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November 1st, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Nov 1 (IANS) A trade union will for the first time engage in collective bargaining with employers in Bangladesh's garments and knitwear sector, the country's principal foreign exchange earner, to ...
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August 25th, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, Aug 25 (DPA) South Korea's first launch of a satellite missed its planned orbit Tuesday.
Millions of South Koreans watched live telecasts of the KSLV-1 blasting off from a new space centre ...
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August 4th, 2009 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, Aug 4 (DPA) South Korean climber Oh Eun Sun became the first woman to climb 13 of the world's 14 peaks above 8,000 metres, the national news agency Yonhap reported Tuesday, ...
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July 16th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 16 (DPA) South Korea's former president and Nobel peace laureate in 2000 Kim Dae Jung is breathing on a respirator in hospital, a spokesman for a Seoul hospital said Thursday.
The ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired its seventh missile from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said, as Pyongyang raised tension in the Korean peninsula.
The missiles, with a ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired six missiles from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said.
The missiles, with a range of 400 to 500 km, were fired over ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired five more missiles off its east coast Saturday, according to South Korean media reports.
The missiles, apparently Scud rockets, were fired over the Sea of Japan, ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired three more missiles off its east coast, a day after it fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday.
The missiles were ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 9:30 am ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired two more missiles off its east coast, a day after it fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday.
The missiles were ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 8:35 am ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired two more missiles off its east coast, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday.
The missiles were apparently Scud rockets with a reach of ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 3 (DPA) South Korea Friday announced plans to spend billions on sophisticated technology to counter the perceived threat of a North Korean nuclear attack.
The defence ministry, reacting to the latest ...
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May 26th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, May 26 (DPA) North Korea fired two short-range missiles Tuesday, a day after conducting an internationally condemned nuclear test, South Korean media reported.
The launches were carried out on North Korea's east ...
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May 14th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Congress party general secretary Digvijay Singh has said that with the end of the five=phased elections, the Congress will expect President Pratibha Devisingh Patil to invite ...
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April 29th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Apr 29 (ANI): Silvio Berlusconi's 'exasperated' wife has launched a scathing attack on the Italian Prime Minister, insisting that she's 'suffering' from his fascination with young women.
Veronica Lario described Berlusconi's behaviour ...
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March 25th, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, March 25 (Xinhua) Nepali Prime Minister Prachanda Wednesday presented a concept paper on the future constitution of the country.
The ruling Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M), which has prepared it, ...
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February 27th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Sydney, Feb 27 (DPA) Fifty fortunate applicants have come a step closer to the dream job of caretaker on a paradise island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Nearly 35,000 people applied for the ...
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February 26th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
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Sydney, Feb 26 (DPA) Firefighters were gearing up as soaring temperatures and strong winds predicted for Friday increased the bushfire threat for communities in the Australian state of Victoria.
Ten major bushfires were ...
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January 25th, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Jan 25 (IANS) Nepal's health authorities Sunday calmed down fears that the bird flu virus had infected humans in the Himalayan republic after the official media said a man had been ...
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December 17th, 2008 - 10:34 am ICT by ANI
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Dhaka, Dec.17 (ANI): Bangladesh on Wednesday ended two years of emergency rule by restoring the fundamental rights of its people through an ordinance promulgated by President Iajuddin Ahmed on Monday.
A Daily ...
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November 14th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
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Ranchi, Nov.14 (ANI): Four security personnel, including three policemen and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier were injured in two separate blasts during the first phase of elections in Chhattisgarh on ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Damascus, Sep 27 (DPA) At least 17 people were killed and more than a dozen injured when a car bomb exploded in Syrian capital Damascus Saturday, national news agency SANA reported.The bomb ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Damascus, Sep 27 (DPA) At least 17 civilians were killed in a car bomb blast in the Syrian capital Damascus Saturday, national news agency SANA reported.Fourteen other people were injured when the ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:02 pm ICT by admin
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Seoul, May 15 (DPA) South Korea said Thursday that it was ready to hold talks with North Korea on sending food aid to its impoverished neighbour as the United Nations and aid ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by admin
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Seoul, May 9 (DPA) North Korea has handed over to a visiting US envoy documents primarily describing the operation of three facilities at its nuclear centre in Yongbyon, South Korean officials told ...
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April 1st, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by admin
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Kuala Lumpur, April 1 (IANS) An Indian origin legislator in Malaysia's Perak state has retracted his resignation that had threatened to reduce the slim majority in the newly formed legislature held by ...
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