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  Lithuania temporarily closes border checkpoints with Belarus amid fears concerning Wagner troops

  World | August 16, 2023 21:05 IST

  The crossings at Tverecius and Sumskas will be closed, while vehicular movement will be diverted to the border checkpoint of Medininkai, said the Lithuanian government on Wednesday.

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  United States, Russia to try more diplomacy amid tensions over Ukraine

  World | January 22, 2022 8:59 IST

  With fears of an invasion of Ukraine running high and seemingly intractable demands, US Secy of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met for about 90 minutes in Geneva at what the American said was a “critical moment.”

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  India calls to lower global trade tensions

  India | June 10, 2019 22:45 IST

  Union Minister Piyush Goyal has called for de-escalating trade tensions and reviving confidence in the rules-based multilateral trading system.

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  Don’t want to see Indo-Pak ‘tensions’ lead to ‘some kind of incident’: US

  World | September 09, 2016 12:43 IST

  The United States has called for dialogue between India and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions in security interests of the region, saying it does not want to see "tensions spiral out of control" and lead to "some kind of incident".

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  Russian, Ukrainian boxing teams put aside tensions

  Other Sports | April 01, 2014 12:21 IST

  Moscow: Boxing teams from Russia and Ukraine put aside political tensions Monday to contest a World Series of Boxing quarterfinal in Moscow, with the hosts landing most of the blows in the ring.   The Russian

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  Pistorius trial: Cell phone texts show tensions.

  Other Sports | March 24, 2014 19:51 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa: Phone messages between Oscar Pistorius and the girlfriend he shot dead indicate that she was sometimes afraid of him.The couple had also argued about what she alleged was the athlete's short temper

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  Border accord with China bid to avoid tensions: Antony

  India | October 30, 2013 12:31 IST

  New Delhi: Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday said the inking of a new border accord with China was a "sincere attempt" by both countries to avoid tensions on the border and would help to quickly

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  Too early to normalize relations with Pakistan: India

  India | January 23, 2013 21:57 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 23: India on Wednesday said tensions on the line of control (LoC) have "reduced" after talks between the two DGMOs but there will be no hasty decisions for normalizing relations with Pakistan

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  Modi Slams Centre For Tensions Affecting Internal Security

  India | April 16, 2012 11:50 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 16: Slamming the centre for recent controversies with Army, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said tensions between the civil and military wings are bound to adversly impact the internal security of