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Peshawar:  At least 31 militants were killed and scores of others wounded today as Pakistani fighter jets pounded militant hideouts in the country's restive northwest. The attacks, part of an ongoing military operation, in Koki Khel area…
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Shanghai: Chinese officials in Shanghai have erected "a wall of censorship" on news related to the deadly New Year's Eve stampede as they fear losing their jobs for failing to take preventive security measures to avert the tragedy, a media…
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Coimbatore: In order to establish bio-refinery for chemicals and fuel production from biomass and to meet dwindling reserves of crude oil supplies, a Cooperation Agreement was signed recently between Boreskov Institute of Catalysis,…
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sonyWashington: The US has imposed fresh financial sanctions on North Korea and its senior officials in its first public response to the "provocative" cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, which the Obama Administration has said was backed by the…
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Washington: US President Barack Obama signed an executive order, imposing new sanctions against the government of North Korea in response to what he called Pyongyang's "numerous provocations," particularly the cyber attack on Sony Pictures…
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Jakarta/Singapore : Two large metal objects have been found in the search for the AirAsia airliner in the Java Sea, Indonesian officials said today, even as continuing bad weather held back efforts to hunt for the plane's data recorders.…
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Jakarta/Singapore:  An international team of experts with sophisticated acoustic equipment today arrived at the suspected crash site of the AirAsia jet in search for the plane's flight recorders as search crews recovered seven more bodies…
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Jakarta/Singapore:  More ships were deployed today with high-end equipment to locate the fuselage of doomed AirAsia jet even as the weather, which has hindered the search the last several days, remained a worry. Rear Marshal Henry Bambang…
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Brasillia: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff kicked off a second term vowing to tackle corruption and revamp the economy as her government reels from a series of setbacks. Brazil's economy, once booming, has barely grown during Rousseff's…
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Jakarta/Singapore, Jan 1 (PTI) Doomed AirAsia jet's black box which is crucial for solving the mystery surrounding the crash may take a week to be found, an Indonesian official said today, as searchers raced against time and weather to…
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