Clash at Hurriyat seminar in Kashmir
May 20th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 20 (IANS) Rival groups of supporters clashed Sunday during a seminar organised here by the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat group.Supporters of the Mirwaiz ... Read more...
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Chinks in Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference?
May 7th, 2012 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 7 (IANS) Chinks appeared in the Mirwaiz Umer Farooq-led moderate Hurriyat group Monday a day after a statement made by another senior leader of the group.A group of ... Read more...
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India asks Africa to fight piracy, backs its democratic upsurge
May 26th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, May 26 (IANS) Giving a contemporary and strategic cast to India's growing relationship with Africa, Manmohan Singh, in the first address by an Indian prime minister to ... Read more...
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Libyan rebels doubt Gaddafi’s son is dead
May 1st, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by ANI
Tripoli, May 1(ANI): Libyan rebel fighters have questioned government's claim that dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi's youngest son and three grandchildren were killed in a NATO missile attack last night.Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim ... Read more...
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Gaddafi escapes unhurt as NATO missile strikes kill youngest son, three grandchildren
May 1st, 2011 - 10:30 am ICT by ANI
London, May 1(ANI): Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has survived a NATO missile attack that killed his youngest son and three grandchildren last night.The Libyan government said that Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi, 29, ... Read more...
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Geelani plans ‘peaceful movement’ for troop withdrawal
January 5th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 5 (IANS) Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader and chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat group Syed Ali Geelani said Wednesday his group will now work for troops withdrawal through "an extremely peaceful ... Read more...
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Mirwaiz Farooq says UN has failed in resolving the Kashmir issue
January 5th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Jan 5 (ANI): The chairman of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has said the United Nations has failed to resolve the Kashmir issue.At a Hurriyat Conference ... Read more...
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Geelani rejects talks offer, Mirwaiz silent
August 7th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) The offer of "quiet dialogue" by union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has not gone down too well with separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir with hardline leader ... Read more...
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‘Stop trade with India till Kashmir issue resolved’
June 29th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 29 (IANS) Pakistan should stop trade with India till the Kashmir issue is resolved as the huge trade deficit is helping its "enemy", which is "oppressing" Kashmiris and harbours ... Read more...
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Pak back to singing K-issue settlement through UN resolution tune
May 4th, 2010 - 7:16 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 4 (ANI): Harping upon the country's same old jaded tune of resolving the long pending Kashmir issue in accordance with the United Nation's (UN) resolution, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah ... Read more...
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Iran still working on building nuclear weapons, says CIA report
March 31st, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 31(ANI): A new report by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has said that Iran is still working on building nuclear weapons despite technical setbacks and international resistance.The CIA report is ... Read more...
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LeT reverts to Kashmir cause at anti-India rally (Lead)
February 4th, 2010 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) through its banned frontal outfit the Jama'at-ud-Dawaah (JuD) Thursday vowed to revert to the "Kashmir cause" and continue supporting a separatist campaign ... Read more...
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‘Defiant’ Iran announces plans to build ten new uranium enrichment plants
November 30th, 2009 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Nov 30(ANI): Two days after world powers ordered Iran to halt the construction of a uranium enrichment plant near Qom, Iran has announced that it has plans to build ten new ... Read more...
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Pak back to singing ‘jaded’ UN resolutions-for-K-settlement tune
November 24th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov.24 (ANI): Pakistan has once again raked up the issue of Kashmir, saying that it should be resolved in accordance with the United Nations resolutions of 1948 and 1949.Foreign Office ... Read more...
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Pak back to singing its ‘jaded’ UNSC tune on Kashmir
August 14th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.14 (ANI): Pakistan has reiterated its ad-nauseum stance of resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolution.Addressing a gathering at Rawalkot, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said Pakistan People's Party ... Read more...
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Pak back to singing jaded UNSC tune on Kashmir issue
August 8th, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug. 8 (ANI): Islamabad has once again resorted to the old rhetoric of resolving the Kashmir issue in line with the UN Security Council resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiris."Pakistan ... Read more...
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US should help India, Pak resolve Kashmir issue: Gilani
January 5th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan.5 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday urged the U.S. to extend its help to both India and Pakistan towards resolving the issue of Kashmir.
His appeal came ... Read more...
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Pak, India tension is easing, claims Gilani
December 13th, 2008 - 11:16 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , Dec. 13 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday said that international diplomacy is helping to defuse his country''s tensions with India three weeks after the ... Read more...
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Karl Rove goes in overdrive to give clean chit to George Bushs legacy
December 7th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Dec.7 (ANI): U.S. President George W Bush would not have ordered the invasion of Iraq had intelligence shown that Dictator Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, ... Read more...
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US and Britain warn Iran against “path of confrontation”
June 17th, 2008 - 7:23 am ICT by IANS
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London, June 16 (DPA) The US and Britain said Monday they would continue the dialogue with Iran over its nuclear programme but also warned that sanctions would be intensified if Tehran ... Read more...
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