Mexican firm inks floating hotels deal in Spain
September 20th, 2012 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Sep 20 (IANS/EFE) Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos signed a 300-million-euro ($392 million) deal Wednesday for the construction of two floating hotels, or flotels, at ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan ink visa pact to ease travel, trade (Second Lead)
September 8th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) India and Pakistan Saturday signed a key agreement that will ease the visa regime to promote greater trade, travel and people-to-people contacts between the two ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan ink visa pact (Lead)
September 8th, 2012 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) India and Pakistan Saturday signed an agreement that will ease the visa restrictions on people from both countries.The agreement was signed between Interior Minister Rehman Malik ... Read more...
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India forges diplomatic ties with ‘Wi-Fi nation’
September 4th, 2012 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Niue? What's new? Last week, India quietly established formal diplomatic relations with Niue, a South Pacific island of 1,400 inhabitants, which is better known ... Read more...
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China signs deal for 50 Airbus planes
August 30th, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 30 (IANS) China and Germany Thursday signed a series of documents, including a procurement deal for 50 Airbus planes.
The signing ceremony was attended by Chinese Premier Wen ... Read more...
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Egypt urges IMF for $4.8 bn loan
August 23rd, 2012 - 9:03 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Aug 23 (IANS) Egypt sought a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during a meeting held between President Mohamed Morsi and Christine Lagarde, the IMF chief, ... Read more...
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Obama orders US flag at half mast after gurdwara killing
August 7th, 2012 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) As federal investigators searched for a motive for Sunday's attack on a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin, President Barack Obama ordered the US flag to be ... Read more...
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Prayag United signs up Costa Rican midfielder (Lead)
June 28th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) I-League football club Prayag United have signed up Costa Rican international medio Carlos Hernandez, the top scorer in the Australian A League last year, for the ... Read more...
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Russians to watch London Olympics on street screens
June 22nd, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
St. Petersburg, June 22 (IANS) The 2012 London Olympics will be broadcast on street screens in several large Russian cities, Russia's national telecom operator Rostelecom said Friday.Rostelecom has also signed ... Read more...
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Spanish, Chinese firms sign deals valued at $626 mn
May 25th, 2012 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, May 25 (IANS/EFE) Spanish and Chinese companies have signed five cooperation agreements and nine sales contracts for Spanish goods being bought by the Asian giant valued at around 500 ... Read more...
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Northeast’s fourth software technology park in Mizoram
May 6th, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, May 6 (IANS) The central government, in association with the Mizoram government, will set up a software technology park in Mizoram to boost IT in northeast India and software ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Kabul attack after Obama visit (Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 2 (IANS) Eight people were killed and 17 injured in suicide bombings and a gunbattle in the Afghan capital Wednesday, hours after US President Barack Obama's Kabul ... Read more...
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Obama signs cooperation pact with Afghanistan (Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 6:39 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 2 (IANS) The US President Barack Obama signed a cooperation agreement with Afghanistan as he paid an unannounced visit to the war-torn country Tuesday on the first ... Read more...
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Afghanistan, US sign deal on night raids
April 9th, 2012 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 8 (IANS) The Afghan government and the US forces signed an agreement here Sunday to hand over all special operations, including the controversial night raids, from US and ... Read more...
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Faridabad to come on Delhi Metro line
March 25th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 25 (IANS) Faridabad town in Haryana, adjoining the national capital, will be on the Delhi Metro network soon, with the state government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) ... Read more...
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Brazil criticises developed countries’ monetary policy (Lead)
March 2nd, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, March 2 (IANS) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Thursday accused the developed countries of adopting a monetary expansion policy which would lead to a "monetary tsunami" and hurt the emerging ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh, Railways ink deal for three rail corridors
February 28th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 27 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Monday signed a deal with the Indian Railways for developing three rail corridors in the state's poverty-hit northern region that has roughly one-fifth of the ... Read more...
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China loans two pandas to Canada
February 12th, 2012 - 5:07 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 12 (IANS) China has loaned two rare giant pandas to Canada for a research program.The Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens (CAZG) Saturday signed an agreement with two Canadian ... Read more...
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Cognizant expands its Kochi operations
February 7th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7 (IANS) Cognizant, a NASDAQ-listed, US-headquartered provider of information technology, is expanding its operations in Kerala by leasing 15 acres of land at the Kochi Infopark campus.The company ... Read more...
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Obama signs trade pacts into law
October 22nd, 2011 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS/EFE) President Barack Obama Friday signed into law free-trade pacts with Colombia, South Korea and Panama, ending a long-stalled process aimed at boosting US exports.On hand ... Read more...
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Pakistan, Turkey sign media cooperation agreement
October 13th, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 13 (IANS) Pakistan and Turkey have inked a media cooperation agreement, it was reported here.The Anadolu Agency of Turkey and Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) signed the memorandum ... Read more...
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Chinese oil firm to build schools in Myanmar
October 3rd, 2011 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar), Oct 3, (IANS) The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Monday donated $1.32 million to build eight schools in Myanmar's four regions and states along the China-Myanmar ... Read more...
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Bangladesh signs rail restoration deal with Indian firm
August 19th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 19 (IANS) Bangladesh Railway has signed a $15 million deal with an Indian firm for restoration of railway tracks in the country.The deal was signed with construction firm ... Read more...
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Agreement doesn’t means division of Bengal: Mamata
July 18th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Sukna (West Bengal) July 18 (IANS) The Darjeeling tripartite accord would not lead to any division of the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Monday, accusing the ... Read more...
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Pintail adds another twist in Darjeeling’s politics
July 18th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Sukna (West Bengal), July 18 (IANS) Witness to several twists and turns in the politics of West Bengal's troubled hill areas, the Pintail village, a tourist resort, Monday was the ... Read more...
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Tripartite pact will intensify Darjeeling problem: CPI-M (Lead)
July 16th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Alleging that the July 18 Darjeeling tripartite accord would intensify the problems in the West Bengal hills, Leader of Opposition in the assembly Surjya Kanta ... Read more...
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Tripartite pact will intensify Darjeeling problem: CPI-M
July 16th, 2011 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Alleging that the July 18 Darjeeling tripartite accord would intensify the problems in the West Bengal hills, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Leader ... Read more...
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China, Iran sign trade, business agreements
July 16th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 16 (IANS) China and Iran Saturday signed several agreements on infrastructure and trade cooperation.
He Guoqiang, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) who is ... Read more...
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Darjeeling accord on July 18: Mamata (Lead)
July 15th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) The Darjeeling tripartite agreement will be signed on July 18 and union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will attend the function, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced ... Read more...
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Saleh not to sign power-transfer plan in Qatari envoys’ presence
April 29th, 2011 - 7:06 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, April 29 (IANS) Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said he will not sign the power transfer plan brokered by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) if Qatari representatives attend the ... Read more...
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Bangladesh gets $1.2bn World Bank loan for bridge
April 28th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 28 (IANS) Bangladesh Thursday signed a $1.2 billion loan deal with the World Bank for the construction of a bridge over river Padma.The Padma Multipurpose Bridge would connect ... Read more...
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Abu Dhabi, Oman oil companies sign finance deal
April 21st, 2011 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, April 20 (IANS/WAM) Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) and Oman Oil Company (OOC) have signed an agreement on investments in oil, gas and petrochemicals projects and ... Read more...
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UAE signs MoU with Bangladesh
March 18th, 2011 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, March 17 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh to develop cooperation in the field of air transport between both countries.The MoU ... Read more...
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UAE signs pact with Korea for nuclear cooperation
March 16th, 2011 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, March 15 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates and South Korea Tuesday signed an agreement for cooperation in the areas of nuclear safeguards, export controls and physical protection.The pact ... Read more...
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Mexico enacts new asylum law
January 27th, 2011 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 27 (IANS/EFE) President Felipe Calderon signed into law Wednesday a measure aimed at bringing Mexico's handling of refugee and political asylum claims into line with international agreements.The law was ... Read more...
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