Yemeni president sacks intelligence chiefs
September 12th, 2012 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Sep 12 (IANS) Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi Tuesday sacked heads of the national security agency and military intelligence, after two suicide car bombs targeted the country's defence minister ... Read more...
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Turkmenistan grants amnesty to 1,300 prisoners
August 13th, 2012 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov has granted amnesty to more than 1,300 inmates during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.This year "Laylat al Qadr", also known ... Read more...
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Officer who covered grenade gets Russia’s highest honour
April 4th, 2012 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian battalion commander who died after diving on a grenade to protect others has been posthumously awarded the country's highest honour, the "Hero of ... Read more...
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Bulava missile dangerous for Russia: Experts
February 21st, 2012 - 6:33 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian experts have questioned how wise it was to adopt the troubled Bulava intercontinental missile for service, suggesting it would cause more security problems than ... Read more...
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Medvedev orders probe into sale of land for embassies
October 26th, 2011 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Mosocw, Oct 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a probe into the "illegal" sale of Moscow land intended for foreign embassies to subsidiaries of a company belonging ... Read more...
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Medvedev declares June 6 as Russian Language Day
June 6th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree Monday establishing June 6 as the Day of the Russian Language.The Day of the Russian Language would be ... Read more...
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Khamenei supercedes Ahmadinejad over minister’s resignation (Lead)
April 18th, 2011 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 18 (IANS) Iran seemed headed for uncertainty Sunday after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accepted the resignation of Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi but the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ... Read more...
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Iran’s intelligence minister steps down
April 18th, 2011 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 17 (IANS) Iran's intelligence minister Heidar Moslehi stepped down Sunday, with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accepting his resignation.He was the head of the Iranian ministry of intelligence since ... Read more...
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Russia not to switch to winter time anymore
March 27th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia set the country's clock forward by one hour early Sunday for the last time. The nation would not switch to winter time anymore following ... Read more...
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Yemen’s president sacks government
March 21st, 2011 - 2:42 am ICT by BNO News
SANAA (BNO NEWS) -- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday fired his government, the state-run news agency SABA reported.The presidential decree asked the cabinet to be a caretaker until a new ... Read more...
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Algeria officially lifts emergency
February 25th, 2011 - 6:59 am ICT by IANS
Algiers, Feb 25 (IANS) Algeria has officially lifted the state of emergency, which was in force for 19 years, the official APS news agency reported.The order for lifting the state of emergency ... Read more...
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Sudan president accepts South’s independence vote
February 8th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Khartoum, Feb 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Monday said he accepts the results of the referendum on the independence of the South, presidential chief of staff Bakri Hasan Salekh announced."We ... Read more...
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Afghanistan to ban private security firms
August 17th, 2010 - 4:18 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 17 (DPA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to disband all foreign and domestic private security companies by next year, his chief spokesman said Monday.
"The government of Afghanistan has decided that ... Read more...
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Kazakhstan to celebrate its president’s birthday, Astana’s founding in July
June 23rd, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 23 (ANI): The month of July will be a significant one in Kazakhstan's fledgling history, with its people gearing up to celebrate their President Nursultan Nazarbayev's 70th birthday, and ... Read more...
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Afghan President Karzai orders review of militants being held
June 6th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday ordered a review of cases of people being held for links with the armed opposition, such as suspected Taliban militants.A decree signed ... Read more...
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Iraq postpones election date to March 7
December 9th, 2009 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 9 (DPA) Iraq's presidential council has once again postponed the date it will hold parliamentary elections, but this time the delay will be for only one day, to March 7.
"There ... Read more...
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G8 praises Pakistan’s anti-Taliban offensive
June 27th, 2009 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Trieste (Italy), June 27 (DPA) Foreign ministers of the world's eight leading industrialised nations praised Pakistan's domestic war against Taliban-linked militants at a summit in the Italian city of Trieste Saturday.
"The ... Read more...
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Venezuela seizes food plant owned by US company
May 16th, 2009 - 3:20 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, May 16 (DPA) The Venezuelan government Friday took over a food-processing plant owned by US food giant Cargill, arguing that it had violated state rules for the production of goods with ... Read more...
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‘Payment in Kind’ programme gives Mexico worthy art
February 16th, 2008 - 11:35 am ICT by admin
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Mexico City, Feb 16 (DPA) In 1957, painter David Alfaro Siqueiros proposed that artists in Mexico be allowed to pay taxes with their work. Half a century later, this idea has given ... Read more...
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