Texas Republican senator urges Juneteenth emancipation holiday
June 19th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The proposed bill of the Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison would establish June 19th as Juneteenth.
The senator’s staff according to reports, do not believe ... Read more...
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UN panel on flotilla raid completes probe in Jordan
September 4th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Amman, Sep 4 (DPA) A UN fact-finding mission left Jordan Saturday, prominent Jordanian unionist Wael Saqqa said, following a five-day investigation into a fatal Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in the ... Read more...
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350,000 foreigners enter Britain on ’student’ visas
August 2nd, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) Nearly 350,000 foreigners entered Britain on suspect student visas last year despite new rules to curb the number of illegal immigrants, officials said Monday.
Home Office figures reveal the ... Read more...
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300-pound bomb left in front of police station in Northern Ireland
June 18th, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by BNO News
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND (BNO NEWS) – A 300-pound bomb was left inside a van outside a border police station in Northern Ireland, the Guardian reported on Friday.Hundreds of people living near the ... Read more...
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Tunisian president elected to fifth term
October 26th, 2009 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Tunis/Paris, Oct 26 (DPA) Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was elected to a fifth term with almost 90 percent of the vote, the Tunisian interior ministry announced Monday.
With all the votes ... Read more...
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