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Pak SC piles pressure on PM to revive graft cases against Prez
World | Jun 27, 2012, 12:13 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 27: Piling up pressure on new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Pakistan Supreme Court today asked him to respond by July 12 to its order to reopen graft cases in Switzerland against President
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Rajapaksa orders Fonseka's release
World | May 20, 2012, 09:43 AM ISTColombo, May 20: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today ordered the release of his former Army Chief turned political rival Sarath Fonseka, paving the way for him to walk out of prison after two years.Rajapaksa
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Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
World | May 18, 2012, 01:07 PM ISTCaracas (Venezuela), May 18: More than 100 prisoners filed out of a Venezuelan prison among National Guard troops on Thursday night after heavy gunfire erupted amid a nearly three-week standoff pitting armed inmates against security
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'Black box' found of Russian jet in Indonesia crash
World | May 16, 2012, 08:56 AM ISTJakarta (Indonesia), May 16: Indonesian special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a new Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano, an official said Wednesday.The "black box"
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UN observers caught up in Syrian violence
World | May 16, 2012, 08:19 AM ISTBeirut, May 16: A roadside bomb yesterday struck a car belonging to the UN observer mission in Syria, just minutes after regime forces opened fired on a funeral procession nearby and caused multiple casualties, witnesses
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China protests, Britain defends Cameron-Dalai meeting
World | May 16, 2012, 08:12 AM ISTBeijing/London, May 16: China yesterday took strong exception to British Prime Minister David Cameron's meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama while London defended the “private get together”, saying who the country's leaders choose
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Pak leadership endorses Zardari's participation in NATO Summit
World | May 16, 2012, 08:05 AM ISTIslamabad, May 16: Pakistan's top civil and military leadership yesterday endorsed President Asif Ali Zardari's participation in a crucial NATO Summit in Chicago and directed officials to conclude negotiations with the US on ending a
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Khalil Chishti arrives in Pakistan
World | May 16, 2012, 08:01 AM ISTIslamabad, May 16: Ailing virologist Khalil Chishti, detained in Rajasthan for nearly two decades on charges of involvement in a murder, yesterday arrived in Pakistan after being given special permission by India's Supreme Court to
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US slaps sanctions against Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon
World | May 16, 2012, 07:56 AM ISTWashington, May 16: The United States yesterday slapped sanctions against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's two top aides - Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon - for their role in drug trafficking in the region.The US Department
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49 bodies left on Mexico highway
World | May 14, 2012, 07:43 AM ISTMonterrey (Mexico), May 14: Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found yesterday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the US border in what appears to be the latest blow
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Hundreds march through Rome for two Marines held in India
World | May 13, 2012, 08:25 AM ISTRome, May 13: Several hundred demonstrators made their way through the centre of Rome on Saturday in support of two Italian marines being held in a prison in India awaiting trail.The two men, Salvatore Girone