US to discuss Tibet situation with China
February 11th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 11 (IANS) The issue of increased tensions and violations of human rights in Tibet will come up for discussion during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's visit to ... Read more...
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Karmapa concerned over unrest in Tibet (Lead)
February 6th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 6 (IANS) Tibetan religious head and the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje Monday expressed concern over the prevailing tense situation in Tibet and the Chinese authorities' ... Read more...
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Unrest in Tibet: Exiles seeks global intervention
February 6th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 6 (IANS) The Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharamsala Monday sought international intervention over the prevailing tense situation inside Tibet.It expressed fear of further bloodshed as the Tibetan New ... Read more...
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US concerned over violence in Tibet
January 25th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Jan 25 (IANS) Expressing concern over violence in Tibet, the US has urged China to address its counterproductive policies and resume talks with the Tibetan exiles."I am gravely concerned ... Read more...
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Sailors’ rescue in India’s hands, say hijacked ship’s owners
May 6th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) With Somalian pirates insisting on the release of their colleagues in Indian custody in return for eight Indian sailors held by them on board tanker ... Read more...
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Tibetans in exile protest against China in Dharamsala
April 24th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamsala, Apr 24(ANI): Activists of the Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) on Sunday organized a protest rally in Dharamsala against Chinese atrocities in Tibet's Ngawa city.Hundreds of protestors including TWA activists, Gu Chu ... Read more...
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Reports of Gaddafi leaving power ridiculous, says son
April 12th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 12 (IANS) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who is facing international pressure to quit power, is ready to talk "even with the devil" but reports about his stepping down ... Read more...
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62 percent of Americans oppose military strikes against Gaddafi’s forces until no-fly zone fails
March 15th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Sixty-two percent of Americans want the United States and allies to conduct military strikes against Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadhafi's forces only when the proposed no-fly zone ... Read more...
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Afghanistan’s neighbours must ensure its independence: India
January 6th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) In a veiled reference to Pakistan, India Thursday said Afghanistan's neighbours should "guarantee its independence rather than subvert it" and called for dismantling of the infrastructure of ... Read more...
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India asks Pakistan to end illegal occupation of Kashmir
September 23rd, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 23 (IANS) With Pakistan trying to rake up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations General Assembly, India has asserted that Islamabad is in illegal possession of certain parts ... Read more...
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India to counter Pakistan’s Kashmir pitch at UN
September 22nd, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IANS) Amid the strong possibility of a bilateral meeting between External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart in New York, India is bracing to counter ... Read more...
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Baloch, Sindhi expatriates protest before UK PM’s residence
July 26th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 26 (ANI): Baloch and Sindhi expatriates living in London protested in front of 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister on Sunday to seek international intervention ... Read more...
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Iran Says It Will Not Stone Widow To Death
July 9th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian widow who was waiting in jail for the day when the authorities would stone her to death, can now be in ... Read more...
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Pak to keep seeking international intervention to resolve K-issue: Gilani
June 10th, 2009 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 10 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan would keep calling for the global community to intervene in the Kashmir issue, and hoped it will ... Read more...
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Canadians join in as Tamils take to streets again
May 10th, 2009 - 10:15 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, May 10 (IANS) After a lull of a few days, more than 5,000 Tamils and their non-Tamil supporters took to the streets here Saturday to protest the alleged genocide ... Read more...
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Pakistan flayed for murder of Ahmadiyya couple by Islamists
March 18th, 2009 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 18 (IANS) Ahmadiyyas of Canada have sought international intervention to stop persecution of their community in Pakistan following the murder of a doctor couple by extremists in Multan.
Under Pakistani laws, ... Read more...
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Tamil ‘human chain’ jams Toronto (With Image)
March 17th, 2009 - 10:09 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 17 (IANS) More than 50,000 Tamils jammed the streets of downtown Toronto Tuesday demanding international intervention in Sri Lanka to stop "genocide'' of innocent people.
Beating dhols and holding placards, they ... Read more...
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Obama advised to avoid falling into Kashmir trap
February 27th, 2009 - 10:09 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) A leading South Asia expert has advised President Barack Obama to avoid falling into the trap of trying to directly mediate between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir ... Read more...
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Pak seeks international intervention to normalise Indo-Pak relations
December 27th, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec. 27 (ANI): Following growing International pressure to bring the Mumbai carnage suspects to book, Pakistan on Friday went into diplomatic overdrive and sought international intervention to cool down the ... Read more...
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Obama proposal for Kashmir envoy misguided: US scholar
December 6th, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) Calling US president-elect Barack Obama's recent proposal to name a special envoy on Kashmir as "misguided", an American South Asia expert instead favours a "broad-based South Asia regional ... Read more...
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Taliban is making a telling comeback in Afghanistan, say charities
August 1st, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.1 (ANI): Over a hundred aid agencies have claimed that Afghanistan could be heading back to Taliban rule, given the unprecedented numbers of civilian casualties and terror attacks in areas ... Read more...
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Decision on fuel price hike may come Wednesday
June 3rd, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The government is set to take a decision on raising fuel prices soon, maybe as early as Wednesday after a meeting of the cabinet, foreign minister Pranab ... Read more...
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Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq calls for probe into 1000 Kashmiri graves
April 12th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by admin
Srinagar, Apr 12 (ANI): The Chairman of the moderate faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Council, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, has demanded international investigations of the nearly thousand unmarked graves that were ... Read more...
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Sarabjits case will be taken to the UN: Jaiswal
March 20th, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Sriprakash Jaiswal said on Thursday that the Singh execution case could be taken to the United Nations. Jaiswal indicated ... Read more...
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Tibetan unrest shows China’s strong-arm policy stays
March 17th, 2008 - 7:40 pm ICT by admin
By Jaideep Sarin
Hong Kong, March 17 (IANS) China's crackdown on the Tibetan unrest in Lhasa and elsewhere in the mainland, reminiscent of the army action in 1989, raises doubt on whether there ... Read more...
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Palestinian envoy backs bigger Indian role in Middle East peace
March 12th, 2008 - 8:16 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Calling for international intervention, Palestinian ambassador to India Osama Musa Wednesday urged India and other like-minded countries to put pressure on the US to bring an end ... Read more...
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‘Pak seeking international help in Benazir’s assassination probe’
December 30th, 2007 - 3:47 pm ICT by admin
New York, Dec 30 (ANI): Pakistani officials have quietly started consulting other countries over its probe into Pakistan People's Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto's assassination, US officials have revealed.
They, however, were not ... Read more...
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