Pakistani daily seeks national debate on blasphemy
September 3rd, 2012 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 3 (IANS) A leading Pakistani daily Monday sought a national debate on the blasphemy law and demanded a "wide-ranging overhaul of laws that are clearly prone to abuse ... Read more...
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Make India a sports power, says Advani
August 19th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Saying that he was both "happy and sad" at India's performance in the London Olympics, BJP leader L.K. Advani Sunday called for a "sustained" ... Read more...
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Year of Dragon stamp sparks debate
January 4th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) A set of stamps to mark the Year of the Dragon has aroused a heated debate on the image of the legendary creature after China Post ... Read more...
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Political games cloud Lokpal bill’s fate (Intro Evening Lead)
December 29th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The fate of the long-discussed Lokpal bill, passed in the Lok Sabha two days ago, appeared uncertain Thursday evening with the government trying desperately ... Read more...
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PM sets up governance review mechanism
December 14th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) With the government being attacked over a host of issues and its image badly in need of a makeover, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ... Read more...
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PDP opposes foreign investment in retail
December 3rd, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 3 (IANS) The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday came out against foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail and asked the central government to ... Read more...
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RTI Act will not be amended: Moily
October 17th, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) Stating that the Right to Information (RTI) Act won't be amended, Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily Monday said certain "inbuilt weaknesses" in it must ... Read more...
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Interlocutors’ report: Separatists dismissive, mainstream parties dismayed
October 13th, 2011 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 12 (IANS) Even as details of the interlocutors' report on Jammu and Kashmir to the union home minister Wednesday have not been made public, the separatist leaders, the ... Read more...
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Excessive use of force counter-productive: PM (Lead)
September 10th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the active interest shown by the citizens in anti-graft movement augurs well for the country, but cautioned that ... Read more...
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Anti-graft movement augurs well for nation: PM
September 10th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday indirectly hailed social activist Anna Hazare's anti-graft movement, saying the "active interest" of the people in the national debate ... Read more...
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Bhushan asks government to join debate on Lokpal
June 1st, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Eminent lawyer and activist Shanti Bhushan Wednesday urged the government to take part in a national debate June 6 on the contentious issues holding ... Read more...
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Obama birth controversy row, a debasing low in US political life: NYT
April 28th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.28 (ANI): The demand that President Barack Obama prove he is an American citizen by birth and was, therefore, a rightful occupant of the White House, must be seen as ... Read more...
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Bollywood extends support to Anna Hazare
April 6th, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Bollywood celebrities have shown support for eminent social activist Anna Hazare, who has gone on an indefinite hunger strike for a stronger Lokpal Bill ... Read more...
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Do Texting Bans Make Roads Less Safe?
September 29th, 2010 - 12:31 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According t a report in USA Today “Laws banning texting while driving actually may prompt a slight increase in road crashes, research out today shows. The findings, to ... Read more...
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US cop suspended over fake arrest of boy for having sex with his daughter
September 27th, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 27 (ANI): A police officer in the US has been suspended after he staged a fake arrest of a 15-year-old boy after discovering the teen was having sex with his ... Read more...
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Man U yet to decide on ‘flagship player’ Rooney’s future
September 7th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.7 (ANI): With Wayne Rooney being involved in a sex scandal, insiders at Manchester United have revealed that club authorities are yet to decide on offering him a new contract, ... Read more...
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Hundreds stage opposing demos at ground zero Islamic site
August 23rd, 2010 - 2:18 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 23 (IANS) Protesters against the construction of an Islamic community centre and a mosque near ground zero faced off Sunday with protesters in favour of the facility in New ... Read more...
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Workers oppose mosque at 9/11 site
August 21st, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 21 (IANS) A few construction workers' unions have refused to work in building a mosque at the site of the Sep 11, 2001 terror attack in New York, ... Read more...
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Naidu begins ‘bus yatra’ as Maharashtra sounds alert
July 16th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 16 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and legislators Friday launched a 'bus yatra' to Babli near the Andhra Pradesh border to start a "national debate" ... Read more...
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Vice President Biden reaffirms US support to Kenya’s democratic process
June 9th, 2010 - 11:41 pm ICT by BNO News
NAIROBI, KENYA (BNO NEWS) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed on Wednesday the continuing support from the U.S. towards a free, secure, prosperous and democratic Kenya.Biden said that Kenya has been ... Read more...
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Navjot Sidhu calls for national debate on revenue sharing
May 27th, 2010 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) Cricketer turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu Wednesday said there was dire need for a national debate on the issue of sharing of revenue between the rich and ... Read more...
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Obama To Dispatch Troops To The U.S.-Mexico Border
May 26th, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 26, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): US President Barack Obama will be sending up to 1,200 National Guard troops for the safety of the U.S.-Mexico border. This pronouncement arrives after a ... Read more...
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Barack Obama To Increase Troops In US-Mexico Border
May 26th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Washington, May 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The President's national security adviser, James Jones sent a letter to the Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin in which it has been stated that ... Read more...
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Gujarat’s compulsory voting full of difficulties: EC
December 22nd, 2009 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The Election Commission Tuesday termed the Gujarat government's move to make voting compulsory in local body elections as "full of difficulties" even as the issue has ... Read more...
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Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs to run for the President’s chair in 2012?
November 24th, 2009 - 9:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Nov 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs is perhaps looking forward to a political career in the White House in 2012. The speculation is rampant and he is ... Read more...
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Impossible to keep footballers out of trouble: Wenger
November 1st, 2009 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 1 (ANI): Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes that it is becoming almost impossible to keep footballers out of trouble.Wenger was as shocked when Wigan's Marlon King was jailed ... Read more...
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Australian lawmaker for debate on Muslim immigration
October 29th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 29 (DPA) Member of Parliament Kevin Andrews Thursday called for a national debate on whether Muslim immigration to Australia should be curbed.
Andrews, immigration minister in the conservative government defeated two ... Read more...
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Buffy Wicks asks government funded artists to push Obama’s agenda
September 22nd, 2009 - 3:36 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Sep 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Buffy Wicks, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, Yosi Sergant, then Communications Director of the National Endowment for the Arts, and members ... Read more...
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Afghan insurgency being fuelled by Taliban leaders in Pakistan: Gen. McChrystal
September 21st, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep. 21 (ANI): The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent, confidential assessment of the war that while the insurgency is predominantly Afghan, it "is clearly ... Read more...
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Justin Barrett: Law Maker Or Law Breaker?
July 30th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by GD
How hard you may try to wipe off racism from this weird system of ours, it still haunts you in your day to day life, thus proving that how much we consider ... Read more...
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Greater transparency needed in development of US policy on cyber attack
April 30th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 30 (ANI): A new report from the National Research Council has determined that the current policy and legal framework regulating use of cyber attack by the US is ill-formed, undeveloped, ... Read more...
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There are things about government that I miss: Cheney
April 22nd, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.22 (ANI): Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has revealed that there are still things about working in the government that he misses.In an interview to Fox News, Cheney said ... Read more...
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Advani did nothing to stop Babri demolition, says PM
April 10th, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Hitting out at the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said L.K. Advani was present at the time of the demolition of the ... Read more...
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Brit professor launches nationwide ghost debunking exercise
March 14th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 14 (ANI): An English professor has launched a nationwide ghost debunking exercise, which has attracted thousands of participants thus far.Hundreds of snapshots of alleged ghosts have been posted ... Read more...
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Britain starts its largest-ever debate on violence against women
March 9th, 2009 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 9 (IANS) The British government Monday launched its largest-ever public consultation to tackle violence against women and girls, including a probe into the sexualisation of teenage girls.
Thousands in towns ... Read more...
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