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UNITED NATIONS: India today overwhelmingly won its re-election to the United Nations' body on economic and social issues, the win coming just a week after it got re-elected to the world body's human rights council. India was re-elected to…
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Lusaca (PTI) :Zambian President Michael Sata, who has died aged 77, rose from cleaning railway platforms in London to his country's highest office, where he vowed to sweep away corruption but leaned heavily on political foes. Sata died…
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Dhaka, Oct 29 (PTI) Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami was today sentenced to death by a special tribunal for the war crimes committed by him during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan. "He…
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Islamabad, Oct 29 (AGENCY)Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has urged the US to stop drone strikes inside Pakistani territory, a media report said Wednesday. "Sovereignty and self-respect are cornerstones of Pakistan's…
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London, Oct 28 (PTI) India today said that it is conscious not to allow e-commerce to become an avenue for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the much sought-after multi-brand retail sector. "There has been a lot of talk on e-commerce.…
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Beijing, Oct 28 (PTI) In the biggest ever corruption scandal to have hit China's People's Liberation Army, former Vice Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission Xu Caihou has been indicted after he admitted taking huge bribes,…
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Payerne (Switzerland), Oct 28(PTI) Ahmedabad and Varanasi are the two Indian cities among the dozen landing stops planned by two renowned Swiss aviators for their round-the- world trip on a solar-powered aircraft in March next year. "If…
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Los Angeles, Oct 28 (PTI) A US court has issued summons against Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan in an alleged human rights violation case filed by a Sikh rights group. The US District Court here issued the summons on a complaint filed by…
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Washington, Oct 28 (PTI) Noting that tax evasion is not a criminal offense in Switzerland, a senior Swiss official has acknowledged differences with India on what can be made public about Indians having unaccounted money parked in Swiss…
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Baghdad, Oct 27 (AP) Two car bombings in Iraq, including one where a suicide attacker drove a Humvee into a checkpoint manned by Iraqi troops and pro-government Shiite militiamen, killed at least 38 people today, authorities said. The…
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