Former Pakistani PM’s son arrested
September 14th, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 14 (IANS) Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Musa Gilani was arrested Friday from the gate of the Supreme Court while he was on his ... Read more...
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Ivy Queen thrives in male-dominated reggaeton
August 29th, 2012 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
San Juan, Aug 29 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rican reggaeton pioneer Ivy Queen is presenting her new album "La musa" that will keep her in the forefront of a musical genre dominated ... Read more...
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Honda goal gives CSKA win over AIK
August 24th, 2012 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Aug 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A simple finish from Keisuke Honda was enough to give CSKA Moscow a valuable away 1-0 lead as the Russian team beat Sweden's AIK here ... Read more...
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Politician shot dead in Nigeria
May 26th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Abuja, May 26 (IANS) A Nigerian politician was shot dead Saturday by gunmen suspected to be from the Islamist sect Boko Haram, the military said.Alhaji Ahmadu, chairman of the People's ... Read more...
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Gilani’s son, named in drug scam, returns from South Africa
April 22nd, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son has cut short his honeymoon and returned from South Africa after he was named as an accused in ... Read more...
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Drug scam: Pakistan faces medicine shortage
April 20th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Pakistan's pharmaceutical industry has been hit hard by a Rs.7 billion drug scam in which Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son has been named an ... Read more...
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Gilani’s son named in drug scam
April 19th, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday directed his son Ali Musa Gilani to cut short his trip to South Africa after he was named ... Read more...
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Pakistani daily seeks impartial probe in drug scam
April 18th, 2012 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Musa Gilani may have "curried favour" and been involved in wrongdoing but "only an impartial investigation can unearth the ... Read more...
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Drug scam: Details of visitors to Gilani’s home sought
April 17th, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) Authorities probing the Rs.7 billion scam of illegal sale of ephedrine, a controlled substance used in medicines, have sought a complete record of visitors to ... Read more...
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Takale completes Mahindra sweep at Dakshin Dare Rally
April 14th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 14 (IANS) Mahindra Adventure team completed a clean sweep of the top honours as Pune's Sanjay Takale (co-driver Mustafa) won the title in the Endurance category (TSD format) ... Read more...
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Gilani’s son ‘on the run?’
April 12th, 2012 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son, Ali Musa Gilani, has left Pakistan, said a daily, adding that it was, "of course purely coincidental" that he ... Read more...
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Gilani’s son in Rs.7 bn drug scam?
March 30th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) A Rs.7 billion ($77 million) "drug quota allotment" scam allegedly involving Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani' son has surfaced in Pakistan, Geo News reported.A three-member ... Read more...
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Real Madrid book place in last eight of Champions League
March 15th, 2012 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 15 (IANS) Real Madrid had little difficulty in qualifying for the last eight of the Champions League as they defeated CSKA Moscow 4-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.The ... Read more...
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Urs triumphs as Gill falters in Coffee Day Rally
November 20th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chikmagalur (Karnataka), Nov 20 (IANS) Lohitt Urs (co-driver PV Srinivasa Murthy) got the jump on two of his MRF team-mates, including Amittrajit Ghosh (Ashwin Naik) and overnight leader Gaurav Gill ... Read more...
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Gill looking to consolidate in National Rally
November 17th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chikmagalur (Karnataka), Nov 17 (IANS) In what could be viewed as a strong indicator of its popularity, the Coffee Day Rally, the fifth round of the Indian National Rally Championship, ... Read more...
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50 dead in Uganda landslides
August 30th, 2011 - 4:57 am ICT by IANS
Kampala, Aug 30 (IANS) More than 50 people were killed in landslides in eastern Uganda Monday, Xinhua reported.Three villages in Bulambuli district were hit by landslides. Twenty-nine bodies were retrieved ... Read more...
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20 civilians die in Afghan mine blast
July 1st, 2011 - 3:39 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 1 (IANS) Twenty civilians were killed when a landmine exploded under their bus in southwest Afghanistan, Xinhua reported Friday.The blast occurred Thursday afternoon in the Khash Rod ... Read more...
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Commanding win for Gill at Maharashtra rally
June 5th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik, June 5 (IANS) Expectedly, Gaurav Gill (co-driver Musa Sherif), driving a modified 2000cc Mitsubishi Cedia, led a 1-2 finish for Team MRF along with Lohitt V. Urs (PVS Murthy) ... Read more...
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Two LeT militants killed in J-K encounter
April 24th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 24 (ANI): Army troops shot down two militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror oufit during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban District.According to reports, the two militants, who ... Read more...
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‘Former Libyan spy chief was double agent for Britain, US’
April 3rd, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 3 (IANS) Musa Kusa, the former Libyan intelligence chief who defected to Britain, was acting as a double agent for the MI6 and the CIA for a decade, ... Read more...
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US Christian leaders seek Obama’s help to free jailed Afghan convert
February 24th, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 24(ANI): Christian leaders in the United States have sought President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's help for the release of Said Musa, who could be put ... Read more...
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Embrace Islam or face gallows: Afghan worker told
February 7th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 7 (IANS) An Afghan Red Cross activist, who had embraced Christanity, faces death sentence handed down by a court in Afghanistan.Physiotherapist Said Musa, 45, will be executed within three days, ... Read more...
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West Africa Plagued By Cholera Epidemic
September 11th, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
September 11, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Reports have stated the outbreak of a serious cholera epidemic in West Africa. The situation has worsened after heavy rains with the reports ... Read more...
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Cholera Claims About 800 Lives In West Africa
September 11th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Nigeria, Sep 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Cholera outbreak in West Africa has claimed nearly 800 lives in two months. The survey reveals that this the worst epidemic in 19 years ... Read more...
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Former Mandela charity head hands in Campbell diamonds
August 6th, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Aug 6 (DPA) The former head of Nelson Mandela's charity for children has handed over to police the three diamonds allegedly given to supermodel Naomi Campbell by former Liberian dictator ... Read more...
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‘Killer massage’ is 108-yr-old Malay woman’s key to keeping 38-yr-old hubby
August 2nd, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 2 (ANI): A woman in Malaysia has revealed that she holds on to her husband, who is 70-years younger than her, by giving him a "killer massage" that she ... Read more...
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Massage makes young hubby committed, says wife, 108
August 2nd, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 2 (IANS) Not nagging but a soothing massage can make your husband committed, says a 108-year-old Malaysian woman who has been living with her 23rd husband, 70 years younger ... Read more...
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Divorces due to unfaithful wives on the rise in Malaysia
July 27th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, July 27 (ANI): The number of divorce cases in Malaysia because of unfaithful wives has risen by up to 20 percent in the past decade.Kosmo! highlighted Syarian lawyer Musa Awang ... Read more...
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Bombers Target Sunni Insurgents In Pilgrimage
July 10th, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Baghdad, July 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) 12 people were killed in Baghdad in a target attack by the militants on Thursday. The Iraqi officials informed the media that the militants had ... Read more...
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Pak court dismisses plea against extradition of Taliban No.2
May 12th, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 12 (ANI): The possible extradition of 12 Afghan Taliban militants, including Taliban No.2 Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, arrested by Pakistan has benn stalled after the Lahore High Court dismissed ... Read more...
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CJI, Modi share dais at law college convocation
March 28th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 28 (IANS) A day after he was questioned by a Supreme Court-appointed panel over his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, Chief Minister Narendra Modi shared the dais ... Read more...
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Guatemalan planned his own murder, finds probe
January 13th, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, Jan 13 (IANS/EFE) A Spanish jurist who chairs Guatemala's International Commission Against Impunity has said that prominent attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg planned his own murder.
The May 10, 2009 crime ignited a ... Read more...
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Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s Health In Huge Speculation
January 11th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Ghana, Jan 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The health of the Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is causing serious concerns in the country, which is one of the biggest exporters of oil ... Read more...
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At least 68 journalists killed in 2009
December 18th, 2009 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
New York, Dec 17 (DPA) At least 68 journalists were killed in 2009, with the largest death toll in the Philippines, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Thursday.
More than 30 media ... Read more...
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Islamic students group wants Beyonce’s Malay gig banned
September 29th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Kula Lumpur, Sept 29 (ANI): An organisation of Muslim students has urged authorities to ban the soon-to-be held Beyonce concert, because they doubt the songbird would follow the countries dress code.The ... Read more...
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