize award ceremony in Oslo on ... Read more...
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China jails Tibetan property tycoon for life
August 13th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.13 (ANI): China has sentenced a Tibetan property tycoon to life imprisonment without providing details of the charges, said to be mainly political in nature.Reports from Beijing said that the ... Read more...
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Brazil makes headway in protecting parts of Amazon
July 8th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 8 (IANS) Researchers have discovered evidence that many of the Brazilian government's efforts to protect the Amazon are working.
Bob Walker of Michigan State University and two fellow scientists were the ... Read more...
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Facebook Blocked in Thailand?
May 19th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by admin
By Sajal Kayan
Bangkok, May 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Popular social networking website Facebook was reported to be inaccessible by several users in Thailand.
A poll conducted by Thaivisa.com, a local web-forum for ... Read more...
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Spurned Indian students fight for refund of their fees from Australia
May 3rd, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, May 3 (ANI): Unable to return to Australia because of the collapse of several colleges, refusal to renew student visas and the violence against the Indian community there, students are ... Read more...
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Iron ore shortage hits Chhattisgarh, Orissa sponge units
April 12th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur/Bhubaneswar, April 12 (IANS) Sponge iron factories in Chhattisgarh and Orissa have suspended or heavily cut short production due to disruption in the supply of iron ore, industry and trade ... Read more...
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Jharkhand violence rages, train blast kills two (Second Lead)
November 20th, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Friday continued their violence spree in Jharkhand, after blowing up a passenger train overnight that left a woman and an infant dead, police said.
In separate incidents, ... Read more...
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Lily Allen backs out of illegal download debate
September 25th, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 25 (ANI): Lily Allen has decided to step back from the ongoing debate over illegal downloads following angry response from her fans.The singer has decided to close down her blog, ... Read more...
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Rape claims ’sheer lies’: Iran speaker
August 13th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by IBNS
Tehran (Iran), Aug 13 (IBNS) Iran's parliament speaker- Ali Larijani, has dismissed allegations that post-election detainees were raped while in custody. He also called the ‘news’, ‘sheer lies spread by an opposition ... Read more...
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Prospects for US-Iran dialogue receding, warns Obama
June 27th, 2009 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 27 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has said that prospects for a dialogue with Iran have been dampened by the brutal government crackdown on the opposition following the nation's ... Read more...
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Obama ‘very concerned’ by Khamenei comments
June 20th, 2009 - 5:05 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 20 (DPA) US President Barack Obama said he was concerned by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's speech Friday that called for an end to protests over Iran's disputed ... Read more...
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EU foreign ministers call on Tehran to clarify result
June 15th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Luxembourg, June 15 (DPA) European Union (EU) diplomats Monday called for an investigation into allegations of fraud in Iran's presidential election, but stressed that they wanted better relations with the Islamic Republic.
"First ... Read more...
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West Bengal government moves to end Lalgarh impasse
April 21st, 2009 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) Officials of the Election Commission, the West Bengal government and representatives of agitating tribals will hold a meeting Wednesday to end the stalemate at Lalgarh on holding ... Read more...
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Thai public finds government crackdown on Shinawatra supporters acceptable
April 19th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Bangkok, Apr. 19 (ANI): The general public has approved Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's government's quelling of last weekend's rioting in Bangkok. The latest ABAC public opinion poll says that a ... Read more...
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Lalgarh tribal leader alleges attack by CPI-M
April 11th, 2009 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) A tribal leader in West Bengal's troubled Lalgarh region Saturday alleged that armed Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) cadres had attacked local villagers and torched their houses.
"A ... Read more...
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Lalgarh crisis deepens as CPI-M, tribal leader trade charges
April 10th, 2009 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) The crisis in West Bengal's tribal-dominated Lalgarh area where residents have been protesting police "excesses" and resisting a planned government crackdown against Maoist rebels, deepened Friday with ... Read more...
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Crackdown in Pakistan: Nawaz under house arrest (Second Lead)
March 15th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 15 (IANS) Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and other opposition leaders were Sunday placed under house arrest for three days as the government crackdown continued against lawyers taking out ... Read more...
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Cut migrants to cope with recession: British home minister
February 22nd, 2009 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 22 (IANS) Britain's home minister said Sunday a coming clampdown on skilled migrant workers would help the government tackle the effects of recession.
Jacqui Smith made her comments before a points-based ... Read more...
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China blocks 55 more porn websites
January 29th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 29 (ANI): In a crackdown on pornography, China has shut down another 55 porn websites, bringing the total number of blocked sites to 1,507.According to a statement issued ... Read more...
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Hamilton joins campaign against Scot Government crackdown on alcohol
January 25th, 2009 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.25 (ANI): Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has joined a campaign against the Scottish Government''s crackdown on alcohol.
In a move calculated to pile pressure on ministers, drinks firm Diageo has ... Read more...
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