World War II bomb defused in Vienna
February 16th, 2011 - 9:11 am ICT by IANS
Vienna, Feb 16 (IANS) Austrian experts have defused a bomb of the second World War period in Vienna.The 250-kg bomb was found by construction workers at a proposed train station in the ... Read more...
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Nation pays tribute to Pandit Nehru on his 121st birth anniversary
November 14th, 2010 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 14 (ANI): The nation on Sunday paid tribute to the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on his 121st birth anniversary.A series of functions are being ... Read more...
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Economic recovery picks up steam, but without jobs: OECD
May 26th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, May 26 (DPA) Industrial nations are emerging more quickly than expected from their worst recession in the post-war period but the upswing is bypassing the labour market, the Organisation for Economic ... Read more...
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Japan’s fourth quarter economic growth beats expectations
February 15th, 2010 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Feb 15 (DPA) The Japanese economy grew faster than expected in the last three months of 2009, the government said in a preliminary report Monday.
The nation's gross domestic product (GDP) grew ... Read more...
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How Blair’s lie led to ‘failed’ British mission in Iraq
November 22nd, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov. 22 (ANI): The British mission in Iraq faced "critical failure" because former Prime Minister Tony Blair misled the nation by claiming that Britain's objective was "disarmament, not regime change" and ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka seeks international help in post-war phase
May 31st, 2009 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, May 31 (DPA) Sri Lanka Sunday appealed for international assistance to rebuild the country after the military defeated Tamil separatists to end a three-decade civil war.
"We have overcome terrorism, and Sri ... Read more...
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Four debutant designers with different aspirations at DFW
March 9th, 2009 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) From women empowerment to optical illusion, from cross-cultural sensibilities to the dark past of Indian culture - four debutant designers will showcase these themes at the upcoming ... Read more...
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IMF lowers India growth to 5 percent as global economy plummets
January 29th, 2009 - 10:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered India and China's growth projections for 2009 to 5 percent and 6.75 percent respectively as it forecast world growth falling to ... Read more...
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World suffers worst downturn in post-war period: IMF
January 28th, 2009 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 28 (DPA) The world economy will grow by only 0.5 percent in 2009, the worst rate since end of World War II, as industrial nations battle a severe recession that ... Read more...
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IMF foresees recession in advanced economies next year
November 7th, 2008 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
Washington , Nov 7 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that advanced economies might continue to face recession during the next year, and that their economies would shrink by ... Read more...
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Terence Davies urges Brit filmmakers to snub ‘lousy’ US cinema
May 23rd, 2008 - 5:36 pm ICT by admin
London, May 23 (ANI): Director Terence Davies has asked his fellow British filmmakers to forget about "sub-American nonsense" and make films set in the UK instead.While speaking at the launch of ... Read more...
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US tells India to take Bushs food habit comment positively
May 10th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 10 (ANI): The United States State Department has asked India to take comments made by President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice that calorie intake of Indians ... Read more...
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US views India’s growing prosperity as “a positive thing”
May 10th, 2008 - 10:47 am ICT by admin
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 10 (IANS) The US has asked Indians not to look at its leaders' comments about the growing prosperity of their middle class contributing to the rise in global ... Read more...
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America’s historic Marshall Plan marks 60th anniversary
March 30th, 2008 - 9:10 am ICT by admin
By Frank Brandmaier
Washington, March 30 (DPA) Former US president Harry S. Truman had no doubt about the gravity of the document that lay before him one spring day in 1948, nor any ... Read more...
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Noel Coward worked as a pre-war British spy, reveal unpublished letters
November 14th, 2007 - 8:30 am ICT by admin
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