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  Olympic flame for London Games lit in Greece

  Other Sports | May 10, 2012 17:01 IST

  Ancient Olympia (Greece), May 10: The flame that will burn during the London Games was lit at the birthplace of the Ancient Olympics on Thursday, heralding the start of a torch relay that will culminate

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  Greece Gets Second 130-Billion-Euro Financial Bailout

  World | March 15, 2012 10:50 IST

  Berlin, Mar 15: Euro zone finance ministers on Wednesday formally approved the second 130-billion-euro financial bailout for debt-laden Greece and ordered the release of the first instalment of 39.4 billion euros to avert a bankruptcy.They

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  Defiant Iran Loads Indigenous Fuel Rods Into Reactor

  World | February 15, 2012 23:31 IST

  Tehran, Feb 15: Displaying defiance against toughening western sanctions, Iran today carried forward its controversial nuclear programme by loading domestically made fuel rods into its Tehran reactor and announced plans to cut off oil exports

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  Anti-Wall Street Protests Rock US, Greece, Italy

  World | November 18, 2011 19:04 IST

  New York/Athens/Rome, Nov 18: Thousands of protesters across US, Greece and Italy flooded streets, squares, bridges and banks on Thursday, snarling traffic and often clashing with the police in a show of support for the

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  Anti-Austerity Protesters Clash With Police In Greece

  World | June 15, 2011 20:00 IST

  Athens, Jun 15: Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police in central Athens Wednesday as a major anti-austerity rally degenerated into violence outside Parliament, where the struggling government was to seek support for new cutbacks

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  Israeli Travellers To India Warned Of Possible Terror Attack

  World | April 11, 2011 17:07 IST

  Jerusalem, Apr 11: Israel's counter-terrorism bureau has warned Israelis travelling to India and some other countries of a possible terror attack which can target them and Jewish facilities during the ‘Passover' festival holidays.“Due to what

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  Gaddafi Envoy In Europe To Seek End To Crisis

  World | April 04, 2011 8:40 IST

  Benghazi, Mar 4 :  An envoy of Muammar Gaddafi told Greece's prime minister Sunday that the Libyan leader was seeking a way out of his country's crisis two weeks after his government's attacks to put