US judge rules to release Richard Nixon’s Watergate testimony
July 30th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) After more than 36 years under wraps, former US President Richard Nixon's testimony over the Watergate scandal is set to be released following a court ... Read more...
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Former US first lady Betty Ford dead
July 9th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 9 (IANS) Former US first lady Betty Ford, the widow of former president Gerald Ford who was known for her unabashed candour on public issues, has died. ... Read more...
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Bogus, says Pranab; BJP says chewing gum theory hard to digest (Roundup)
June 22nd, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Despite the dismissal by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee of charges that his office had been bugged, rumours continued to swirl in the capital's political ... Read more...
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Pranab security breach: BJP rubbishes ‘chewing gum theory’
June 22nd, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The explanation given by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) that the adhesives found in Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's office were chewing gums, is a "joke", ... Read more...
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Nixon Library lifts the lid on Watergate scandal
April 1st, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 1 (ANI): The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum has left the doors open for people to have a close view of the Watergate scandal during the tenure of the ... Read more...
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Assange charges Gillard with ‘treason’
March 15th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 15 (ANI): Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has challenged Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard with 'treason' raising doubts that her government was exchanging intelligence on Australian citizens with foreign governments.Gillard however ... Read more...
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US Library Of Congress Adds 25 Iconic Movies To Its National Film Registry
December 29th, 2010 - 6:13 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
.The Exorcist is considered to be one of the most successful horror films ever, so its inclusion is not surprising news. All the President’s Men is yet another wonderful movie dealing ... Read more...
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Sarah Palin e-mail hacker gets one year in jail
November 13th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 13 (ANI): Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's e-mail hacker has been sentenced to a year in state custody.The student was sentenced after being convicted of hacking into Palin's email ... Read more...
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Vietnam bombing: US Senate takes steps to restore lost reputation of Air Force general
August 6th, 2010 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.6 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday started taking steps to restore the lost reputation of an Air Force general who wrongly took the fall for President Richard Nixon's secret bombing ... Read more...
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Acclaimed journalism legend Daniel Schorr dies at 93
July 24th, 2010 - 12:46 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – Acclaimed journalism legend Daniel Schorr, whose career spanned more than six decades, died on Friday morning, National Public Radio (NPR) announced. He was 93.Schorr was a longtime ... Read more...
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Greed and sleaze may taint IPL (Comment)
April 17th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Amulya Ganguli
Follow the money - was the advice given by Deep Throat, the secret informant who helped two intrepid Washington Post journalists unravel the Watergate scandal, forcing Richard Nixon to ... Read more...
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Alexander Haig Passes Away At 85
February 21st, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Baltimore, Feb 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Alexander Haig passed away in Baltimore, at the Johns Hopkins Hospital on Saturday, Feb 20. According to close sources, the former Chief of Staff of ... Read more...
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Reagan’s Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies
February 20th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Feb 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Alexander Haig who was the Secretary of State during the Reagan administration has died. He died on Saturday, at the ripe old age of 85. ... Read more...
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Former US secretary of state Alexander Haig dead
February 20th, 2010 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 20 (DPA) Alexander Haig, a former NATO commander and a top official in three Republican administrations, died Saturday, Fox News reported, citing Haig's family.
Haig, 85, had been hospitalised ... Read more...
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Top Presidential Adviser Alxeander Haig Hospitalized
February 19th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Philadelphia, Feb 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to reports, former secretary of state and top adviser to three presidents, ALexander Haig has been hospitalized in Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently at John ... Read more...
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Nixon sought a ‘personal relationship’ with Sinatra
January 13th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.13 (ANI): Former US President Richard M. Nixon is reported to have sought a 'personal relationship' with famous American singer Frank Sinatra.Nixon wanted to court Sinatra because he thought his ... Read more...
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And that’s the way it is - Walter Cronkite dies aged 92
July 18th, 2009 - 8:04 am ICT by John Le Fevre
American journalism icon, Walter Cronkite has died in his New York home at the age of 92 after an extended battle with cerebrovascular disease.In a career spanning more than 70-years, Cronkite ... Read more...
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Walter Cronkite, “Americas most trusted man”, dead
July 18th, 2009 - 7:45 am ICT by John Le Fevre
The person once known as the “most trusted man in America and the journalist who guided America through the Vietnam War and US president John F. Kennedy’s assassination, former CBS news ... Read more...
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Who is Walter Cronkite? - the man behind the legend of America’s most trusted man
July 18th, 2009 - 7:27 am ICT by John Le Fevre
Walter Cronkite was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News and the person who shaped and guided America through the 70s and 80s.Even long after ... Read more...
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New tapes: Abortion necessary for interracial pregnancies - Nixon
June 24th, 2009 - 3:00 am ICT by John Le Fevre
When the US Supreme Court struck down state criminal abortion laws in Roe v. Wade, former US president Richard Nixon told an aid there was a need for abortion is some ... Read more...
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Who is Walter Cronkite? - the man behind the legend of America’s most trusted man
June 20th, 2009 - 2:40 am ICT by John Le Fevre
Walter Cronkite is an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News and the person who shaped and guided America through the 70s and 80s.Even long after ... Read more...
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Walter Cronkite, “Americas most trusted man”, gravely ill
June 19th, 2009 - 11:49 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
Walter Cronkite, the former CBS news anchor who guided America through the Vietnam War and US president John F. Kennedy’s assassination is reported to be gravely ill.According to unconfirmed reports ... Read more...
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Britney takes a dig at Nixon with dick T-shirt
February 18th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 18 (ANI): Britney Spears has reportedly taken a dig at the disgraced former U.S. president Richard Nixon by wearing a T-shirt with his face and the word ''dick'' emblazoned ... Read more...
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Deep Throat, the Watergate whistleblower dies at 95
December 19th, 2008 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Dec 19 (ANI): The man known as Deep Throat, the secret informant in the Watergate scandal that led to the downfall of US President Richard Nixon in 1974, has ... Read more...
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Nixon wanted to destroy North Vietnam
December 4th, 2008 - 7:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 4 (ANI): Newly released memos and tape recordings from President Richard Nixons archives show that he wanted to decimate North Vietnam and viewed university professors as enemies.The tapes were ... Read more...
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Charles Wheeler, doyen of British foreign correspondents, dies
July 5th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 5 (IANS) Sir Charles Wheeler, one of Britain's best-known foreign correspondents - a man who shunned the glamour of anchoring television programmes for the good old business of reporting, has ... Read more...
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