Former President
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Kalam, From India's missile man to œpeople's President
India | Jul 28, 2015, 08:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: Popularly called the “Missile Man” of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam rose from humble beginnings and earned the reputation of being the “people's President” who endeared himself to all all sections, especially the
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Maldives arrests ex-president under anti-terrorism laws
World | Feb 22, 2015, 08:24 PM ISTMaldives: Maldives police have arrested former President and current opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed under anti-terrorism laws.A document signed by the prosecutor general seen by The Associated Press said that Nasheed was arrested Sunday to stand
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Former Yemen president flees capital after rebels let him go
World | Feb 21, 2015, 05:16 PM ISTYemen: Yemen's former president left the capital after Shiite rebels who surrounded his house let him go under international and local pressure, aides close to him said Saturday.The aides said former President Abed Rabbo Mansour
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Bush makes surprise visit to Sept. 11 museum in NYC
World | Dec 18, 2014, 08:07 AM ISTNew York: Former President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to the Sept. 11 museum in New York City over the weekend.A museum spokesman says the man who was president at the time of
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APJ Abdul Kalam, former President and 'Missile Man of India' (1931-2015)
India | Jul 28, 2015, 01:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today died in a Shillong hospital following a sudden illness.The former President collapsed during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management here at around 6.30pm
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When former President APJ Abdul Kalam met 'Google Boy'Kautilya
India | Jul 20, 2014, 01:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: India's former President on wednesday met Kautilya Pandit,popularly known by the name 'Google Boy'.In this succession Dr Kalam pointing at his crest asked,'may I touch it?'Kautilya had long back desired to meet Dr
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Ukrainian to vote for New President
World | May 25, 2014, 12:20 PM ISTKiev: Ukrainians will go to polls Sunday to elect a new president after months of unrest in the country following the ousting of former president Viktor Yanukovych in February.The elections, which were earlier scheduled to
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Former Prez Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed's ancestral home gutted
India | Apr 27, 2014, 09:58 PM ISTGuwahati: The ancestral home of former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and one of the city's landmark was completely gutted along with several other houses at the Lakhtokia area in Guwahati today, official sources said. The
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Zardari wants wife Benazir's jewellery back from Switzerland
World | Mar 27, 2014, 10:40 PM ISTIslamabad: Former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has filed a plea for the return of his late wife, Benazir Bhutto's jewellery.The jewellery was seized by Swiss authorities in 1997 during the investigation of the
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Mandela still critical but stable: Presidency
World | Nov 19, 2013, 09:24 AM ISTJohannesburg : The condition of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela is still "stable but critical", the country's Presidency said Monday."Madiba (the clan name of Mandela) continues to respond to treatment," reported Xinhua citing the
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Musharraf's travel ban hearing adjourned
World | Nov 18, 2013, 05:37 PM ISTKarachi: The hearing of Pervez Musharraf's petition to lift a ban on him leaving Pakistan was today adjourned till November 22, a day after the government said the former President would be tried for high
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Former BJP President Bangaru Laxman convicted for taking bribe
India | Apr 27, 2012, 05:47 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 27: In a huge embarrassment to BJP, its former president Bangaru Laxman was today convicted for the offence of accepting Rs one lakh as bribe from a fake arms dealer in a
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Pak Parliament Adopts Resolution Demanding Musharraf's Arrest
World | Jan 23, 2012, 10:37 PM ISTIslamabad, Jan 23: The upper house of Pakistan's parliament today unanimously adopted a resolution that demanded the arrest of former President Pervez Musharraf on his arrival in the country and the registration of a case
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Iran Gives Jail Sentence To Former President Rafsanjani's Daughter
World | Jan 04, 2012, 01:37 PM ISTTehran, Jan 4: Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, the daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was on Tuesday sentenced to jail and banned from political activities for "anti state propaganda".Faezeh went on trial last month
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Former President Gorbachev Urges Putin To Step Down After Protests
World | Dec 25, 2011, 08:38 AM ISTMoscow, Dec 25: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who resigned as president 20 years ago on Sunday, urged Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to follow his example and and give up power peacefully.“I would advise
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French Court Finds Chirac Guilty Of Corruption
World | Dec 15, 2011, 04:56 PM ISTParis, Dec 15: A French court found former President Jacques Chirac guilty in a historic verdict today of embezzling public funds to illegally finance the conservative party he long led, and handed him a suspended
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Kalam Cites Modi Scheme As Model To Reach Out To Rural Masses
India | Dec 01, 2011, 08:25 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 1: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today said factors like lack of transparency are coming in the way of development reaching villages and cited as a model a programme being
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Kalam Says, Kudankulam N-Plant Is Fully Safe
India | Nov 06, 2011, 07:07 PM ISTThirunelveli, TN, Nov 6 : Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who is on a mission to allay fears about the safety of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, on Sunday said it was ‘completely safe' as