Articles Posted in 2014
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Shooting in Houston leaves five dead
Several people were shot to death in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said, with local media reporting five people killed. A leading daily from Houston citing law enforcement…
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“Gaza on ‘knife edge,” Ban Ki-moon
· Hundreds of Palestinians carried bodies through the streets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening as they buried those killed in Israeli airstrikes. On the other side of the border Israelis braced for more…
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Gandhi to stand with foes at British parliament
MINISTER HAILS DECISION Shailesh Vara, an Indian-origin British Minister for Justice, has welcomed the UK government’s decision to install a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square . British Foreign Minister William Hague and Chancellor…
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Both sides claim victory in Indonesian Poll
Both sides claimed victory in Indonesia’s tightest and most divisive presidential election since the end of authoritarian rule, as unofficial tallies showed Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo leading ex-general Prabowo Subianto. Widodo, the first serious…
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SNOWDEN HAS APPLIED TO EXTEND STAY IN RUSSIA
US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has formally requested to stay in Russia past July 31, when his one-year asylum status expires, his lawyer said on Wednesday. “We have already filed documents to extend his stay…
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RUSSIA LAUNCHES FIRST NEW SPACE ROCKET SINCE SOVIET ERA
Russia launched its first new design of space rocket since the Soviet era from the northern military site of Plesetsk , aiming to break its reliance on foreign suppliers as well as the Baikonur…
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Fifty-three blindfolded bodies found in Iraq
Iraqi security forces found 53 corpses, blindfolded and handcuffed, south of Baghdad on as Shi’ite and Kurdish leaders traded accusations over an Islamist insurgency raging in the country’s Sunni provinces. Media from England has…
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Jolie, Pitt reunite for a film
Hollywood superstar couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will star in a film together, nine years after their first movie venture, Mr and Mrs Smith (2005). Jolie, 39 and Pitt, 50, will move out…
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Sequel of TW M in legal trouble
The sequel to Tanu Weds Manu (2011), which will also reportedly star Kangana Ranaut is in legal trouble. One of the producers of the original, Vinod Bachchan, has sent a legal notice to the…
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SC notice to Salman Khan
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to Salman on account of Rajasthan governmentt`s plea challenging the High Court order suspending his conviction in blackbuck killing case. Salman has been asked by SC to…
