Israeli pageant crowns Miss Holocaust Survivor
June 29th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) An Israeli beauty pageant, participated in by grandmothers, has crowned the first "Miss Holocaust Survivor", The Sun reported Friday.Fourteen women, aged 74 to 97, took to ... Read more...
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Israel may resolve Middle East crisis unilaterally: Minister
May 31st, 2012 - 3:31 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israel may take up "unilateral actions" if the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks do not move ahead, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said.This comment prompted speculation ... Read more...
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Russia urges Israel to halt settlement construction
November 3rd, 2011 - 6:18 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Foreign Ministry urged Israel Wednesday to refrain from more housing construction in the occupied West Bank pending a final agreement on the status ... Read more...
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India terms OIC’s Kashmir description ‘most regrettable’
June 22nd, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) India has termed as "most regrettable" the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) describing Jammu and Kashmir as "occupied territory"."We have seen reports that the Organization ... Read more...
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12 Arabs killed for violating Golan Heights truce line
June 5th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, June 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Israeli military killed 12 Arabs, including a child, and wounded at least 220 when they tried to storm the ceasefire line in the Golan ... Read more...
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Palin gives no reason for not visiting Palestinian occupied Bethlehem during Israel trip
March 22nd, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has not given any reason why she had skipped crossing an Israeli checkpoint to visit the Palestinian occupied territory of Bethlehem during ... Read more...
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Ex-PM Nawaz’s party lists charges against Musharraf
October 12th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday put out a list of charges, which includes the Kargil conflict, ... Read more...
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Israeli government discusses peace talks progress
September 5th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 5 (DPA) The Israeli cabinet was summoned Sunday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to consult about the most recent round of direct peace talks with the Palestinian, reported Israeli media.
At ... Read more...
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Talk to agitating Kashmiris: Habibullah
August 26th, 2010 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) To restore calm in Jammu and Kashmir, the government should reach out to people and hold talks with the agitating Kashmiris, Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah said ... Read more...
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Top FARC Commander sentenced to 27 years in prison for importing tons of cocaine into the US
July 23rd, 2010 - 2:40 am ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – A former top commander of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years of imprisonment for conspiring to import tons of ... Read more...
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Kasuri says judicial crisis in Pak blocked resolution of Kashmir issue
April 23rd, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Apr 23 (ANI): Pakistan's former Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said that due to judicial crisis of 2007 the Kashmir issue could not be solved with India.Speaking in a programme ... Read more...
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Israel’s orders could create obstacle for the fourth Geneva Convention
April 19th, 2010 - 11:48 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – The fourth Geneva Convention could be facing an obstacle after the Israeli military issued two orders relating to movement in the occupied Palestinian territory, the United Nations ... Read more...
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Tensions rise in West Bank as settlers vandalize mosque
December 12th, 2009 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Dec 11 (DPA) Tensions in the West Bank rose Friday as settlers torched a Palestinian village mosque in anger at a government decision to partially suspend Israeli construction in the occupied ... Read more...
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Jordan protests Israeli work near Jerusalem church
December 4th, 2009 - 7:36 am ICT by IANS
Amman, Dec 4 (DPA) The Jordanian government has protested what it called "unilateral Israeli works" at the outside wall of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in East Jerusalem, which the Jewish ... Read more...
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Israel okays new building projects despite moratorium
December 3rd, 2009 - 4:49 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Dec 3 (DPA) The Israeli government has authorised the construction of another 84 new homes in West Bank settlements, despite the moratorium it announced last week, Israel Radio reported.
Last week, Israel ... Read more...
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Jordan rejects Israeli offer of partial settlement freeze
November 27th, 2009 - 4:20 am ICT by IANS
Amman, Nov 27 (DPA) The Jordanian government Thursday rejected Israel's latest offer to temporarily freeze settlement activity in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem, which Israel seized from Jordan in the 1967 ... Read more...
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Fatah holds first conference in 20 years
August 4th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bethlehem (West Bank), Aug 4 (DPA) The Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began its first party conference in 20 years Tuesday.
More than 2,000 delegates gathered in the southern West Bank ... Read more...
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Netanyahu freezes construction project in East Jerusalem
July 30th, 2009 - 5:41 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, July 30 (DPA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put on ice a project for the construction of some 900 apartments in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel Channel 10 television reported ... Read more...
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J-K Coordination Committee appeals to people to boycott polls
November 16th, 2008 - 9:03 pm ICT by ANI
By Fayaz AhmadSrinagar, Nov 16 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Coordination Committee on Sunday appealed to the people of the State to totally boycott the Assembly polls, first phase of which ... Read more...
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