23 Indians on ship hijacked in Nigeria by pirates (Lead)
September 5th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lagos, Sep 5 (IANS) Twenty-three Indian sailors are on board an oil tanker hijacked by pirates off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, said the oil tanker company Wednesday.Pat ... Read more...
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Nasheed ouster no coup, says Maldivian panel
August 30th, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A probe panel, which went into the events of February this year when then Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed was ousted from power, Thursday held that ... Read more...
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Giuseppe Garibaldi’s body to be exhumed
July 27th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Vicenza, July 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Doubts have been raised about where the body of Giuseppe Garibaldi was buried. Garibaldi is a military leader of the 19th century and he is said to ... Read more...
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Paul Watson skips bail in Germany
July 26th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, July 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Paul Watson is an animal rights and environmental activist from Canada. He is the president and the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society which is an ... Read more...
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Unitech opposes Uninor’s proposed rights issue
July 25th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) India-based Unitech has opposed its telecom partner Telenor's proposal to raise Rs.1,200 crore through a rights issue for meeting operational expenses.The company has claimed that ... Read more...
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Pakistan cricketers upset with PCB
May 7th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, May 7 (IANS) Senior Pakistani cricketers, including skipper Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi, are upset after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) refused to let them play in a Twenty20 match ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi journalists’ bodies exhumed after over two months
April 26th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 26 (IANS) Bodies of two popular TV journalists of Bangladesh who were murdered abut two-and-a-half months ago have been exhumed for fresh autopsies in search of clues to ... Read more...
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Ethiopia seals deal with India to avoid double taxation
April 6th, 2012 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, April 6 (IANS) Ethiopia has signed double taxation avoidance pacts with four countries, including its growing trading partners India and China.The agreements, also with Sudan and Egypt, were ... Read more...
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Olympics boycott is on the table, claims Bhopal NGO
February 27th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 27 (IANS) Union sports ministry officials have assured them that India was all prepared to boycott the London Olympics over the Dow Chemicals' sponsorship issue and was only ... Read more...
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50 kids found chained in Pakistan seminary dungeon
December 13th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 13 (IANS) More than 50 children were found chained inside an underground dungeon at a seminary in Pakistan's Karachi city, a media report said Tuesday.Police rescued the ... Read more...
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Israel freezes Unesco funding
November 3rd, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Nov 3 (IANS) Israel would stop its $2 million in annual funding to the Unesco in the wake of a vote that admitted Palestine as a full member, Prime ... Read more...
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Indian fishermen to be freed soon: Sri Lanka
June 23rd, 2011 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Sri Lanka has said it will soon release the 23 Indian fishermen taking into custody for fishing in Sri Lankan waters."Following the due process of ... Read more...
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Tillakaratne denies naming former cricketers for match-fixing
June 8th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, June 8 (IANS) Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne has denied reports that he had named his former teammates Aravinda de Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya as the players who ... Read more...
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Find jobs for millions, says Chinese leader
June 3rd, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 3 (IANS) Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang has reiterated the importance of creating jobs for millions of college graduates.Zhang said Thursday that he believed the employment situation for ... Read more...
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Two Reuters journalists missing in Syria
March 28th, 2011 - 4:24 am ICT by BNO News
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two Reuters television journalists have been missing in Syria since Saturday night, the British news agency reported Sunday.Beirut-based producer Ayat Basma and cameraman Ezzat Baltaji, both Lebanese ... Read more...
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Davis seeks reinvestigation into Lahore double murder case
March 16th, 2011 - 11:29 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 16(ANI): Double murder-accused CIA contractor Raymond Davis has expressed his dissatisfaction over the previous investigation and sought a fresh probe into the murder case under the Police Order 2002, it ... Read more...
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Fate of 40 Goa mines to be decided Friday
March 3rd, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 3 (IANS) The fate of 40 open cast iron ore and manganese mines in Goa will be decided by the state pollution control board Friday.Speaking to reporters Thursday ... Read more...
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Pakistan concerned over Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s detention in India (Lead, superseding earlier story)
February 14th, 2011 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday directed the country's envoy in India to extend consular support to singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who was detained at New ... Read more...
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ICC right in banning Pakistani players: Haider
February 12th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Feb 12 (IANS) Zulqarnain Haider, Pakistan's runaway wicketkeeper, insists that the punishment handed to three of his former mates for 'spot fixing' is just the start of cricket's clean up.Haider, who ... Read more...
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“Fixing by Pak trio just the tip of the iceberg” in cricket corruption: Zulqarnain Haider
February 12th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 12(ANI): Runaway Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has expressed his surprise over ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat's statement that the World Cup 2011 will be free from corruption, saying that the ... Read more...
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Pakistan airline employees end strike
February 12th, 2011 - 3:09 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Employees of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Friday night called off their week-long strike that affected flight services badly in the country after the resignation of the national carrier's ... Read more...
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Strauss hopes ICC ban on Pak trio ‘just the start of process’ to eliminate corruption
February 7th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Perth, Feb 7(ANI): England captain Andrew Strauss has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to be as thorough as possible in cleaning up corruption at cricket's highest level.Strauss' comment comes after former ... Read more...
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Hero Group: Exposure in Citibank scam Rs.28.75 crore
December 31st, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon/New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Hero Group, which was allegedly duped in the Rs.300 crore Citibank fraud, Friday said that its exposure to the scam was just Rs.28.75 crore and that ... Read more...
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UN human rights chief condemns post-electoral violence in Belarus
December 22nd, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations human rights chief has voiced deep concern about the violence which erupted after Sunday's presidential election in Belarus, which included the abduction of opposition ... Read more...
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Some seminaries promoting militancy in Pakistan: Rehman Malik
November 25th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Nov 25 (IANS) Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik Thursday said seminaries "belonging to a particular school of thought" were promoting militancy in the country."We have more ... Read more...
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India, Japan reiterate their support to East Asia Summit
October 26th, 2010 - 1:03 am ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Oct.25 (ANI): India and Japan on Monday reiterated their support for the East Asia Summit (EAS) as an open, inclusive, transparent and outward-looking forum.Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh ... Read more...
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India, Japan to steadily expand security and defense cooperation
October 25th, 2010 - 11:22 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Oct.25 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Monday decided to steadily expand security and defense cooperation between India and Japan.Both the ... Read more...
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India, Japan hail negotiations for cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy
October 25th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Oct.25 (ANI): Prime Ministers of India and Japan on Monday welcomed commencement of negotiations between their countries on an Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy in ... Read more...
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NATO supplies resume through reopened Pak-Afghan border
October 11th, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Oct 11(ANI): NATO supply trucks and oil tankers have started crossing the Pakistan-Afghan border at Torkham after Islamabad agreed to open the crossing after an 11-day deadlock."The first convoy through the ... Read more...
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Pak to reopen blocked NATO supply route ‘with immediate effect’
October 10th, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 10 (ANI): Following apologies and assurances from the United States, Pakistan has decided to reopen the Torkham route for NATO forces in Afghanistan with immediate effect, ending a 10-day standoff ... Read more...
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British High Commission issues warning; CGE allays fears
August 20th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 20 (IANS) The British High Commission in India has issued a warning to the Commonwealth Games England (CGE) that they should not be surprised if there are bomb attacks elsewhere ... Read more...
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Pak accepts India’s five million dollar aid package for flood victims
August 20th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug.20 (ANI): A day after the US asked Pakistan to accept India's five million dollar flood assistance package, Islamabad has accepted New Delhi's offer.Talking to reporters on the sidelines of ... Read more...
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‘No decision on accepting Indian aid for floods in Pakistan’
August 19th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.19 (ANI): Pakistan on Thursday said it is yet to decide on the five million dollars aid pledged by India last week in relation to the recent floods in the ... Read more...
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Protesters fined for displaying cow head in Malaysia
July 27th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 27 (IANS) A Malaysian court Tuesday slapped a fine of $313 each on 12 people for displaying a cow head while protesting the shifting of a Hindu temple in ... Read more...
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US states investigate Google for Wi-Fi snooping scandal
July 23rd, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 23 (ANI): A group of 38 attorneys general of different states of the United States led by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal have asked Google for detailed information about its ... Read more...
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