20 booked on drug charges in Goa over three months
July 20th, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 20 (IANS) Eight Nigerians, one Sudanese and one Ghanaian were among the 20 people booked in narcotics raids in Goa in the last three months.Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar ... Read more...
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Sudan ready for talks with South Sudan: Russia
May 1st, 2012 - 4:09 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sudan has informed Moscow of its readiness to start negotiations with South Sudan to settle their conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.Lavrov revealed ... Read more...
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Poachers kill 200 elephants in Cameroon
February 18th, 2012 - 10:46 am ICT by IANS
Cape Town, Feb 18 (IANS) At least 200 elephants were slaughtered for their tusks by poachers in Cameroon since mid-January, an NGO said.The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said ... Read more...
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Dubai, Sudan police sign cooperation protocol
February 10th, 2012 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Khartoum, Feb 9 (IANS/WAM) Police of Dubai and Sudan have signed a protocol for extending cooperation in the technological, technical, training and information exchange areas.The deal was signed between Lt. ... Read more...
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One man short Sporting Clube finish 2-2 with Prayag United
January 28th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) A 10-man Sporting Clube de Goa held home favourite Prayag United SC 2-2 in an I-League football encounter marred by frayed tempers here Saturday.While Ogba Kalu ... Read more...
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Sudanair plane makes emergency landing
October 3rd, 2011 - 5:29 am ICT by IANS
Khartoum, Oct 3 (IANS) Over 45 passengers survived after a Sudanair passenger plane made an emergency landing here at Khartoum airport Sunday following a technical snag.The Fokker 50 plane was ... Read more...
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US hails UN resolution authorising peacekeepers in Sudan
June 28th, 2011 - 9:01 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 28 (IANS) The US has welcomed swift passage of a UN Security Council resolution authorising deployment of 4,200 Ethiopian peacekeepers to the volatile Abyei region of ... Read more...
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29 die, 75 hurt in Sudan bus collision
June 17th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kampala, June 17 (IANS) Twenty-nine people were killed and 75 others injured when two passenger buses collided head-on in southern Sudan Friday, Xinhua reported.The buses were registered in Uganda, a ... Read more...
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Was Osama bin Laden obsessed with Whitney Houston?
May 11th, 2011 - 1:27 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, May 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Osama bin Laden’s ex-sex slave has spilled the beans about the preferences of the dead terrorist. Sudanese poet and novelist Kola Boof alleges that Osama kidnapped ... Read more...
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One thousand ex-combatants to lay down arms in West Darfur
April 18th, 2011 - 4:30 am ICT by BNO News
DARFUR (BNO NEWS) -- More than 1,000 former fighters in the Darfur conflict have pledged to surrender their weapons and begin the process of reintegration into civilian life, the African Union/United Nations ... Read more...
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UAE, Sudan sign agreement for investment protection
April 5th, 2011 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, April 4 (IANS/WAM) United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sudan Monday signed an agreement for mutual encouragement and protection of investments.UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Mohammed ... Read more...
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Osama’s Sudanese cook to walk free in 2012 after sentence reduced to two years
February 10th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 10(ANI): A US military commission has reduced Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's former cook and driver Ibrahim al-Qosi's sentence to two years in prison.Al-Qosi, a native of Sudan, who worked ... Read more...
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EU: Sudan referendum voting ’smooth and calm’ so far
January 13th, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by BNO News
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- A six-member European Parliament delegation is now in Sudan to observe the southern Sudan independence referendum, with voting taking place at the moment, the European Union (EU) said.Delegation ... Read more...
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CARE International worker killed in South Darfur
January 9th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by BNO News
GRAIDA, SUDAN (BNO NEWS) -- A Sudanese national working with a humanitarian organization was killed during an apparent robbery in South Darfur on Friday, the African Union/United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) ... Read more...
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George Clooney: ‘Excitement for peace in Sudan’
January 7th, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) George Clooney has been actively involved in trying to ensure that peace finally returns to Sudan.As the country prepares for a crucial referendum that could ... Read more...
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Sudan’s President Bashir transferred ‘$9bn in UK banks’: Wikileaks
December 18th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 18 (ANI): Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir had transferred at least nine billion dollars of oil money from his country to banks in London, according to secret US diplomatic cables released ... Read more...
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Muslim woman whipped in public for wearing trousers
December 14th, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 14 (IANS) A Sudanese Muslim woman was publicly whipped for wearing trousers, a video released on the internet shows.The woman was apparently punished under the Sharia law for wearing trousers ... Read more...
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Sudan woman ‘blesses’ Clooney by spitting on his head and hands
October 13th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 13 (ANI): George Clooney has revealed that he faced an unexpected culture shock during his recent trip to South Sudan when a local woman "blessed" him by spitting on his ... Read more...
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Unpaid Saudi imam locks worshippers out
August 30th, 2010 - 4:34 am ICT by IANS
Riyadh, Aug 30 (DPA) Worshippers who arrived to pray at a mosque in a remote area of central Saudi Arabia this week discovered they were locked out by the disgruntled imam because ... Read more...
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Three freeze to death inside refrigerator in Sudan
August 27th, 2010 - 6:02 am ICT by IANS
Khartoum (Sudan), Aug 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Three people in Port Sudan city froze to death in a refrigerating facility which charged $2 per hour for sitting inside it.
A few local businessmen have ... Read more...
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Terrified of flying, Jemima Khan takes anti-anxiety drug to combat fear
August 24th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.24 (ANI): British socialite and former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan's ex-wife Jemima Khan has admitted that she is still taking a drug prescribed for people suffering from moderate to severe ... Read more...
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32 killed in Sudan floods
August 23rd, 2010 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Khartoum, Aug 23 (IANS) At least 32 people were killed and 18 injured in floods and heavy rains in western Sudan, reports said Monday.
The casualties in Sudan's North Kordofan state were caused ... Read more...
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Osama bin Laden’s cook sent to 14 years in prison
August 12th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) A Sudanese man accused of being Osama bin Laden's cook and driver and helping the Al Qaeda mastermind avoid capture has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Ibrahim ... Read more...
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Osama’s Sudanese cook sentenced to 14 years in prison
August 12th, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 12 (ANI): Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's cook has been sentenced to 14 years in prison, making it the first Guantanamo secret conviction under President Barack Obama.Ibrahim ... Read more...
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Militants hijack Russian helicopter in Sudan
July 27th, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Tuesday said militants have hijacked its helicopter with nine people on board in Sudan.
"According to the information we have, there are no casualties," the foreign ministry ... Read more...
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Egypt court convicts 26 Hezbollah men for plotting terror attacks
April 28th, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, April 28 (DPA) Egypt's Emergency State Security Court Wednesday convicted 26 men of plotting attacks in Egypt on behalf of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, al-Jazeera television reported.
Judge Adil Abdel-Salam Gomaa ... Read more...
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White House criticizes irregularities in Sudan election
April 20th, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) – White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs criticized on Tuesday Sudan's election and expressed the continuous support from the United States towards the Sudanese people.Sudan held presidential and ... Read more...
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Philippines defends airline safety after EU ban
March 31st, 2010 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Manila, March 31 (DPA) The Philippines Wednesday defended the safety of its airlines after the European Union banned all airlines from the South-East Asian country from flying into Europe.
Alfonso Cusi, director general ... Read more...
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Somali pirates seize UAE owned ship
March 30th, 2010 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi, March 29 (IANS) Somali pirates have seized a United Arab Emirates (UAE) owned cargo ship with 24 crew in waters off Somalia, a regional maritime official said Monday.
Andrew Mwangura of the ... Read more...
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African Union-United Nations in Darfur reports fighting in Sudan
March 3rd, 2010 - 1:30 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur is trying to verify reports of fighting in the western part of the Sudanese region, the United Nations ... Read more...
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Pune blast death toll rises to 16
February 24th, 2010 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, Feb 24 (ANI): With one more person succumbing to his injuries, the toll at the blast in the German Bakery in Pune has risen to sixteen, hospital sources said today.Sudanese student ... Read more...
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One more succumbs in Pune blast, toll 16
February 24th, 2010 - 9:51 am ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 24 (IANS) A 21-year-old Sudanese student succumbed to the injuries he sustained in the Feb 13 Pune terror blast, raising the toll to 16, police said here Wednesday.
The victim - ... Read more...
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Pune blast death toll rises to 12
February 20th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, Feb 20 (ANI): With one more person succumbing to his injuries, the toll at the blast in the German Bakery in Pune has risen to twelve, hospital sources said today.Sudanese student ... Read more...
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One more foreigner dead, Pune blast toll 12 (Lead, Changing Dateline)
February 20th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 20 (IANS) A 21-year-old Sudanese student who had been injured in the Feb 13 terror blast here died in a local hospital early Saturday, police said, taking the toll to ... Read more...
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One more foreigner dead, Pune blast toll 12
February 20th, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) A 21-year-old Sudanese student died in a hospital here early Saturday, taking the Pune terror blast toll to 12, police said.
Amjad Algo J died at Budhrani Hospital around ... Read more...
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