 | On the same day he welcomed Arab efforts to re-launch a 2002 peace offer, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert condemned Palestinian Premier Ismail Haniya as a "terrorist".
Olmert made the remarks in an interview with the US newsmagazine... More |
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 | The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has decided to collaborate and share information with India's leading industry body, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), for its upcoming global session on climate change.
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 | The formation of Nepal's new interim government was held back Saturday despite an agreement between four main parties, after deputy prime minister dissented saying his party was not consulted during distribution of ministries.
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 | More than 100 Iraqis were killed in a series of explosions in and around Baghdad, including at least 60 in twin bomb blasts at a public market, news broadcaster al-Arabiya reported.
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 | An initiative to create a 'violence-free, stress-free' America marked the Silver Jubilee celebrations in the US of the Art of Living, an international NGO founded by Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
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 | The White House has devised a new plan to address the problem of about 12 million illegal immigrants, including some 300,000 Indians, on whom many employers in the US rely.
Worked out in closed-door meetings with Republican senators the draft... More |
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 | Iran has vigorously moved to get associated with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). A formal application was submitted on March 3 by Iran to the SAARC Secretariat for an Observer Status. This formal request underlined... More |
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 | The UN Security Council has expressed "grave concern" over Iran's detention of 15 British naval personnel and demanded a resolution of the crisis, but rejected a stronger British version that demanded their "immediate release".
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 | China is all set to start restoration work on a 2,455-metre-long damaged stretch of the Great Wall in June as part of preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
The restoration work will use materials like bricks that have fallen from the... More |
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 | India is one of the 10 countries whose citizens constitute half of the number of foreign prisoners in Britain, latest figures released by the Home Office reveal.
The figures reveal that Britain's foreign prisoner population is rising at four... More |
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