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Cairo, Oct 24 (PTI) At least 25 Egyptian soldiers were killed and 26 others injured today in a major terrorist attack close to Israel and Gaza Strip borders in the restive North Sinai governorate. A car bomb targeted an army checkpoint…
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Beijing, Oct 25 (PTI) Sixteen workers were killed and 11 others injured after a coal mine collapsed in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The accident occurred in the regional capital Urumqi late last night when 33 workers were…
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Dhaka, Oct 23 (PTI) Bangladeshi war criminal Ghulam Azam, who was sentenced last year to 90 years in prison for masterminding atrocities during the country's 1971 war of independence, died tonight aged 92 after suffering a stroke. Azam,…
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Washington, Oct 24 (PTI) President Barack Obama has nominated a major fundraiser for his presidential campaign Indian-American Azita Raji as the US Ambassador to Sweden. A former investment banker, California-based Raji served as…
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London, Oct 21 (AFP) Oil prices rose today as caution returned after a weak rally spurred by upbeat industrial production data from China, the world's top energy consuming nation, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for…
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New York, Oct 22 (PTI) An Indian-origin portfolio manager, sentenced to nine years for his role in the most lucrative insider trading scheme in US history, has lost his bid to stay out of jail after a judge ruled that evidence against him…
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United Nations, (PTI) In a significant victory, India was today re-elected to the UN's main human rights body for the period of 2015-17, receiving the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group. India is currently a member of the…
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New York, Oct 22 (PTI) Two Indian-American cardiologists will pay USD 380,000 to resolve allegations that they entered into fraudulent management agreements with a local hospital in exchange for referral of cardiology procedures and other…
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Pretoria, Oct 21 (AFP) South African judge Thokozile Masipa today sentenced Oscar Pistorius to five years in prison for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013. "Count one, culpable homicide, the sentence…
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Melbourne, Oct 20 (PTI) After collecting Rs 500 crore at the Indian box office, Aamir Khan-starrer 'Dhoom 3' has now become the highest grossing foreign film of 2013 in Australia and emerged as the?first Bollywood film to win the award.…
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