One killed as protesters storm US embassy in Yemen (Lead)
September 13th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Sanaa, Sep 13 (IANS) One person was shot dead in clashes with Yemeni security forces trying to disperse hundreds of demonstrators after they stormed the US embassy in the Yemeni ... Read more...
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Two killed in Nigeria bank attack
August 26th, 2012 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
Abuja, Aug 26 (IANS) At least two people were killed when militants suspected to be from the Boko Haram outfit attacked a bank in Nigeria, police said.The militants attacked an ... Read more...
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20 Boko Haram militants killed in Nigeria
August 13th, 2012 - 9:05 am ICT by IANS
Abuja, Aug 13 (IANS) At least 20 suspected Boko Haram militants have been killed in a gun battle with the military in Nigeria's Borno state, Xinhua reported.The militants were killed ... Read more...
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Muslim sect members discovered living underground in Russia
August 10th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moscow, Aug 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Muslim sect was discovered living in an underground bunker in Kazan Russia. The sect consists of 20 children and 50 adults. The sect is being said ... Read more...
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Egypt to launch TV channel with fully-veiled women
July 12th, 2012 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, July 12 (IANS/AKI) A new satellite TV channel managed completely by women donning the niqab or the full veil will begin broadcast in Egypt July 20, the first day ... Read more...
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Iran test-fires ballistic missiles
July 3rd, 2012 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran's Revolutionary Guards Tuesday test-fired a number of intermediate range ballistic missiles as part of a large-scale training exercise."Dozens of rockets" of various ranges and ... Read more...
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Iran to hold missile drill
July 2nd, 2012 - 3:03 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 2 (IANS) Iran will begin a three-day missile defence exercise Monday, the military said.The exercise dubbed "Great Prophet 7" will be conducted by the aerospace division of the ... Read more...
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Kamal Haasan to make Hollywood debut with Barrie Osborne
June 9th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, June 9 (IANS) After earning popularity and critical acclaim in his native land, veteran Indian actor Kamal Haasan is ready to go international. He will make his Hollywood ... Read more...
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Zardari remembers slain minorities minister
March 6th, 2012 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 6 (IANS) Shahbaz Bhatti, a minister who was gunned down last year, spent his life fighting for the cause of the downtrodden and marginalised sections of society particularly ... Read more...
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Salma Hayek to turn Gibran’s `Prophet’ into animated film
February 24th, 2012 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 24 (IANS/EFE) Mexican actress and producer Salma Hayek plans to make an animated film based on Lebanese author Khalil Gibran's novel "The Prophet", The Hollywood Reporter said ... Read more...
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Iran to hold biggest naval war games
January 6th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran plans to hold new and "massive" naval exercises near the strategic Strait of Hormuz within the next few weeks, Fars news agency reported Friday.The ... Read more...
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International manhunt on for Pakistani minister’s killers
December 26th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 26 (IANS) An international manhunt has been launched for two killers of Pakistani minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti who had been seeking to reform the country's controvesial blasphemy law.Interior ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Spielberg’s next ‘Gods and Kings’?
November 18th, 2011 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 18 (IANS) Director Steven Spielberg is in discussions with Warner Bros. to direct new religious movie "Gods and Kings".The 64-year-old is reportedly in negotiations with Warner Bros. to ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda animated film targets children
July 21st, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 21 (IANS) An animated movie being made by Al Qaeda supporters is aimed at inspiring children to take up armed struggle with the militant group, a media report ... Read more...
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Man decapitates woman, runs off with head
May 15th, 2011 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 15 (IANS) A man released from a mental hospital three months ago beheaded a woman and then ran off with the head, saying "This is my treasure".The suspect, ... Read more...
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Pak Interior Minister is an India, US agent: Jamaat chief
March 28th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar. 28 (ANI): Jamat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hassan has called Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik 'an agent of India and America'.Addressing a rally taken out from Khyber Plaza to Parliament House ... Read more...
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Bhatti killers enemies of Pakistan: PM Gilani
March 4th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) The murder of Pakistan's minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian, was another attempt by enemies of the state to defame the country and the philosophy ... Read more...
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Afghan woman, lover stoned to death by Taliban
January 27th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 27 (IANS) A 19-year-old Afghan woman and her alleged lover have been stoned to death by terrorist outfit Taliban, after she reportedly ran away from an arranged marriage, reveals ... Read more...
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Wenger takes dig at Nani’s ‘intelligence’ for writing off Arsenal’s championship chances
December 24th, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 24(ANI): Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit back at Manchester United winger Nani for claiming that the Gunners are already out of this season's Premier League title race.Nani believes ... Read more...
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I just want my mom, pleads daughter of woman sentenced to death
November 22nd, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Nov 22 (IANS) The 10-year-old disabled daughter of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who has been awarded death sentence in a blasphemy case in Pakistan, breaks into tears and says she ... Read more...
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bans Qaeda leader Al-Zawahiri book
November 11th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Nov 11(ANI): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has banned publication and sale of a book written by Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in the province.According to the Daily Times, the book is ... Read more...
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Muslim man told his divorce joke to wife on Skype stands
October 30th, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 30 (ANI): A Muslim man, who jokingly told his wife "talak, talak, talak" (I divorce thee, I divorce thee, I divorce thee) in an online Skype messenger conversation, has been ... Read more...
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PM greets nation on Parsi New Year
August 19th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday greeted the Parsi community on their new year and hoped Navroz would usher in prosperity to all Parsis and the nation. ... Read more...
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Curfew reimposed in Kashmir towns after fresh violence
July 10th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 10 (IANS) Curfew was reimposed in Maisuma locality here and Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag and Pulwama towns Saturday after stone-pelting mobs clashed with security forces, authorities said.
"Miscreants resorted to stone ... Read more...
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Curfew relaxed in Kashmir Valley
July 9th, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 9 (IANS) Curfew was relaxed indefinitely in the Kashmir Valley Friday evening, an official said.
The curfew was relaxed in all parts of the Kashmir Valley from 8 p.m. onwards, the ... Read more...
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Srinagar’s head cleric seeks curfew relaxation
July 9th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 9 (IANS) The head cleric of Srinagar Friday appealed to the Jammu and Kashmir government to relax curfew in the city so that people can observe the Shab-e-Meraj religious festival.
Mufti ... Read more...
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Pak envoy lodges official protest over Facebook images with US
May 23rd, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 23 (ANI): Pakistani Ambassador in Washington has conveyed sentiments of his countrymen to senior US officials over the blasphemous representation of the Prophet on a Facebook page.The page ... Read more...
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Iran fires five missiles in Gulf war games
April 25th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 25 (IANS) Iran Sunday fired five missiles from its warships as part of the ongoing large-scale military exercise, dubbed "Great Prophet 5", in the Persian Gulf and the Straight of ... Read more...
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Iran to hold military exercise in Persian Gulf Thursday
April 22nd, 2010 - 3:57 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 22 (IANS) Iran will start a three-day military exercise dubbed "Great Prophet 5" in the Persian Gulf Thursday, Xinhua reported.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Deputy Commander, Brigadier General Hossein ... Read more...
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‘Osama a lost man, a fanatical father, chasing his fantasy of becoming latter-day prophet’
March 31st, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.31 (ANI): The world's most wanted man and Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's favourite son, Omar, has described his father as a 'lost' man and a 'fanatical father'.Omar, the fourth ... Read more...
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Sikhs in Malaysia celebrate Vaisakhi with prayers
March 15th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
Seremban (Malaysia), Mar 15(ANI): Sikhs in Malaysia celebrated Vaisakhi, an ancient harvest festival in Punjab which marks the beginning of a new harvest season for the community, with prayers at home and ... Read more...
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Afridi wants to build relations between India and Pakistan
January 26th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi says he is willing to forgive and forget the happenings of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction and if he is invited to ... Read more...
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Afridi wants to ‘forgive and forget’ IPL auction
January 26th, 2010 - 1:41 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi says he is willing to forgive and forget the happenings of the Indian Premier League auction and if he is invited to play in ... Read more...
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‘It was not about cricket. When the prophet calls, that is when you go’: Yousuf
January 2nd, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan.2 (ANI): Pakistan cricket captain Mohammad Yousuf says that as far he is concerned, there is no link between his cricket and his controversial decision to become a Muslim after spending ... Read more...
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Nigerian bomber a sexually frustrated loner, says website
December 30th, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 30 (ANI): Umar Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian bomber who tried to blow up the Detroit-bound US airliner on Christmas Day, is a sexually frustrated loner who nurtured fantasies about holy ... Read more...
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