Washington, (IANS) The White House has denied a New York Times report that the United States and Iran have agreed for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme. “It’s not true that the United States and Iran have agreed to one-on-one talks or any meeting after the American elections,” White House National [...]
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London, (IANS) Tens of thousands of people from across Britain gathered in central London on Saturday to protest against the government’s austerity policy, Xinhua reported. Gathering following a call from the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the protesters urged the Conservative-Liberal coalition government to come to realize that its austerity prescription for the recession-hit country had [...]
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Pakistan discusses concern over drone strikes with US AfPak envoy (Lead) (23:47) Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) The visiting special US envoy for the region and Pakistani foreign minister Saturday discussed Pakistan’s reservations over the US drone attacks in the country ‘s tribal regions, reported Xinhua, citing the state radio. US Special Representative for Afghanistan and [...]
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New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) A year after it began to preach from the confines of the Russian embassy in the capital, the Russian Orthodox Church of Russia formally introduced itself to the capital’s Christian fold with a brief ceremony this weekend. The Church, which does not have space to conduct services in the country, [...]
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London, (IANS) Tens of thousands of people from across Britain gathered in central London on Saturday to protest against the government’s austerity policy, Xinhua reported. Gathering following a call from the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the protesters urged the Conservative-Liberal coalition government to come to realize that its austerity prescription for the recession-hit country had [...]
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Malala Yousafzai has been transformed in a very short time. From a Youtube sensation she has become a talking point across the world for her bravery and her stand against Taliban extremism in Pakistan, says Shafey Danish of NVONews.Com Malala Yousufzai is how one would want one’s children to be. In a region not known [...]
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By Shafey Danish (NVONews.Com) For a long time Newsweek has been one of the best known American magazines around the world. Along with Time magazine it represented the very apogee of news magazines. Then, the media changed and Newsweek started struggling. First, it stopped its digital website, when it merged with Tina Brown’s Daily Beast [...]
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(NVONews.Com) Notwithstanding repeated announcements––the latest by Vice President Joe Biden during the Vice Presidential debate last week––the truth is that the United States army is not going to leave Afghanistan on Dec 31, 2014. Reports have started coming in that the US has begun negotiations with the Kabul government over the extension of troop presence [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) India has assured neighbour Bangladesh of all help in “tracking, arresting and handing over” of the assassins of its first president, Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, who was killed by disgruntled junior army officers on the night of Aug 14-15, 1975 in a coup along with most of his family. The assurance was given [...]
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Islamabad, (IANS) At least three security personnel were killed and 11 others injured as a roadside bomb targeted a paramilitary force convoy in Pakistan’s Quetta city Friday afternoon, reported Xinhua citing local media. According to local media reports, the blast took place at about 5.20 p.m. local time when a bomb fixed on a bicycle [...]
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Presidential polls 2012 after debate: Gallup says Obama behind by 7 points
October 19, 2012 1 CommentPresidential polls 2012 after debate look very close. But amazingly a Gallup survey says that Obama is behind Romney by 7 points Notwithstanding a great show in the second Presidential debate by Obama, Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney seems to be on top of the incumbent President Barack Obama. Obama had outwitted and outperformed Romney [...]
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Seoul, (IANS) South Korea will strike back if it is attacked by North Korea, Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin said here Friday, shortly after Pyongyang renewed threats of attacks. “We will completely destroy the source of attack” if North Korea strikes a border area north of Seoul where anti-North Korea activists plan to send propaganda leaflets [...]
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London, (IANS) A Bangladeshi student who allegedly planned to blow up the US Federal Reserve is the son of a prominent banker who spent all his savings sending him to the US, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis travelled to the US in January after he reportedly talked his father, vice-president [...]
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(NVONews.Com) : Newsweek magazine print edition will enter history in 2013 (video) as the magazine becomes another major victim of the shrinking print journalism. On Dec 31, 2012 it would be publishing its last print edition. For a print magazine to expire at the age of 80 is not something very ripe, but the market [...]
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