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Zurich: Portugal and Real Madrid great Cristiano Ronaldo lifted his third FIFA world footballer of the year award in an overwhelming win over eternal rival Lionel Messi, Barcelona's Argentine magician. The 29-year-old forward -- who played…
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New York: The US Supreme Court has denied an appeal by India-born former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta, who had challenged a ruling by a lower court permanently banning him from from serving as an officer or director of a public…
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Canberra: A fourth ship with specialized underwater sonar equipment will join the search for a Malaysia Airlines jet 10 months after it vanished under mysterious circumstances off the west coast of Australia, an official said today. The…
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Peshawar: Traumatised students of an army- run school here hit by Pakistan's worst terror attack returned to school as thousands of educational institutions today reopened across the country after an unusually long winter break, extended…
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Islamabad:  The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday accepted the Pakistani government's application for an in-camera hearing to submit records on the detention of Zaki-ur Rahman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror…
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London: Al Qaeda has provided its followers with a new "bomb recipe" with which an explosive device can be made using household goods avoiding metal components intended to evade airport security and blow up a passenger jet. The terror…
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Jakarta:  Indonesian divers retrieved the black box of the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 in the Java Sea, Bambang Soelistyo, chief of the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said Monday. "The black box was discovered under the…
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Islamabad:  US Secretary of State John Kerry, who will arrive here on a two-day official visit Monday evening, will raise with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif the issue of prevailing tense situation between India and Pakistan, Geo News…
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Berlin: Over 35,000 people holding "We are Charlie" placards have marched through the eastern German city of Dresden in a counter rally against the recent anti-Islam demonstrations, almost double the number that participated in the last…
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Washington: Facebook is the leader of social media, says a new survey, adding that the social networking site has also made inroads into becoming the popular choice among the elderly. The findings of a survey by a US-based global thinktank…
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