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"It is not a complete withdrawal. Whatever structures will come up in future, it will come up with consensus between all parties involved," Singh said. "We have shared views on international terrorism. We have mentioned in numerous fora.…
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Beijing, Nov 1 (PTI) China today successfully completed its first return mission to the moon with its unmanned orbiter landing back on Earth, becoming only the third country in the world to do so after the former Soviet Union and…
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From Yoshita Singh United Nations, Oct 31 (PTI) India has voted against the provisions of draft resolutions that would have required it to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying there is "no question" of it joining…
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Ouagadougou, Oct 30 (AFP)Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore was toppled today as the army took power after protesters set parliament ablaze in a popular uprising against the veteran leader's 27-year-rule. The demonstrators earlier…
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"There is a dispute about the east part of the China India border. Before final settlement is reached we hope that India will not take any action that may further complicate the situation," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei said…
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Berlin, Oct 29 (AP) Fifty-one countries today signed an agreement to share financial data and boost efforts to crack down on tax evasion. The standard agreed upon in Berlin today was developed by the Organisation for Economic…
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UNITED NATIONS: India today overwhelmingly won its re-election to the United Nations' body on economic and social issues, the win coming just a week after it got re-elected to the world body's human rights council. India was re-elected to…
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Lusaca (PTI) :Zambian President Michael Sata, who has died aged 77, rose from cleaning railway platforms in London to his country's highest office, where he vowed to sweep away corruption but leaned heavily on political foes. Sata died…
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Dhaka, Oct 29 (PTI) Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami was today sentenced to death by a special tribunal for the war crimes committed by him during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan. "He…
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Islamabad, Oct 29 (AGENCY)Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has urged the US to stop drone strikes inside Pakistani territory, a media report said Wednesday. "Sovereignty and self-respect are cornerstones of Pakistan's…
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