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Grenade attack on Bangladesh ex-premier: 22 suspects to stand trial

October 30th, 2008 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS -
Dhaka, Oct 30 (IANS) Twenty two people including a former minister and an Islamist militant are to go on trial, over four years after a grenade attack on a political rally of ...

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Group bragging tied to insecurity, low social status

Group bragging tied to insecurity, low social status

October 21st, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): People who engage in pompous displays of collective pride in a football game or political rally might be trying to hide their insecurity and a low social ...

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Mugabe breaks power-sharing deal, handing key ministries to his ZANU-PF party

October 11th, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by ANI -
Harare, Oct.11 (ANI): Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has violated his ZANU-PF party''s power-sharing deal with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai by allocating the three important portfolios ...

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Advani to address political rally in Uttar Pradesh on terrorism

Advani to address political rally in Uttar Pradesh on terrorism

October 3rd, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani will be in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district Sunday to address a rally against the central government's policy on ...

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Blast at rally injures 30 in Pakistan (Lead)

August 26th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Aug 26 (DPA) At least 30 people were injured Tuesday when a bomb ripped through a political rally by nationalist tribesmen in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said.The bombing occurred ...

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‘Pakistan terror groups send grenades to India via Bangladesh’

August 21st, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Dhaka, Aug 21 (IANS) Pakistan-based militant outfits Harkatul Mujahideen (HuM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) have been sending grenades to India via Bangladesh, an unnamed Bangladeshi intelligence official was quoted as saying in a ...

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Rajaram, the likely heir apparent of Mayawati’’s Bahujan Samaj Party

Rajaram, the likely heir apparent of Mayawati’’s Bahujan Samaj Party

August 18th, 2008 - 8:54 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Aug.18 (ANI): Rajaram, a Benaras Hindu university graduate of Uttar Pradesh, is likely to be the heir apparent of Bahujan Samaj Party supreme Mayawati, says a popular tabloid. According ...

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Man who accused Ibrahim of sodomy swears by Quran, poll hots up

August 17th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 17 (IANS) Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's former aide, who had accused him of sodomy, has sworn by the Holy Quran and repeated the charge, prompting many to challenge ...

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Pakistani minister to visit UN for Benazir killing probe

Pakistani minister to visit UN for Benazir killing probe

July 3rd, 2008 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Islamabad, July 3 (Xinhua) Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Shah Qureshi would visit the UN headquarters in New York Tuesday for consultations with the world body for probe into the assassination of ...

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Pakistan submits request for UN probe into Bhutto’s death

Pakistan submits request for UN probe into Bhutto’s death

June 7th, 2008 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Islamabad, June 6 (Xinhua) Pakistan Friday submitted a formal request to the UN for investigation into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Dawn TV reported. Pakistan's UN Ambassador Munir Akram ...

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Pakistan submits request for UN probe into Bhutto’s death

Pakistan submits request for UN probe into Bhutto’s death

June 7th, 2008 - 1:39 am ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Islamabad, June 7 (Xinhua) Pakistan has submitted a formal request to the UN for investigation into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Dawn TV reported. Pakistan's UN Ambassador Munir Akram ...

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Pakistan to ask for UN probe into Bhutto assassination

Pakistan to ask for UN probe into Bhutto assassination

May 22nd, 2008 - 7:21 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Islamabad, May 22 (Xinhua) Pakistan Thursday said it would soon formally request the UN to conduct an investigation into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. "We have got the letter ...

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CPI-M activist killed in West Bengal

May 9th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by admin -
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist was shot dead Friday at a political rally in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. The incident took place at Adhariaya ...

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No taxis in Darjeeling hills Wednesday

May 5th, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by admin -
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) There will be no taxis for tourists in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills Wednesday when the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) holds a rally in Siliguri, the apex body of ...

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Kurdish politician Zana sentenced to prison in Turkey

April 10th, 2008 - 10:02 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Ankara, April 10 (DPA) Kurdish politician Leyla Zana was sentenced by a Turkish court Thursday to two years imprisonment after being convicted of spreading "terrorist propaganda", the NTV television station reported. The ...

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Britain, Bangladesh to step up anti-terror campaign

April 10th, 2008 - 4:51 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Dhaka, April 10 (DPA) Britain and Bangladesh agreed in principle to step up joint action against suspected terrorists, officials said Thursday. The agreement followed talks between visiting British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith ...

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I will give you more space in the Congress, Rahul Gandhi tells the youth

March 8th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by admin -
Gunpur (Orissa), Mar 8 (ANI): Nehru-Gandhi scion and AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said that he would make sure that the youth gets a greater space and role in his partys ...

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Janata Dal - United forced to shift rally out of Ranchi

March 6th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by admin -
Ranchi, March 6 (IANS) After being denied a venue to hold a rally here, Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) has now decided to shift its political rally planned this Sunday to Dhanbad. ...

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Musharraf vows to work with any elected government

Musharraf vows to work with any elected government

February 18th, 2008 - 8:24 pm ICT by admin -
(Lead) By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, Feb 18 (IANS) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf vowed Monday to work in harmony with the new government elected after the polls. "I will work in total harmony with the ...

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New questions arise in killing of Benazir: NYT

New questions arise in killing of Benazir: NYT

December 31st, 2007 - 4:55 pm ICT by admin -
Lahore, Dec 31 (ANI): Doctors at the hospital where Benazir Bhutto was given treatment before she expired last Thursday, have claimed that they faced considerable government pressure to confirm accounts of Bhuttos ...

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Charsadda suicide attacker loaded with ball bearings

December 22nd, 2007 - 4:55 pm ICT by admin -
Peshawar, Dec 22 (ANI): The suicide bomber who killed 54 people in Sherpao village mosque in Charsadda district of the NWFP, had packed his explosives vest with ball bearings to inflict maximum ...

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US condemns Charsadda suicide bomb attack

December 22nd, 2007 - 1:42 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Dec 22 (ANI): The US has condemned the suicide attack at a mosque in Pakistans North West Frontier Province that was targeted at former Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao, and killed at ...

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At least 50 dead in Charsadda suicide attack

December 21st, 2007 - 2:53 pm ICT by admin -
Islamabad, Dec.21 (ANI): At least 50 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a mosque in Charsadda. Reports reaching here quoted police officials as saying that former ...

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At least 50 dead in Charsadda suicide attack

December 21st, 2007 - 2:47 pm ICT by admin -
Islamabad, Dec.21 (ANI): At least 50 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a mosque in Charsadda. Reports reaching here quoted police officials as saying that former ...

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Benazir asks Musharraf to quit as President

November 14th, 2007 - 10:38 am ICT by admin -

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Proteas express regret over venue shift

November 14th, 2007 - 2:49 am ICT by admin -

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