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  World leaders pay homage to Mandela at memorial service

  World | December 10, 2013 21:02 IST

  Johannesburg: Nearly 100 world leaders including President Pranab Mukherjee and US President Barack Obama came together in an unprecedented act of homage to Nelson Mandela describing him as a "giant of history".Sanskrit shlokas were read

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  World leaders, South Africans honor Mandela

  World | December 10, 2013 15:53 IST

  Johannesburg: World leaders and joyous, singing South Africans gathered Tuesday to honor Nelson Mandela at a Soweto soccer stadium that was half full, amid cold, driving rain.The crowds twice booed South African President Jacob Zuma,

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  Live Reporting: World leaders converge in Johannesburg for Nelson Mandela memorial service

  World | December 10, 2013 22:03 IST

  Johannesburg: Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj were among the world leaders who assembled here today at the Johannesburg stadium to attend a memorial service for Nelson

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  World leaders gather in South Africa for Mandela memorial

  World | December 10, 2013 11:04 IST

  Johannesburg: President Pranab Mukherjee will be among over 90 heads of state and government who will attend an emotional memorial service in South Africa tomorrow for anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela, making it one of the

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  US NSA tapped phone calls of 35 world leaders, reveals secret memo

  World | October 25, 2013 9:07 IST

  London: According to a classified document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden, US National Security Agency (NSA) monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after being given nearly 200 phone numbers of these leaders by

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  Top 10 most corrupt world leaders

  World | May 27, 2014 6:53 IST

  New Delhi: There are a number of traits that all world leaders seem to have in common but it seems one common foundation of almost all leaders is corruption.  The scope of corruption can be

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  Iran invites world leaders to President Hassan Rouhani's swearing-in

  World | July 26, 2013 15:53 IST

  Tehran, Jul 26: In order to end its international isolation, Iran has invited world leaders, except the US and Israel, to attend the inauguration of its new president Hassan Rouhani on August 4.Britain has decided

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  Hillary Clinton asks world leaders to help reduce tensions in Gaza

  World | November 19, 2012 17:04 IST

  Washington,Nov 19: Emphasizing on Israel's right to “self-defence”, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has asked many world leaders to use their influence to work for an immediate de-escalation of tensions in Gaza. Clinton, who

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  Chefs of world leaders meet in Paris to give diplomacy a boost

  World | July 25, 2012 15:53 IST

  Paris, Jul 25:  They feed the powerful and are most at home in the kitchen. But French President Francois Hollande contends that the chefs who cook for the leaders of the world have a behind-the-scenes

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  World Leaders Greet Gaddafi's Death

  World | October 20, 2011 23:04 IST

  Rome, Oct 20: World leaders greeted the death of former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi today as the end of despotism, tyranny, dictatorship and ultimately war in the north African country.As Libyans on the streets of

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  World Leaders Condemn Mumbai Blasts

  World | July 14, 2011 17:40 IST

  Washington/London, Jul 14: Outraged by the Mumbai serial blasts, world leaders today described them as “despicable” and “unjustifiable” acts of terrorism and voiced confidence that India would meet this latest challenge with courage and determination.Leaders

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