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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Syrian vice president defects: Rebels
August 18th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) One of two deputies of embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has defected and fled the country for Jordan, an opposition spokesman said Saturday.Vice President Farouq ... Read more...
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Brazil to spend $579 million on World Cup security
August 16th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (IANS) The Brazilian government will spend 1.17 billion reais ($579 million) on the security of the FIFA World Cup 2014.State news agency Agencia Brasil said ... Read more...
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Syrian MiG fighter pilot defects to Jordan
June 21st, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Syrian Air Force MiG-21 fighter pilot Thursday flew his aircraft to Jordan and asked the government for political asylum, a Jordanian minister said."The jet ... Read more...
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Car bomb rocks Damascus suburb, hits peace deal
April 25th, 2012 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, April 24 (IANS) As the UN prepares to deploy 300 monitors and the US unveiled new sanctions, a car bomb Tuesday hit a suburb of Damascus, dealing a ... Read more...
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Pakistani executed for drug trafficking
April 4th, 2012 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Riyadh, April 4 (IANS/AKI) A Pakistani man has been executed in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of drug trafficking.Salim Shah Sayed Shah was decapitated, according to state news agency ... Read more...
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Gas pipeline blown up in Syria
March 24th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, March 24 (IANS) A gas pipeline was blasted in a Syrian province Saturday, leading to leakage of about 700,000 cubic metres, reports said."An armed terrorist group" blasted a gas ... Read more...
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Three killed in Syrian car blast
March 19th, 2012 - 2:48 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 19 (IANS) At least three people were feared to have been killed in Syria's largest city during a car bomb blast Sunday, RIA Novosti reported.According to state news ... Read more...
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South Korean media delegation visits UAE
March 16th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, March 15 (IANS/WAM) A South Korean media delegation is currently on a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to chronicle the country's development in economic, educational, cultural, ... Read more...
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Ahmadinejad grilled by Iran parliament
March 14th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, March 14 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday appeared before parliament for an inquiry into his economic and political policies, state news agency IRNA reported.Ahmadinejad is the first president ... Read more...
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Argentina says oil company owes $8 mn in tax
February 16th, 2012 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Feb 16 (IANS/EFE) Argentina's Treasury has prohibited oil company YPF, controlled by Spain's Repsol-YPF, from making any imports or exports until it pays an $8 million tax debt, ... Read more...
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Kim Jong-il to be embalmed
January 12th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The body of late North Korean "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il is to be embalmed and put on display at a palace in the capital Pyongyang, ... Read more...
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Egyptian prosecutors demand death for Mubarak
January 6th, 2012 - 4:08 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Jan 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Prosecutors General's Office in Egypt has demanded a death sentence for former president Hosni Mubarak, the former interior minister and six other defendants.The hearing ... Read more...
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Twitter fuels Fidel Castro death rumor
January 5th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Havana, Jan 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Cuban leaders do not find Fidel Castro’s death rumor on Twitter funny. The country’s administration has spoken against the rumor which spread over the miniblog this week.... Read more...
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Cuba to enlarge farm programme to boost rice output
December 6th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Havana, Dec 6 (IANS/EFE) Cuba plans to enlarge to 40,000 hectares a Vietnam-aided effort to expand production of rice, official media said Monday.Given the positive results of the joint project, ... Read more...
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Are stringers the future of media?
November 30th, 2011 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Nov 30 (IANS) In the pursuit of lower maintenance costs of news gathering and infrastructure, media groups will eventually work with stringers and outsource news production to the ... Read more...
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Poachers in Africa use new techniques
November 24th, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Maputo (Mozambique), Nov 24 (IANS) Poachers in the southeast African nation of Mozambique are now investing in new techniques for slaughtering wild animals, with officials reporting the sighting of an ... Read more...
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Six foreigners held in Malaysian drug bust
November 21st, 2011 - 8:37 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21 (IANS) At least six foreigners have been arrested and narcotics worth about 20 million ringgit ($6.4 million) seized in a major drug bust in Malaysia.Malaysian police ... Read more...
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London will be safe for 2012 Games: Olympics minister
August 10th, 2011 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS) Britain's Sport and Olympics minister Hugh Robertson refuted claims made by China's official news agency Xinhua that London's image as the hosts of 2012 Olympics has ... Read more...
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Mubarak declines food, becomes ‘extremely weak’
July 27th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, July 27 (IANS/AKI) Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak refuses to eat food and has become "extremely weak", state news agency MENA reported Wednesday.Asim Azzam, a doctor who is looking ... Read more...
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43 school kids killed in Bangladesh accident (Lead)
July 11th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 11 (IANS) At least 43 school students were killed Monday when a truck carrying them overturned and plunged into a ditch in Bangladesh, officials said.The accident took ... Read more...
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Hosni Mubarak’s aide arrested in Spain
June 17th, 2011 - 9:21 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 17 (IANS) Spanish authorities have arrested Egypt's fugitive businessman Hussein Salem, an accomplice of former president Hosni Mubarak, Xinhua reported Friday.Salem was referred to the criminal court last ... Read more...
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Egypt detains Israeli man for spying
June 12th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 12 (IANS) Egypt has detained an Israeli on charges of spying in the country, state news agency MENA reported.The Supreme State Security Court ordered Sunday the man be ... Read more...
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Saleh says he is ‘in good health’ after mosque attack
June 4th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in a televised audio address late Friday night that he was "well and in good health" after being injured ... Read more...
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11 killed in Syria
May 31st, 2011 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, May 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 11 people were killed as Syrian government forces stormed two cities during the weekend, Al Arabiya reported Monday."Soldiers are now all over Talbiseh. ... Read more...
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Egypt deports Iranian diplomat suspected of spying
May 30th, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 30 (IANS) An Iranian diplomat who worked at a special bureau in Egyptian capital Cairo and was arrested on charges of spying was deported Monday, state news agency ... Read more...
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Egypt court fines Mubarak, two ex-ministers $90 mn
May 28th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 28 (IANS) An Egyptian court Saturday ordered a fine of 540 million Egyptian pounds ($90 million) on former president Hosni Mubarak and two ministers for damaging the ... Read more...
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North Korea to release US citizen held for six months
May 27th, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 27 (IANS) North Korea has said it would releasing an American citizen it has been holding for six months on unspecified charges, BBC reported.Eddie Jun Yong-su would be ... Read more...
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US asks embassy officials in Yemen to evacuate
May 26th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, May 26 (IANS/AKI) The US has ordered all "non-essential" personnel and their families at the embassy in Yemen to leave the country as violence increased amid protesters' calls for ... Read more...
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Egyptian police officer sentenced to death
May 23rd, 2011 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 23 (IANS) An Egyptian criminal court has issued the first death sentence to a police officer for killing protesters during the demonstrations that toppled president Hosni Mubarak, state ... Read more...
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Libyan military spokesman killed in NATO raid
May 16th, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Tripoli, May 15 (IANS) Colonel Milad Hussein al-Fiqhi, spokesman of the Libyan forces led by Muammar Gaddafi, was killed Sunday in a NATO raid that targeted an intelligence building in ... Read more...
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Mubarak’s wife detained in corruption probe
May 14th, 2011 - 4:17 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt's authorities have ordered detention of Suzanne Mubarak, wife of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, pending further investigation of corruption allegations, the Mena state news agency ... Read more...
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Two Libyan journalists killed in NATO raid: Official
May 13th, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Tripoli, May 12 (IANS) At least two local journalists were killed Thursday in a NATO raid that targeted Libyan capital Tripoli, an official said."The journalists were taking photos of the ... Read more...
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Hosni Mubarak to be moved to prison hospital
April 25th, 2011 - 7:53 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt's public prosecutor Sunday ordered the transfer of ailing ex-leader Hosni Mubarak to a prison hospital in the capital Cairo, ahead of questioning over corruption ... Read more...
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Egypt mulls transferring Mubarak to prison hospital
April 22nd, 2011 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, April 22 (IANS/AKI) Egypt's Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud Thursday ordered prosecutors to examine the feasibility of transferring toppled president Hosni Mubarak to Tora prison's hospital in Cairo, Al-Masry ... Read more...
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