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UN endorses Goldstone report (07 November 12:00) |
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TNA MP hails resettlement (07 November 12:00) |
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Berlusconi renews attacks on judiciary (07 November 12:00) |
| Paris: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has come up with another trick to confound his critics — a book written by a sympathetic journalist in which the Italian Premier discusses h... |
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“Faulty design in Arevas reactor” (07 November 12:00) |
| Paris: French nuclear giant Areva’s Evolutionary Power Reactor or EPR (sometimes referred to as the European Pressurised Reactor), for which India has already placed two firm orders, has a... |
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More Indian relief for Sri Lanka (06 November 12:00) |
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Bangladesh to restore 1972 Constitution (06 November 12:00) |
| DHAKA: Barring some “sensitive amendments”, Bangladesh is going to restore the original constitution of 1972 which was framed by the first Parliament upholding the spirit of nation’s i... |
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Thailand-Cambodia row over Thaksin (06 November 12:00) |
| SINGAPORE: Thailand on Thursday recalled its Ambassador from neighbouring Cambodia and announced a complete “review” of ties. The move was in protest against the appointment of the forme... |
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Hezbollah denies links to arms shipment (06 November 12:00) |
| Beirut: The Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah denied on Thursday allegations by Tel Aviv that an arms shipment intercepted by Israeli commandos was meant for the group. In a statement, Hezbol... |
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Sri Lankan official stresses resettlement (06 November 12:00) |
| 1.5 lakh of the internally displaced still in welfare camps; biggest challenge is landmines |
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China reassures India on dam projects (06 November 12:00) |
| BEIJING: The Chinese government on Thursday said it would not undertake dam projects on the Brahmaputra river that would damage India’s interests, amid reports that China was starting cons... |
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Thailand-Cambodia row (06 November 12:00) |
| SINGAPORE: Thailand on Thursday recalled its Ambassador from neighbouring Cambodia and announced a complete “review” of ties. The move was in protest against the appointment of the forme... |
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Singapore book shows JK as disputed area (06 November 12:00) |
| SINGAPORE: Jammu and Kashmir is shown as a “disputed area” in the map on the hard cover of a book being published under the auspices of the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) here. ... |
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Fonseka not quizzed in US Colombo (05 November 12:00) |
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Stop provocations Ban tells Israel (05 November 12:00) |
| As yet another Palestinian family is evicted in East Jerusalem |
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South Asian Link website launched (05 November 12:00) |
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Indian researcher selected for European research programme (05 November 12:00) |
| Heidelberg (Germany): The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has announced this year’s selection of 17 of Europe’s most talented young researchers as EMBO Young Investigators... |
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Bid to curtail Goldstone impact (04 November 12:00) |
| Anglo-French move on eve of U.N. General Assembly meet |
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Maoists postpone blockade (04 November 12:00) |
| KATHMANDU: The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on Tuesday decided to postpone the airport blockade it had called on November 10. “The airport blockade has been postponed for now,... |
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12 Sri Lankan parties float new opposition front (04 November 12:00) |
| COLOMBO: Twelve political parties in Sri Lanka, led by the main opposition party United National Party (UNP), floated a new front on Tuesday with the explicit objective of combating the “c... |
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PPP backtracks on Ordinance vote (04 November 12:00) |
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Czech President signs EU treaty (04 November 12:00) |
| Paris: Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the revised Lisbon Treaty paving the way for its enforcement within the 27 member European Union in the days to come. Mr. Klaus, a known Euro-skept... |
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Blast in Rawalpindi kills 34 (03 November 12:00) |
| Policemen wounded in suicide bombing in Lahore |
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Karzai declared winner (03 November 12:00) |
| KABUL: Afghanistan’s Election Commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country’s tumultuous ballot Monday, cancelling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis... |
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Zardari facing another debacle (03 November 12:00) |
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China to develop space military capabilities (03 November 12:00) |
| BEIJING: China’s Air Force will begin to develop “offensive operations” in space, a high-ranking military official has said in a seeming departure from Beijing’s recent opposition to... |
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Tehran to be replaced as capital amid quake fears (03 November 12:00) |
| It has witnessed some of Iran’s most tumultuous events: the fall of the Shah, the return of Ayatollah Khomeini and the transformation from pro-western monarchy to Islamic republic. Now Teh... |
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Sri Lanka asks US not to quiz Fonseka (03 November 12:00) |
| COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Monday categorically urged the United States to “desist from any endeavour to interview” its Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Sarath Fonseka, currently on a private vis... |
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Birmingham draws with Man City (03 November 12:00) |
| LONDON: Manchester City’s Premier League challenge continued along its spluttering, unconvincing path when it was held to a goalless draw at Birmingham City on Sunday, its fourth successiv... |
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Indians escape as building catches fire (03 November 12:00) |
| Melbourne: Around eight Indian residents of a flat had a narrow escape as they evacuated it following an explosion in an internet cafe below due to a fire in the building. Residents, who wer... |
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To ease drought Chinese scientists make snowfall (03 November 12:00) |
| BEIJING: The residents of China’s capital rose in surprise this weekend to a city blanketed by the heaviest snowfall seen in recent years and the earliest occurrence of snow since 1987. An... |
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Bangladesh Cabinet approves law to return vested property to minorities (03 November 12:00) |
| DHAKA: The Bangladesh Cabinet has approved the Vested Property Return (Amendment) Act 2009 for restoring property seized from minority groups, mainly from Hindus, during the united Pakistan ... |
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Abdullah drops out of runoff election (02 November 12:00) |
| After demand for changes to poll panel rejected |
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9 banks fold up in US on one day (02 November 12:00) |
| New York: The American economy may have witnessed quarterly expansion, but the count of bank failures is soaring and a staggering 115 entities have gone out of business in the first 10 month... |
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Hillary Israels stance is unprecedented (02 November 12:00) |
| Jerusalem: In a major turnaround, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hailed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stance on settlement constructions in the occupied West Ban... |
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Taliban stronghold encircled (02 November 12:00) |
| Islamabad: Pakistani security forces on Sunday surrounded the important Taliban stronghold of Makeen and advanced along two other flanks in South Waziristan, battling militants for the contr... |
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TULF leader seeks CMs help in solving ethnic issue (02 November 12:00) |
| COLOMBO: Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) leader V. Anandasangaree in a letter addressed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has urged him to help Sri Lanka find a political solu... |
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Halloween bash at White House (02 November 12:00) |
| WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Hallow... |
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Zuma rallies nation to fight AIDS (02 November 12:00) |
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US seeks Fonseka testimony on rights abuses (02 November 12:00) |
| Homeland Security department wants him to testify against Gotabhaya Rajapaksa |
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Aishwarya is Smile Train Ambassador (02 November 12:00) |
| MUMBAI: Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been appointed first Goodwill Ambassador of the ‘Smile Train,’ an international charity that provides free cleft lip and palate surgery to childr... |
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Rapid retreat of Tibets glaciers alarms researchers (02 November 12:00) |
| Could affect livelihoods of millions in India downstream of Himalayan rivers |
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TULF leader seeks CMs help in solving ethnic issue (02 November 12:00) |
| COLOMBO: Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) leader V. Anandasangaree in a letter addressed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has urged him to help Sri Lanka find a political solu... |
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SAIL likely to cut prices (02 November 12:00) |
| NEW DELHI: Steel Authority of India Limited Chairman R.K. Roongta favours a cut in steel prices, in tune with softening international prices. Talking to reporters here, he said the cut could... |
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Piracy China replaces warships (01 November 12:00) |
| DUBAI: China has dispatched two new naval warships to the piracy-hit Gulf of Aden to protect its merchant ships sailing in these waters. These two ships will replace two other warships which... |
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Government jobs back in favour in China (01 November 12:00) |
| BEIJING: Sisi Chen never considered working for the government. A civil service job, she thought, was for people who wanted to “chat all day and read newspapers”, an easy assignment for ... |
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BP fined $874 million over plant safety (01 November 12:00) |
| New York: The U.S. government has raised grave questions over BP’s safety culture by imposing a record fine of $87.4 million on the British company for failing to fix hazards at its Texas ... |
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Gotabaya slams move to promote Fonseka candidacy (01 November 12:00) |
| “No question of any person in uniform entering politics” |
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Knighthood for Lee (01 November 12:00) |
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US embargo on Cuba finds scant support (01 November 12:00) |
| UNITED NATIONS: The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to condemn the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, with the speeches by the U.S. ambassador and Cuba’s Foreign Minister ... |
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Chinas fastest supercomputer (01 November 12:00) |
| CHANGSHA: The National University of Defence Technology (NUDT) unveiled on Thursday China’s fastest supercomputer, which could rival the world’s most powerful computing devices. The supe... |
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