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Fugitive Edward Snowden trapped in Russia - Putin
Edward Snowden has sent asylum requests to 21 countriesThe US authorities have in effect trapped fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden in Russia, President Vladimir Putin has said.But Mr Putin...
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Mexico Zetas leader Miguel Angel Trevino captured
Trevino Morales took over the Zetas in October 2012 Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, head of the brutal Zetas drug cartel, has been captured in northern Mexico, according to the Mexican...
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Egypt turmoil: Morsi supporters clash with police
Supporters of the ousted president refuse to join a new government, insisting Mohammed Morsi must be reinstatedHundreds of supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi have clashed with...
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Pakistan grapples with rising tide of sectarian violence
By Richard GalpinBBC News, Peshawar, PakistanWorshippers react nervously when they hear raised voices outside the mosque The faithful line up to pray in a small Shia mosque hidden away down the dusty...
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India's plan to become a leading olive oil producer
By Atish PatelRajasthanCommercial production of olive oil will begin in September In a field in India's western desert state of Rajasthan, row after row of trees covered in lush, green leaves stretch...
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Congress plans to outwit Jaganmohan, TRS prior to voting for Telangana By CL...
NEW DELHI: The Congress is working on a comprehensive plan to outwit its regional rivals in Andhra Pradesh while readying to concede the long-standing demand for statehood for Telangana region in the...
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Russia's Vladimir Putin wants Edward Snowden to go, but asylum not ruled out...
"As soon as there is an opportunity for him to move elsewhere, I hope he will do that," Putin said during a visit to Gogland Island.GOGLAND ISLAND(RUSSIA): President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he...
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Property Tycoon Raj Kumar And Son Kishin RK Construct A New Future
A recent carve-up of their family’s property empire has freed Singapore’s Raj Kumar and his son, who goes by the name Kishin RK, to think big.Last year, when the Royal Bank of Scotland put 42...
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Binod Chaudhary Is Nepal's First Billionaire
Binod ChaudharyThe tiny Himalayan nation of Nepal (population:30 million) , among the poorest countries in the world, has produced its first billionaire in Binod Chaudhary, chairman of the...
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa pins the Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya on Major General Shavendra Silva during a medals awarding ceremony held at Temple Trees yesterday to honour valiant servicemen of the...
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Sri Lanka has world’s lowest paid Auditor General - Eran
July 15, 2013, 9:57 pmBy Zacki JabbarSri Lanka had the lowest paid Auditor General in the world, which was an insult to such a high office, Eran Wickremeratne MP and financial analyst said yesterday....
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Vigneswaran TNA’s CM candidate
July 15, 2013, 10:00 pmBy Franklin R. Satyapalan Former Supreme Court Judge C. K. Vigneswaran has been selected as the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Chief Ministerial candidate at the forthcoming...
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JVP wants military out of civil administration in North
July 15, 2013, 12:00 pmBy Dasun Edirisinghe The JVP yesterday urged the government to establish a civil administration in the Northern Province before the Northern Provincial Council polls due in...
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Sri Lanka has potential for Solar Energy
July 15, 2013, 8:32 pmSolar energy is the technology used to harness the sun’s energy and make it useable. It is also the most important of the non-conventional sources of energy because it is...
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Grounds for voiding the Indo-Lanka Accord
July 15, 2013, 8:24 pmBy Neville LadduwahettyThe earlier call by India’s Minister of External Affairs Mr. Salmon Khurshid urging Sri Lanka to implement the 13th Amendment in full and even go beyond...
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Sufficient consensus to make PSC meaningful
July 15, 2013, 8:28 pmBy Jehan PereraThe government’s determination to show progress in regard to a political solution and to improving its human rights image is evident in recent developments. During...
View ArticlePublic debt position up 5.9% to Rs. 6.35tn
* Jan-Apr 2013 data: Govt. domestic debt 75% of budget limit for full year, foreign borrowings 44%July 15, 2013, 8:50 pmTotal out standing public debt grew 5.9 percent from Rs. 6 trillion as at end...
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Small enough to be caughtJuly 15, 2013, 8:23 pmFive persons including a mason and a watcher have been arrested for allegedly stealing a stock of steel and timber worth about half a million rupees...
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Cipla, Alembic move court on new drug pricing Sushmi Dey | New Delhi BS
Pharmaceutical companies are gearing up to challenge the Centre’s populist move to slash prices of essential medicines through the new drug pricing policy. According to sources, drug makers Cipla and...
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Jet to propose elevation of Goyal's children at AGM Press Trust of India |...
Jet Airways will seek shareholders’ nod to elevate promoter Naresh Goyal’s daughter Namrata and son Nivaan at the annual general meeting slated early next month. “It is proposed to re-designate...
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