 | The slogan "I love life" is currently covering billboards around the Lebanese capital as the government and the opposition compete over who loves life and Lebanon more.
It is a campaign used by the anti-Syrian March 14 Coalition and has been... More |
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 | They tried to create a new society through an armed struggle that killed over 13,000 people. Yet Nepal's communist guerrillas have chosen a Buddhist monk to represent them in the new historic parliament that will be convened Monday.
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 | Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was Saturday afternoon released from the jail in his hometown Patiala after the Supreme Court granted him bail Friday.
The former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and popular TV host immediately got... More |
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 | Lawmakers in the Democratic-led US lower house approved plans to expand government funding for human embryonic stem-cell research, defying a threatened veto by President George W. Bush.
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 | A former teacher from one of the poorest villages in Nepal will lead the Maoists to parliament as the guerrillas progress from bullets to ballots Monday.
Krishna Bahadur Mahara, a 48-year-old maths and science teacher from Libang village in... More |
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 | The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, a day after he was sent to jail for causing the death of a Patiala motorist during a quarrel 18 years ago.
A bench of Justice G.P. Mathur and Justice L.S.... More |
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 | A former central bank governor, Fakhruddin Ahmed, was sworn in Friday as chief of a caretaker government in Bangladesh amid a state of emergency and a media blackout imposed on the country.
President Iajuddin Ahmad, who had given up his twin job... More |
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 | Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav Thursday bowed to Governor T.V. Rajeshwar after a battle of wits over convening a special session of the state assembly.
A cabinet meeting Thursday evening, the fourth in 24 hours, decided to still... More |
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 | Braving strong winds and heavy rains, nearly 2,000 highly skilled migrants from India and other non-European Union countries Thursday protested against recent changes in immigration rules and submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Tony... More |
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 | Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed Thursday night announced he was quitting as head of the interim government, giving in to a key demand of the opposition Awami League that is boycotting the Jan 22 general elections, terming them a "farcical... More |
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