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Washington: President Barack Obama met his National Security Council team at the White House to review potential holiday threats and discuss America's security posture in Pakistan in view of the horrific terrorist attack on a school in…
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New Delhi:  Sharing Pakistan's pain in the wake of the "dastardly" terror attack in a Peshawar school, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight spoke to his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif on phone offering "deepest condolences and all…
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Sydney:  Prime Minister Tony Abbott today led a shocked nation in mourning the death of two Australians who lost their lives at the cafe siege here that ended with the killing of lone Iranian-born ISIS sympathiser who took 17 people…
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Peshawar:  At least 84 students were among more than 100 people killed today when heavily-armed Taliban militants stormed an army-run school in Pakistan's volatile Peshawar city and opened indiscriminate fire on them, in one of the most…
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Doha: A 32-year-old Indian died of heart attack while playing cricket here on his wedding anniversary. Pramod Therayil, a native of Veliyankode in Malappuram district, Kerala, was working as an electrician in a contracting firm in Madinat…
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Adelaide: The family of Phillip Hughes thanked the Australian public for their enormous support since the tragic death of the young Australian cricketer by issuing an emotional message in today's newspapers here. More than two weeks after…
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The sight of blood-spattered school uniform she was wearing the day the Taliban shot her, made Pakistan's teen Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai burst into tears, prompting fellow awardee India's Kailash Satyarthi to comfort her…
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From Lalit K Jha Washington, Dec 10 (PTI) Richard Rahul Verma was today unanimously confirmed as the next US Ambassador to India by the Senate, making him the first-ever Indian-American to hold the post. 46-year-old Verma's nomination was…
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Bridgeport (US) : A Chinese-born engineer who worked for a defense contractor has been charged with attempting to travel to China with stolen documents on the development of advanced titanium for US military aircraft, federal prosecutors…
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Washington: American posts -- both diplomatic and military -- across the globe have been put on high alert following the release of a US Senate committee report on its post 9/11 detention and interrogation program, officials said. Released…
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