UNICEF appeals for $1.28 billion for 2012 humanitarian aid
January 28th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK/GENEVA (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday appealed for $1.28 billion from governments to provide humanitarian assistance to children around the world in 2012.UNICEF's acting Deputy ... Read more...
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Overseas Indians welcome right to vote
January 9th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 9 (IANS) Non-resident Indians have hailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement that the government would allow them to vote and participate in the election process, a long-tanding ... Read more...
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Ivorian Doumbia named Russia’s footballer of the year
December 29th, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 29 (IANS) Ivory Coast football striker Seydou Doumbia was named Russia's Player of the Year here Thursday.Doumbia, playing for CSKA Moscow, scored 24 goals in 32 matches of ... Read more...
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Henry offered two-month contract by Arsenal
December 29th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 29 (IANS) English Premier League side Arsenal have offered Frenchman Thierry Henry a two-month contract to return to the club he left in 2007.Arsene Wenger had been ... Read more...
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Nicolas Anelka signs with China’s Shanghai Shenhua
December 12th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 12 (IANS) Out of favour Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has signed a two-year deal with Chinese Super League football side Shanghai Shenhua.Anelka is all set to join the ... Read more...
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Sven-Goran Eriksson quits Leicester
October 25th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 25 (IANS) Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has left Leicester following the club's mediocre start to the season.Much was expected of the Foxes after an outlay of more than 10 ... Read more...
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I did not kill Kercher: Knox tells court
October 3rd, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Perugia (Italy), Oct 3 (IANS/AKI) US college student Amanda Knox Monday reiterated her claim that she did not kill British student Meredith Kercher and urged an appeals court to overthrow ... Read more...
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NATO operations in Libya to continue: Sarkozy
September 2nd, 2011 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Sep 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Participants of a conference on the reconstruction of Libya have approved the continuation of NATO air operations until the threat posed by Muammar Gaddafi is ... Read more...
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Drogba recovers from mild concussion
August 28th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 28 (IANS) Chelsea star Didier Drogba is likely to released from hospital Sunday after suffering "mild concussion" during the team's 3-1 win over Norwich Saturday.The club said that ... Read more...
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10-year-old Vogue model gets magazine under fire
August 5th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Vogue magazine has come under fire for publishing sexualized images of a ten-year-old model. The images of Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau were published on the cover and inside pages of the magazine Vogue ... Read more...
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Rich keep getting richer in US
July 6th, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 6 (IANS/EFE) The White House proposal to curb tax deductions that benefit firms and high-income individuals as part of the deficit-reduction negotiations that are continuing Tuesday have ... Read more...
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UN General Assembly re-elects Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General
June 22nd, 2011 - 8:14 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday agreed to re-elect Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General, his second consecutive term at the helm of the 192-member organization.Ban, 67, was ... Read more...
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Malta rescues 76 migrants fleeing Libya, one dies
June 2nd, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by BNO News
VALLETTA, MALTA (BNO NEWS) -- A man died on a boat that was rescued by the Armed Forces of Malta on Wednesday off the coast of the Mediterranean island, the Times of ... Read more...
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Drogba all set to stay at Chelsea
April 29th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 29 (ANI): Ace striker Didier Drogba is set to stay at Chelsea after crunch talks with the club management.Drogba's agent Thierno Seydi met chief executive Ron Gourlay on Wednesday ... Read more...
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Pope holds question-answer session on TV
April 23rd, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 23 (IANS) Pope Benedict XVI held a televised question and answer session on Italy's public broadcaster to mark Good Friday, a media report said.The Pope responded to questions ... Read more...
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Pope’s first-ever TV Q&A session makes broadcasting history
April 23rd, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 23 (ANI): Pope Benedict XVI has made broadcasting history by appearing on television to answer questions from the public around the world.The Pope responded to video questions about the tsunami ... Read more...
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Soccer coach Eriksson ‘duped into managing football minnows
April 19th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 19 (ANI): Money-obsessed football chief Sven-Goran Eriksson lost his Midas touch when he was conned by convicted fraudster Russell King, 52, into believing that King had links to the fabulously ... Read more...
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More Indian nationals evacuated from Abidjan
April 18th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 18 (ANI): A group of 44 Indians have been evacuated from Abidjan, the capital of civil war-torn Ivory Coast, to neighbouring Ghana, on an aircraft chartered by the Ministry ... Read more...
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Didier Drogba’s family home in Ivory Coast torched
April 15th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Yamoussoukro, Apr 15 (ANI): Houses belonging to footballer Didier Drogba's family in the Ivory Coast have reportedly been torched by rebel forces.Some reports have suggested the entire village of Guiberoua, where ... Read more...
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Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo under house arrest
April 13th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
Abidjan, Apr 13 (ANI): Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been placed under house arrest, said President Alassane Ouattara's Government.Gbagbo, who claimed victory in the November presidential run-off and ... Read more...
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66 Indians evacuated from war torn Ivory Coast
April 13th, 2011 - 2:28 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): Sixty six Indian nationals, including 11 women and 12 children were safely evacuated from Abidjan, the capital of strife torn Ivory Coast and taken to Accra, the ... Read more...
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66 Indians evacuated from Cote d’Ivoire
April 13th, 2011 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Amid intensifying violence in the West African nation of Cote d'Ivoire, 66 Indian nationals, including 11 women and 12 children, were Tuesday safely evacuated from ... Read more...
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Obama welcomes end of Gbagbo’s ‘illegitimate claim to power’ in Ivory Coast
April 12th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 12(ANI): United States President Barack Obama has welcomed the "decisive turn" of events in the Ivory Coast and the end of former President Laurent Gbagbo's "illegitimate claim to power" ... Read more...
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Ex-Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo to face legal proceedings
April 12th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 12(ANI): Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo will face legal proceedings, the country's internationally recognized president, Alassane Ouattara, has said.Ouattara said that "legal proceedings will be launched against Laurent Gbagbo, ... Read more...
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French, UN helicopters attack Ivory Coast presidential palace
April 11th, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by ANI
Abidjan, Apr 11 (ANI): French and United Nations helicopter gunships fired rockets at the Ivory Coast's presidential palace on Sunday, to dislodge a despot hiding in a basement tunnel.According to UN spokesman ... Read more...
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Hilary Clinton criticizes China’s ‘worsening’ human rights record
April 9th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.9 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned China for what she alleged as its worsening human rights record, and expressed concern over reports of Chinese intellectuals and activists ... Read more...
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Indian ambassador evacuated in Ivory Coast
April 8th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) India's ambassador to the war-ravaged West African nation of Cote d'Ivoire was evacuated from her residence following heavy fighting near the Indian mission in Abidjan ... Read more...
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UN forces rescue Indian envoy to Ivory Coast
April 8th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr.8 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to Ivory Coast Shyama Jain has been rescued by the United Nations forces. All the embassy staff has also been evacuated from the civil war torn ... Read more...
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Tunisia and Italy agree to curb illegal immigration
April 7th, 2011 - 1:37 am ICT by BNO News
TUNIS (BNO NEWS) -- Tunisia and Italy on Wednesday reached an agreement on illegal immigration that includes the repatriation of new arrivals on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, ANSA news agency ... Read more...
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Hundreds missing after migrant boat sinks near Italian island, 50 rescued
April 6th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by BNO News
LAMPEDUSA, ITALY (BNO NEWS) -- More than 250 people are feared to have drowned after a migrant boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday morning, the International Organization for ... Read more...
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Heavy firing heard near Ivory Coast president’s house
April 6th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Abidjan, April 6 (IANS) Firing from heavy weapons was heard near the residence of Cote d'Ivoire's besieged President Laurent Gbagbo, who has been confined to a bunker by rival forces ... Read more...
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Booming trade ups freight from India to Africa
April 6th, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) In a reflection of booming trade, freight from India to Africa has been increasing by 15-20 percent annually for the past three years, says a ... Read more...
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Ivory Coast President negotiating exit with UN
April 6th, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Abidjan, Apr 6 (ANI): The United Nations has said the Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo's departure from power is being negotiated following a fierce assault by forces loyal to his rival Alassane ... Read more...
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‘Ivory wave’ replacing banned ‘miaow miaow’ as new party drug
March 15th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): A drug known as 'ivory wave' seems to be replacing mephedrone or 'miaow miaow' as the next legal high after mephedrone was banned in the UK and made ... Read more...
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Ivory Coast on brink of civil war as security forces kill seven female peace marchers
March 4th, 2011 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Yamoussoukro, Mar 4 (ANI): Seven women have been killed in Ivory Coast's commercial capital, Abidjan, when security forces opened fired at peace protestors, with many analysts saying that the country could come ... Read more...
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