Assad offers Eid prayers
August 19th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, Aug 19 (IANS) Syrian state TV Sunday aired live footage of embattled President Bashar al-Assad performing special prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, in a rare public appearance in ... Read more...
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Chavez to launch re-election bid
June 7th, 2012 - 9:43 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, June 7 (IANS) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will officially register his candidacy in upcoming presidential elections to secure a third six-year term to continue his socialist reforms, according to ... Read more...
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Palin chooses anti-abortion fundraiser over White House Correspondents’ Dinner
May 2nd, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Bethesda (Maryland, US), May 2 (ANI): Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has boasted to a group of anti-abortion advocates that she had a chance to attend ... Read more...
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Dawoodi Bohras celebrate Syedna’s 100th birthday
March 25th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Over 300,000 members of the Dawoodi Bohra community in India and abroad gathered here to felicitate their spiritual leader, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, who turned 100 Friday.On ... Read more...
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Hafiz Saeed publicly slams Pope, defends blasphemy law
January 30th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 30 (IANS) In a rare public appearance, Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed Sunday addressed a rally in Lahore, capital of Pakistan's Punjab province, and vowed to resist any change in ... Read more...
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New US envoy to Pakistan savours ‘tikka’ and ‘lassi’
December 5th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Dec 5 (IANS) In a rare public appearance by a foreign diplomat posted in Pakistan, the new US envoy to the terror-hit country, Cameron Munter, had 'tikkas', 'halwa-puri' and ... Read more...
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Bush’s faith in history’s judgement beginning to come around, says Cheney
November 17th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): Former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney shared a stage together Tuesday for the first time since the two left office in 2008, with ... Read more...
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Lalit Modi says has no plans to return to India to answer corruption charges
November 4th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 3 (ANI): Former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi has stressed at a London conference that he was not hiding, but would not consider returning to India to answer corruption charges.According ... Read more...
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PM Gillard opens new counter-terrorism centre in Oz capital Canberra
October 21st, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra (Australia), Oct. 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Attorney General Robert McClelland formally opened Australia's first counter-terrorism control center here on Thursday, even as the country's spy chief David Irvine ... Read more...
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Castro blows kisses in surprise public appearance (Lead)
July 11th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, July 11 (IANS) Workers at a scientific institute in the Cuban capital were thrilled when, in a rare public appearance four years after handing over power, former president Fidel Castro paid ... Read more...
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Fidel Castro makes rare public appearance
July 11th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, July 11 (DPA) A Cuban website published photographs over the weekend of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro making his first public appearance since he resigned as president in mid-2006.
The official Cubadebate website ... Read more...
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Nanda Makes A Rare Public Appearance
February 20th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
February 20, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Nanda along with best friend Waheeda Rehman made a rare appearance on Tuesday for a screening of Ravi Jadhav's highly-acclaimed Marathi film Natarang at the Ketnav theatre ... Read more...
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Yesteryears actress Nanda makes rare appearance
February 20th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Reclusive yesteryears heroine Nanda made a rare public appearance along with close friend Waheeda Rehman at the screening of Ravi Jadhav's highly acclaimed Marathi ... Read more...
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Search for survivors ends as Haiti toll at 111,000
January 24th, 2010 - 6:13 am ICT by IANS
Port-au-Prince, Jan 24 (DPA) The Haitian government declared the search-and-rescue phase over Saturday as the first official estimate put the toll from the devastating earthquake at more than 111,000 people.
Yet even as ... Read more...
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Director Larry Wachowski Makes A Feminine Public Appearance
November 20th, 2009 - 7:00 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Nov.20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Film director Larry Wachowski has created quite a buzz lately as the much acclaimed director was seen leaving LAX recently where he spotted an extremely feminine look. ... Read more...
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Kavya Madhavan set to act again after failed marriage
October 28th, 2009 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi Oct 28 (IANS) Popular Malayalam actress Kavya Madhavan, who had bid adieu to films after tying the knot with computer engineer Nischal Chandra early this year, is now making a comeback ... Read more...
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MJ’s kids spotted shopping with nanny
October 1st, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 1 (ANI): Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's kids were seen making a rare public appearance in Los Angeles, when they went out shopping with their nanny.Paris, 11, and ... Read more...
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No evidence in Mel Gibson’s battery case
July 31st, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 31 (ANI): Hollywood actor Mel Gibson will not be charged for battery after police found no evidence that he attacked a paparazzi photographer at a Los Angeles nightclub.According to ... Read more...
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4th spacewalker Alan Bean says US should focus on Mars now
July 20th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 20 (ANI): Captain Alan Bean, the fourth person to walk on the moon, says that it's time of the U.S. to forget about going back, and to join forces ... Read more...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il makes rare public appearance
July 8th, 2009 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, July 8 (DPA) North Korean leader Kim Jong Il made a rare public appearance Wednesday at a memorial ceremony for his father, the country's late founder, on the 15th anniversary of ... Read more...
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UNSC to hold emergency meet over North Korea’s rocket launch
April 5th, 2009 - 11:42 am ICT by ANI
London, Apr 5 (ANI): The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting after North Korea defiantly carried out a provocative long-range missile rocket launch on Sunday that passed over ... Read more...
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Michael Jackson to earn $400m from comeback deal
March 7th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 7 (ANI): King of pop Michael Jackson is likely to rake in 400million dollars from his comeback deal involving new music and movies as well as concerts, according to ... Read more...
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Jacko’’s comeback tour ad to fill whole TV break
March 7th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 7 (ANI): Organisers of Michael Jacksons comeback gigs are leaving no stone unturned to make his London tour a huge hit.A television promo for Jacko''s comeback concerts will take ... Read more...
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Jacko confirms last ever London shows
March 6th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 6 (AN): King of pop Michael Jackson made a rare public appearance to confirm his return to stage with the series of ten gigs in Londons O2 arena.The event ... Read more...
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ABBAs Faltskog and Lyngstad scotch disagreement rumours
January 24th, 2009 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 24 (ANI): The two women famously known as the voices of ABBA made a rare public appearance together, and denied that there was any sort of disagreement between them.Rumours ... Read more...
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Rekha honoured for her contribution to Bollywood
September 27th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 27 (IANS) Bollywood diva Rekha made a rare public appearance to receive an award for her contribution to Bollywood. Her presence sent the paparazzi into a tizzy.That underscored the fact ... Read more...
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M.F. Husain set to return to India (Lead)
July 22nd, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 22 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain, independent India's only artist in exile, says he will return home as soon as he has finished his current series of paintings. ... Read more...
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M.F. Husain says he is returning to India
July 22nd, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 22 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain, India's best-known artist, is returning home from the exile he was forced into by people protesting his nude depiction of Hindu goddesses. ... Read more...
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LTTE to avenge Thamilselvan’s death with deeds and not words
November 14th, 2007 - 8:22 am ICT by admin
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