India respects religious freedom: US report
July 31st, 2012 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 31 (IANS) India has been lauded by an official US report for "generally respecting" religious freedom, but said prosecution was often weak for perpetrators of "religiously oriented violence".The ... Read more...
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Ten Italian cities are at the risk of bankruptcy
July 24th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Rome, July 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ten Italian cities are looking at bankruptcy in the eye. They include Naples, Alessandria, Palermo and Reggio Calabria. Even Sicily’s financial situation isn’t great."The situation is becoming ... Read more...
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Seven beheaded in Mexican town
July 13th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 13 (IANS/EFE) Seven decapitated bodies were found Thursday in the central Mexican town of Jojutla, authorities said.The bodies were inside a pick-up truck abandoned next to a ... Read more...
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Pakistani college principal assaulted
May 9th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) The principal of a government college in Karachi in Pakistan was Wednesday assaulted by activists of two student groups after he tried to stop them from ... Read more...
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Indians start to see less corruption: Gallup poll
May 8th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Indians continue to see corruption as widespread in their country's government and business, but are less likely to feel that way this year, according to ... Read more...
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City dwellers face double risk of heart disease
April 27th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Copenhagen, April 27 (IANS) People residing in city centres are almost twice as likely to suffer from coronary artery calcification (CAC), which can lead to heart disease, than those who ... Read more...
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Spanish government to set up stolen babies database
April 13th, 2012 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 13 (IANS/EFE) Following a wave of allegations of illegal adoptions, Spain's government pledged Thursday to set up a database of infants who may have been stolen during the ... Read more...
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Can’t act against Saeed without evidence: Pakistan
April 6th, 2012 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) Pakistan cannot take action against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)chief Hafiz Saeed in the absence of solid evidence, the foreign ministry said Thursday.The US Monday announced an award of ... Read more...
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Japan to cut civil servant’s pay by 7.8 percent
February 19th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Feb 19 (IANS) The salaries of Japanese government employees will be cut by 7.8 percent for two years from the 2012 fiscal year, a media report said Sunday.According to ... Read more...
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Nasheed disappointed with India, says Maldives ex-foreign minister (Interview) (Lead)
February 12th, 2012 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Male, Feb 12 (IANS) As India steps up efforts to broker a political deal in the Maldives, Ahmed Shaheed, a former foreign minister of the Indian Ocean nation, says ... Read more...
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Nasheed disappointed with India, says Maldives ex-foreign minister (Interview)
February 12th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Male, Feb 12 (IANS) As India steps up efforts to broker a political deal in the Maldives, Ahmed Shaheed, a former foreign minister of the Indian Ocean nation, says ... Read more...
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Indian investments safe in Maldives, says envoy
February 10th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Indian investments in politically troubled island nation of the Maldives are safe, the country's envoy to India said Friday."All investments and people are safe, ... Read more...
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Male calm as new president readies national government (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Male, Feb 8 (IANS) Maldives' new President Mohamed Waheed said he would form an all-party national unity government Wednesday, the day calm returned to the capital after weeks of ... Read more...
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Nepal minister sounds warning to Maoist government
January 29th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) A senior minister from Nepal's Terai plains has threatened to look for an alternative to the Maoist-led government if the country's three major political parties ... Read more...
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Spain cuts 2011 growth forecast
November 17th, 2011 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Nov 17 (IANS/EFE) Spain's economy is likely to grow by 0.8 percent in 2011, the government said Wednesday, revising downward its earlier forecast of a 1.3 percent expansion in ... Read more...
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Pakistan abets Afghan insurgents to limit Indian influence: US report
October 29th, 2011 - 10:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 29 (IANS) Pointing at insurgent safe havens in Pakistan as the biggest security threat, the US says Pakistan continues to tolerate and abet the insurgency in Afghanistan ... Read more...
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UN votes for one-year extension of international force in Afghanistan
October 13th, 2011 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Oct 12 (IANS) The UN Security Council voted unanimously here Wednesday to adopt resolution 2011, which extended the mandate of an international force that aims to quell insurgencies ... Read more...
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Japan aims to totally clean Fukushima of radiation
July 15th, 2011 - 10:04 am ICT by IANS
London, July 15 (IANS) The Japanese city of Fukushima, whose nuclear power plant was badly damaged by a magnitude-9 earthquake, has now revealed a plan to clean every building and ... Read more...
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Nepal’s reprieved PM refuses to quit
May 31st, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 31 (IANS) It took Nepal's Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal seven months and 17 rounds of vote to get elected to his post. Then it took him another ... Read more...
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Nepal opposition takes to streets, challenges government
May 20th, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 20 (IANS) With a possible constitutional crisis looming only eight days away, Nepal's main opposition party, the Nepali Congress, Friday staged a massive show of might, redoubling the ... Read more...
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Had no stakes in assembly elections: BJP leader (Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said it was "historically weak" in the states where elections were held after the party failed to reach ... Read more...
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Pak heading for “consensus government” to resolve political, economic crises
April 21st, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 21 (ANI): Pakistan is heading for "a new government of consensus" with the inclusion of several opposition groups, according to reports.The ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has entered into an ... Read more...
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UNSC calls for comprehensive peace strategy for Somalia
March 11th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
United Nations, Mar.10 (ANI): In the face of instability, terrorism and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Somalia, the UN Security Council has called for a comprehensive peace and security strategy in the region.Chinese ... Read more...
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‘Gaddafi, family possess wealth “in excess of 20 billion dollars”‘
February 26th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
Berne, Feb 26 (ANI): Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader who has ruled the country for over 40 years, and his family possess wealth "in excess of 20 billion dollars," an intelligence ... Read more...
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Belgians strip down to undies to protest 249 days of political stalemate
February 18th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 18 (ANI): A number of protestors took to the streets of Belgium and stripped down to their underwear in protest of the 249 days they have gone without a government.The ... Read more...
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Quit India hero Sushil Dhara dies at 99
January 28th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Sushil Dhara, one of the last remaining heroes of the 1942 Quit India revolution against the British, died at Mahishadal in West Bengal's East Midnapore district Friday. He ... Read more...
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China’s Silk road temple conservation held up as model
January 22nd, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 22 (IANS/AKI) A project to conserve a 634 AD temple along China's famed 'silk road' has turned a model for preservation and urban renovation, says the International Council ... Read more...
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Jordan’s Islamic Action Front calls on the government to resign
January 18th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by BNO News
AMMAN (BNO NEWS) - Jordan's Islamic Action Front on Tuesday called for the dismissal of the government after exposing evidence of a rigged Parliamentary election, Ammon News reported.Secretary General of the Islamic ... Read more...
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Musharraf’s counterterrorism formula: a three-tiered strategy
January 7th, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7(ANI): If elected back to office in Pakistan, former president Pervez Musharraf will apply a three-tiered strategy- military, political, and the socioeconomic- to fight terrorism.In an interview with Foreign ... Read more...
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Japanese Space Probe Misses Venus, Causing A Setback For The Japanese Space Research
December 9th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
December 9, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A Japanese venture, worth a whopping 190 million pounds, named ‘Akatsuki’ (Dawn), to orbit Venus has missed the planet utterly, notwithstanding which the scientists associated ... Read more...
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EU bans plastics chemical in babies’ bottles
November 26th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): A chemical called Bisphenol A (BPA), which is used in plastic baby bottles, has been banned by The European Commission.The commission said that the chemical could affect development ... Read more...
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Canterbury Archbishop for special status to Dalit Christians
October 15th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams Friday said he had raised the issue of granting Scheduled Castes (SC) status to the Dalit Christians of India during ... Read more...
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‘Pak Army ‘plotting overthrow’ of PPP-led government over lack of governance’
August 14th, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad/London, Aug 14(ANI): Experts have said that the Pakistan government faces the threat of a political unrest or even military takeover following its shoddy response to the humanitarian and economic disaster caused ... Read more...
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Ban to meet UN panel probing flotilla raid
August 10th, 2010 - 6:46 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 10 (DPA) The four-member panel appointed to investigate the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May was to hold its first meeting with UN Secretary General Ban ... Read more...
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Injured Afghan Female On The Cover Of ‘Time’ Signifies War Stakes
August 6th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 6, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The face on the cover of the latest issue of the Time Magazine is of Bibi Aisha, who is an Afghan female. She appears wonderfully ... Read more...
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