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London, Sept 13 (PTI) The University of Wolverhampton, one of the leading British varsities, is keen to work with India to improve education standards, create opportunities, build and strengthen business innovation and help it become a…
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Sydney :  Australia Friday raised the national terrorism public alert level from medium to high after receiving advice from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the advice was not based…
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Dharamsala : The session of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile began in this Himachal Pradesh hill town Friday and will hold special deliberations on the proposed visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India next week, an official…
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Washington : A man has been booked on charges of murdering his five children, aged one to eight, authorities said. Lexington County Sheriff Lewis McCarty said in a news release Thursday that police suspected Timothy Ray Jones, 32,…
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London : The first British person to contract Ebola in Africa is to return to the country where he was infected in order to help others fight the disease. William Pooley was treated in a special isolation unit at London's Royal Free…
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Washington : A day after President Barack Obama vowed to strike the Islamic State (IS) terrorists "wherever they exist" to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the militant group, a CIA assessment increased its strength over three times to…
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New York :  Facebook has apologised to a father after rejecting his advertisement on the social networking site asking people to donate money for his two-month-old son's heart transplant. Hudson Bond has been diagnosed with the heart…
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Nay Pyi Taw :  Myanmar's parliament began the 11th session of the House of Representatives (Lower House) and the House of Nationalities (Upper House) Thursday. In his opening address on the first day of the Lower House session, Speaker…
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Washington :  US President Barack Obama Wednesday called Saudi King Abdullah about his plan to fight the Islamic State (IS) militants just a few hours before he addressed the American public and the world on the threat posed by the Sunni…
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Washington : Nearly six years after he entered the White House with a promise to end America's decade of wars, President Barack Obama has reversed course with a vow to strike the Islamic State terrorists "wherever they exist". In a…
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