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Beijing: More than 30,000 suspects have been arrested in a two-month long crackdown on porn and gambling activities in China's south Guangdong Province. The province has so far arrested 3,014 people and more than 5,000 others were put…
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Los Angeles: Sony's company attorney David Boies said 'The Interview' will be released but not on its original slot of Christmas Day. The entertainment company originally pulled the James Franco-Seth Rogen comedy when terrorist threats…
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Port-au-Prince (Haiti) : Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume was named as Haiti's interim prime minister following the resignation of her predecessor a week ago amid a stalemate over delayed legislative elections. Duperval…
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Washington: WikiLeaks today released two CIA documents that offered tips to help spies maintain their cover while using false documents as they crossed international borders. The two documents, dating from 2011 and 2012, are marked…
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Islamabad: Pakistan's prestigious Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) here has been closed for indefinite period due to security concerns. A spokesman of the QAU said the university has been closed for an indefinite period, Dawn reported today.…
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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today vowed to target all terror groups irrespective of their agenda and affiliation, in the wake of the Peshawar school massacre that left 148 people dead, mostly students. He made the…
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Islamabad: Pakistan's security forces have arrested more than 300 terror suspects, including foreigners, in a crackdown against militants in the capital Islamabad. Pakistan has launched countrywide crackdown on militants after the Peshawar…
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Moscow: strange chunk of rock with "unusual Christmas colouring" which is stuffed with 30,000 tiny diamonds has been found in a mine in Russia. The ornament-sized red and green rock was pulled from Russia's huge Udachnaya diamond mine.…
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Havana: Cuban President Raul Castro hailed today the removal of an "obstacle" in US-Cuba relations, saying he was ready to discuss any topic with Washington after the historic bilateral rapprochement. "The Cuban people cheer this correct…
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Washingon: President Barack Obama's secret negotiations on Cuba suggest he's willing to make bold and risky moves if he can keep tight control and rely on a few close aides. It's a pattern he followed during clandestine talks with Iran…
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