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Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani marked his first 100 days in power today, still struggling to form a government as a new political stalemate threatens to fuel the Taliban insurgency. The deadlock over senior cabinet positions has…
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Vienna: Two athletes from the US ski team were killed in an avalanche Monday while skiing in the western Austrian resort of Soelden, the team said Monday. The US ski team said in the statement that the two skiers were Ronnie Berlack, 20,…
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Islamabad:  Pakistan army Monday said that Indian troops killed four civilians in the fresh cross-border firing, taking the death toll of civilians to five in three days, Xinhua reported. Indian force Saturday killed a 13-year-old girl in…
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Las Vegas: Sony chief Kazuo Hirai today spoke for the first time publicly about the cyber attack that derailed launch of controversial comedy "The Interview," calling the assault "vicious and malicious". Hirai thanked supporters who stood…
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Singapore/Jakarta:  Navy divers today resumed efforts to find more wreckage of the ill-fated AirAsia jet with no signal detected yet from the black box recorders, as rescue teams expanded search eastward to locate large objects of the…
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New York: Mark Zuckerberg wants to add a little more "book" to Facebook. The Facebook founder and CEO announced on his page recently that he has vowed to read a book every other week in 2015, with an emphasis on learning about different…
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Jakarta: Indonesia's search and rescue teams Sunday located a fifth large object on the seabed believed to be of a missing AirAsia plane. National Search and Rescue Agency head Bambang Soelistyo said the object - 9.8 metres long, 1.1…
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New Delhi: In a rare move, a Pakistani firm has approached the Indian government to carry out wholesale trading of carpets that are imported into the market here. Pakistan-based 'Maham Nayyar and Sahar Nayyer' has sought approval of the…
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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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