Army called in to protect Islamabad diplomatic enclave
September 20th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) The Pakistan government called in the army Thursday after a large number of enraged protesters tried to storm Islamabad's heavily-guarded diplomatic enclave to register their protest ... Read more...
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Russian telecom operator blocks YouTube
September 20th, 2012 - 7:36 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Rostelecom, one of Russia's largest telecom operators, has suspended access to YouTube in the central region of Omsk after local prosecutors reacted to a film ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists taken off US terror list
September 7th, 2012 - 7:53 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 7 (IANS) The US State Department has removed the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) from its list of terrorist organisations, RIA Novosti reported."The (State) Department has determined that ... Read more...
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Shebby Singh appointed Blackburn’s football director
June 19th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 19 (IANS) Former Malaysian defender and football pundit Shebby Singh has been appointed director of football by English club Blackburn Rovers.Blackburn's Indian owners Venky's decided to appoint Singh ... Read more...
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Putin to win polls in first round: Exit poll
March 5th, 2012 - 1:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin got 58.3 percent of the vote at Sunday's presidential elections in Russia which was enough for victory, a state-run exit ... Read more...
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Russia votes as Putin seeks Kremlin return (Second Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russians voted Sunday to elect a president for the fifth time in the nation's post-Soviet history, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin bidding to return to ... Read more...
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Egypt’s ex-president Mubarak denies all charges
August 3rd, 2011 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak on the first day of his trial in Cairo Wednesday denied all charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters.The ... Read more...
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Mubarak trial venue changed due to security concerns
July 31st, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, July 31 (IANS) The venue for the trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will be moved from a Cairo convention centre due to security reasons, BBC reported.The trial ... Read more...
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Egypt court orders dissolution of Mubarak’s ex-ruling party
April 17th, 2011 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Apr 17 (ANI): An Egyptian court has ordered the dissolution of the country's former ruling party led by ousted President Hosni Mubarak, and the confiscation of its assets.The move, which indicate ... Read more...
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Emergency declared in Yemen, 41 killed in police firing (Third Lead)
March 18th, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, March 18 (IANS) After at least 41 protesters, including a child, were killed and over 200 people were injured following firing by policemen in plainclothes on tens of thousands ... Read more...
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Mohamed ElBaradei to run for Egyptian presidency
March 10th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Mar 10(ANI): Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has said that he plans to contest the first presidential elections to be held after mass demonstrations ended former President Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule. ... Read more...
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Libya to see more anti-Gaddafi demonstrations
February 25th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Feb 25 (IANS/AKI) Anti-government protesters in Libya are due to hold a series of mass demonstrations Friday in an attempt to end the 41-year rule of authoritarian leader Muammar Gaddafi, ... Read more...
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Take to the streets, internet groups urge Iraqis
February 25th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Feb 25 (IANS) Internet groups on Facebook have urged Iraqis to take to streets Friday to "end corruption and sectarianism in Iraq". The call has come exactly a month after ... Read more...
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Gaddafi warns of chaos, blames Al Qaeda for unrest (Lead)
February 24th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli/London, Feb 24 (IANS) A defiant Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Thursday warned of chaos if anti-government protests continued in the country and accused Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden of "duping young ... Read more...
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Berlusconi refuses to step down saying he has ‘respect for women’
February 15th, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 15 (ANI): Scandal-hit Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has hit back at protestors' calls for him to resign and insisted he had 'respect for women.'In what was one of the ... Read more...
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After Egypt, winds of change are blowing through six nations (Lead)
February 12th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) Winds of change are sweeping through the Middle East, encompassing aestern Asia and northern Africa, triggering a series of political shifts in response to widespread discontent that ... Read more...
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Six nations where winds of change are blowing
February 12th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) The winds of change are sweeping through the Middle East, triggering a series of political shifts in response to widespread discontent that once went unacknowledged. Here is ... Read more...
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Egypt turmoil continues as government patience wears thin (Lead)
February 9th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo/Washington/United Nations, Feb 9 (IANS) Protests at Cairo's Tahrir Square entered the 16th day Wednesday, a day after many first timers took part in a massive demonstration to oust Egyptian President Hosni ... Read more...
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Egypt panel ‘to study constitutional reform’
February 6th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Feb 6(ANI): Egypt's government and opposition have reportedly agreed to set up a committee to study constitutional reform to put the country on a path toward greater democracy.According to the ... Read more...
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Muslim Brotherhood joins opposition-Egypt Government talks
February 6th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Feb.6 (ANI): Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, joined talks with Egyptian Vice-President Omar Suleiman on Sunday in an attempt to end the country's political crisis.According to a CBC News ... Read more...
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‘I believe in human rights,’ says Aung San Suu Kyi
November 14th, 2010 - 7:02 pm ICT by ANI
Yangon (Myanmar), Nov.14 (ANI): A day after she was released from seven years of house arrest, Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, told thousands of wildly cheering supporters on Sunday that ... Read more...
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Army to play proactive role in thwarting Geelani’s ‘Quit Kashmir’ protests
September 16th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Sept.16 (ANI): The Omar Abdullah-led Government in Jammu and Kashmir has reportedly decided to use the Army proactively to prevent separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani from going ahead with ... Read more...
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500 arrested amid protests during G20 summit
June 28th, 2010 - 2:57 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 28 (DPA) More than 500 people have been arrested amid mass demonstrations in Canada's largest city during the weekend summit of the world's 20 largest economies, police said Sunday.
Sporadic violence ... Read more...
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Tehran accuses US of launching ‘cyber war’ against Iran
March 14th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, March 15 (DPA) Tehran has accused the United States of having launched a "cyber war" against Iran, state television network IRIB reported Sunday.
IRIB showed a ten-minute special programme, apparently made by ... Read more...
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Iran stops film director from travelling to Berlinale
February 17th, 2010 - 7:08 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 17 (DPA) Iranian authorities have refused to give permission to one of the nation's leading leading movie directors to leave the nation to be an honorary guest at this year's ... Read more...
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Execution of Iranian dissidents was murder: US
January 29th, 2010 - 6:18 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 29 (DPA) The US strongly condemned Iran's execution of two dissidents Thursday, saying the murderous act was a "low point" in the Islamic state's repression of political speech.
"The US strongly ... Read more...
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Obama condemns Iran for crackdown on demonstrations
December 29th, 2009 - 4:00 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 29 (DPA) US President Barack Obama Monday condemned Iran for violently cracking down on demonstrations, warning the Islamic state it will not succeed in denying people their universal rights.
"The ... Read more...
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MPs, legislators to quit en masse amid Telangana storm (Roundup)
December 24th, 2009 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Eleven of 12 MPs and as many as 80 legislators from volatile Telangana Thursday decided to quit to protest the central government's move to put on hold ... Read more...
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Berlin celebrates the fall of the Wall (Lead)
November 9th, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Nov 9 (DPA) German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday retraced the steps she took after the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, as international leaders gathered in Berlin to ... Read more...
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Further unrest in west China’s Urumqi region following syringe attacks
September 3rd, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
Urumqi (China), Sep 3(ANI): Following a spate of ethnically motivated syringe attacks in China's Xinjiang province, renewed mass demonstrations and violence was reported in the region on Thursday.Thousands of people gathered at ... Read more...
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Seven killed, 15 wounded in Iraq car bombing
July 15th, 2009 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, July 15 (DPA) Seven people were killed and at least 15 wounded Wednesday when a man detonated explosives packed in his car in central Iraqi city of Ramadi, police said.
"A suicide ... Read more...
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Iran could bring unity to G8 divided over economy
July 4th, 2009 - 10:05 am ICT by IANS
By Mike McCarthy
Washington, July 4 (DPA) US President Barack Obama has been squabbling with West European leaders over how to handle issues such as the global economic crisis and climate change, ... Read more...
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Tripura Left Front protests fuel price hike
July 2nd, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 2 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Thursday demanded that the central government immediately withdraw the hike in petrol and diesel prices while the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist ... Read more...
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Global warming as big a threat as arms race, say scientists
May 29th, 2009 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
Edinburgh, May 29 (ANI): Scientists have warned that climate change poses as great a threat as the nuclear arms race, and have called on world leaders to take action to tackle the ... Read more...
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Obama pledges to do needful to kick-start recovery (Lead)
April 2nd, 2009 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
London, April 1 (DPA) US President Barack Obama wound up his first day at the world political stage Wednesday, pledging to do all he could to face down the global recession ... Read more...
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