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Canberra : Officials from Australia, China and Malaysia Thursday met in Canberra for updates on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and are "cautiously optimistic" that it will be found. Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren…
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Islamabad : Pakistan Awami Tehreek leader Tahir-ul-Qadri Thursday announced he was ending dialogue with the government as his demands were not accepted. Qadri, whose supporters have staged an anti-government sit-in here since Aug 15, made…
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Beijing : In a rare public admission of Pakistani links to militancy in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang province, the official media here today said the co-founder of al-Qaeda linked East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) was…
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Copenhagen :  Indian men's doubles shuttlers Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth won their opener at the World Championships here. The duo proceeded to the second round by defeating Russian pair Nikita Khakimov and Vasily Kuznetsov 21-19, 21-23,…
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Singapore ; Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority will set up a monitoring and operations control centre to help the government guard against, and respond swiftly, to security threats, the government announced Tuesday. The…
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Geneva : More than 300 people have died while trying to make irregular sea crossings from North Africa to Europe in the past week, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)said. "The past few days have been the deadliest, with…
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Paris :  French President Francois Hollande Tuesday named a new cabinet under Prime Minister Manual Valls and dropped ministers who rebelled against austerity measures, BBC reported. The first government of Valls, appointed less than five…
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London : A total of 252 people have been arrested due to a variety of offences during the two-day Notting Hill Carnival in western London, police said Tuesday.They were booked on charges of possessing drugs, violating public order,…
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Washington :  US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that wiping out a radical group like the Islamic State will not be easy an easy task. The president made the comment as he authorised surveillance flights over Syria, a move seen as a…
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New York : California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a crucial bill into law that empowers smartphone users with a 'kill switch' in case their device is stolen. According to the bill, all smartphones manufactured after July 1, 2015 to be…
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