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Islamabad, Dec 20 (PTI) Pakistan forces have killed 28 militants in the restive north-western tribal region, intensifying the campaign against them after the Peshawar school massacre that left 148 people dead, mostly students. A security…
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Beijing: Asia is set to surpass North America to become the world's largest e-commerce market this year, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). According to a report in Beijing by the EIU yesterday, an advisory company under…
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Washington: President Barack Obama met his National Security Council team at the White House to review potential holiday threats and discuss America's security posture in Pakistan in view of the horrific terrorist attack on a school in…
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New Delhi:  Sharing Pakistan's pain in the wake of the "dastardly" terror attack in a Peshawar school, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight spoke to his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif on phone offering "deepest condolences and all…
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Sydney:  Prime Minister Tony Abbott today led a shocked nation in mourning the death of two Australians who lost their lives at the cafe siege here that ended with the killing of lone Iranian-born ISIS sympathiser who took 17 people…
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Peshawar:  At least 84 students were among more than 100 people killed today when heavily-armed Taliban militants stormed an army-run school in Pakistan's volatile Peshawar city and opened indiscriminate fire on them, in one of the most…
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Doha: A 32-year-old Indian died of heart attack while playing cricket here on his wedding anniversary. Pramod Therayil, a native of Veliyankode in Malappuram district, Kerala, was working as an electrician in a contracting firm in Madinat…
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Adelaide: The family of Phillip Hughes thanked the Australian public for their enormous support since the tragic death of the young Australian cricketer by issuing an emotional message in today's newspapers here. More than two weeks after…
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The sight of blood-spattered school uniform she was wearing the day the Taliban shot her, made Pakistan's teen Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai burst into tears, prompting fellow awardee India's Kailash Satyarthi to comfort her…
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From Lalit K Jha Washington, Dec 10 (PTI) Richard Rahul Verma was today unanimously confirmed as the next US Ambassador to India by the Senate, making him the first-ever Indian-American to hold the post. 46-year-old Verma's nomination was…
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