Syrian rebels set free one of 11 Lebanese pilgrims
August 26th, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 26 (IANS) One of 11 Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped by armed men in Syria since May has been set free, officials said.Hussein Ali Omar, who was just freed, touched ... Read more...
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Bank of Canada offers apology for ‘Asian woman’ banknote row
August 21st, 2012 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, Aug 21 (IANS) Following accusations of racism, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney has apologized for the way in which the image of an Asian woman was eliminated from ... Read more...
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Iran vows support to Syrian leadership
March 31st, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, March 31 (IANS) Iran "would not spare any effort to" support the Syrian leadership, its Iranian deputy foreign minister said on a visit here Saturday."The Islamic Republic of ... Read more...
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Guerrilla outfit owns attack on Kashmir minister
December 12th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 12 (IANS) Separatist guerrilla outfit Jamait-ul-Mujahideen (JUM) Monday owned responsibility for Sunday's attack on Jammu and Kashmir Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar in summer capital Srinagar.In a statement faxed ... Read more...
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Malaysian cameraman shot dead in Somalia
September 3rd, 2011 - 12:42 am ICT by BNO News
KUALA LUMPUR (BNO NEWS) -- A cameraman working for the Malaysian national news agency Bernama was killed in a shooting on late Friday afternoon while working in Somalia, the news agency confirmed ... Read more...
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Ukraine to build rehab for alcoholic bears
August 4th, 2011 - 10:12 am ICT by IANS
Kiev, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukraine plans to build a rehab centre for bears illegally kept at roadside restaurants and given vodka and beer to attract visitors, the Ukrainian National ... Read more...
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Gas station blast kills seven in Lebanon
June 7th, 2011 - 8:34 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, June 7 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 10 injured when a fuel tank blew up at a gas station near the Lebanese capital of Beirut, state-run ... Read more...
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Coalition forces ’strike Gaddafi’s home town’ : Libyan state TV
March 27th, 2011 - 9:19 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Coalition warplanes attacked Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte in northern Libya early Sunday, the country's state television reported.Both military and civil facilities came ... Read more...
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‘Coalition forces paving rebels’ way to Libyan oil facilities’
March 27th, 2011 - 3:37 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The international coalition enforcing a no-fly zone in Libya is bombing both military and civilians targets to pave the rebels' way to oil facilities, a ... Read more...
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French Foreign Secretary resigns over friendship with Tunisian dictator
February 28th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 28 (ANI): France's Foreign Secretary Michele Alliot-Marie has resigned after her close relationship with deposed Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali received a lot of attention.Alliot-Marie, 64, delivered a ... Read more...
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Riots erupt in Lebanon after designation of Hezbollah’s Mikati as PM
January 26th, 2011 - 12:14 am ICT by BNO News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (BNO NEWS) -- Riots and protests on Tuesday erupted after Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman designated Najib Mikati as Prime Minsiter designate, the state-run National News Agency reported.Many demonstrators have been ... Read more...
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Hezbollah says ready for another war with Israel
November 12th, 2010 - 3:15 am ICT by BNO News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (BNO NEWS) -- Hezbollah Secretary General Al-Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said that the group is ready for another war with Israel, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.The comments ... Read more...
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In South Africa, it’s never too old to learn
October 11th, 2010 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Oct 11 (IANS) As children, they never had the chance to get an education. But for many elderly people in South Africa, the opportunity has finally come even if they ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi journalists stopped over visa confusion
October 3rd, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Five Bangladeshi journalists here to cover the Commonwealth Games were stopped by Indian officials at the border in West Bengal for over four hours for not having ... Read more...
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In South Africa, you can book flights on mobile phones
September 30th, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Sep 30 (IANS) People in South Africa can now book their flights and even check in on mobile phones.The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and other airlines in the country have ... Read more...
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Lebanese spying for Israel sentenced to death
August 18th, 2010 - 5:49 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 18 (IANS) A military court has sentenced to death two Lebanese after convicting them of spying for Israel, Labanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The judge, Nizar Khalil, pronounced the ... Read more...
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South Africa’s street children, child beggars to be provided government shelter
August 16th, 2010 - 9:17 am ICT by IANS
Pretoria, Aug 16 (IANS) Street children in South Africa will now be provided shelter by the government and helped in leading a better life free from exploitation.
Police and the Health ... Read more...
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No mobile phone connection in Bangladesh if below 18
July 7th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 7 (IANS) In a bid to check mobile phone-related crimes including terrorism and extortion, Bangladesh will formulate a new policy that will prevent shops from selling SIM cards to anyone ... Read more...
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First plane leaves Beirut after volcanic ash disruption
April 19th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, April 19 (DPA) An Air France plane headed Monday from Beirut to Nice, thus becoming the first aircraft to travel from Lebanon to France since passenger traffic was stopped due to ... Read more...
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Ethiopian plane crashes off Lebanon (Second Lead)
January 25th, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, Jan 25 (DPA) An Ethiopian airliner carrying 92 passengers and crew crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut airport early Monday, an airport official said.
The official said that ... Read more...
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Ethiopian aircraft crashes off Lebanon (Lead)
January 25th, 2010 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Jan 25 (IANS) An Ethiopian airliner carrying 92 passengers and crew crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut airport early Monday, an airport official said.
The official told DPA ... Read more...
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Trade union to bargain with Dhaka garment unit owners (Lead)
November 1st, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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South Korean satellite misses its targeted orbit (Lead)
August 25th, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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South Korea’s Oh Eun Sun reaches 13th 8,000-metre summit
August 4th, 2009 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
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, ... Read more...
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South Korea’s ex-president breathing on a respirator
July 16th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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North Korea tests seventh missile, says South Korea (Fifth Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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North Korea tests six missiles, says South Korea (Fourth Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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North Korea launches five more missiles: Report (Third Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
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, ... Read more...
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North Korea fires three more missiles: Report (Second Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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North Korea fires two more missiles (Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 9:30 am ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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North Korea fires two more missiles: Report
July 4th, 2009 - 8:35 am ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Seoul to spend billions on thwarting North Korea threat
July 3rd, 2009 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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North Korea fires two missiles after nuclear test (Lead)
May 26th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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President should use yardstick of stability in forming new govt.: Digvijay Singh
May 14th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
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 ... Read more...
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Berlusconi’s wife ’suffering’ from his fascination with young women
April 29th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
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 ... Read more...
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