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Muslim woman police officer files racism charge in UK

(IANS)After three senior Asian officers recently filed racism charges against the London Metropolitan Police, a Muslim woman officer has taken her department (Met) to the

Illegal Punjabi migrants found in Belgian raids

(IANS)Some 200 illegal immigrants from India - mostly from Punjab - have been found hidden away in safe houses around Brussels, Belgian police said Sunday.Police ...
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200 illegal Indian immigrants arrested in Belgium

(IANS)The Belgian police have arrested 15 human traffickers and 200 illegal immigrants from India, mainly from Punjab, EuAsiaNews reported Sunday.According to the Belgian media, police ...
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Zimbabwe government says SADC can't impose cabinet deal

(IANS)Zimbabwe Sunday said the the South African Development Community (SADC) troika could not impose a decision on the government regarding the deadlock on the distribution ...
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Former US secretary of state Powell endorses Obama

(IANS)Former US Secretary of state Colin Powell, who had served in the first Republican administration of President George W. Bush, Sunday announced he was backing ...
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Sri Lankan party for parliament debate on 'Indian intervention'

(IANS)Ahead of Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Colombo to discuss India's 'grave concern' over the military campaign against Tamil Tigers, a radical ...
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Vietnam suffers flash floods in mountain regions

Flash floods from heavy rains in central Vietnam this month have killed at least seven people.Government sources have said three provinces, Thua Thien Hue, Quang ...
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India sets up agency to trap Bangladeshi terrorists

India has set up a multi-agency centre to monitor and share intelligence with the police in various states about terror operatives in Bangladesh.The multi-agency group ...
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Joe the Plumber takes on the media

The man known as "Joe the Plumber," since becoming the focal point of the presidential race, has lashed media organizations for using information about his ...
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Colin Powell throws support behind Obama

Colin Powell, the original Secretary of State in George Bush's cabinet, has endorsed Democratic election candidate Barack Obama.He told NBC that Mr Obama had "the ...
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Dubai FedEx plane crashes in Iraq

Friday 14th November, 2008  Seven people are dead after a Dubai-based plane contracted by FedEx crashed near Falluja in Iraq.The plane carrying FedEx cargo crashed shortly

Surrender, Rajapaksa urges LTTE as troops capture rebel bastion

Saturday 15th November, 2008  (IANS)Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday urged the Tamil Tiger rebels to lay down weapons and come for talks, hours after his

Sri Lankan army captures LTTE's strategic naval bastion

Saturday 15th November, 2008  (IANS)Sri Lanka Saturday claimed that its advancing troops backed by artillery bombardment had entered the Tamil Tiger rebels' naval bastion of Pooneryn

Former RBI governor nominated to UN task force

(IANS)Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Y. Venugopal Reddy has been nominated by the UN General Assembly president Miguel d'Escoto to a UN task

Bangkok Airways cuts fuel sucharges by up to 30%

Bangkok Airways will reduce around 10% more on fuel surcharge tariffs on its domestic flights and up to 30% on international flights.The airline said in

Former Taiwanese leader on corruption charges

Former President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan, who faces corruption charges, has been ordered into detention.A court made the order after having to stay proceedings for

Barack Obama puts a lid on lobbyists

US President-elect Barack Obama has decided to restrict the presence of lobbyists on Capitol Hill in Washington.Mr Obama's transition chief John Podesta has said the

U.S. to subsidize taxpayers

Finally the U.S. government is turning its attention to struggling taxpayers.After bailing out the economy, the banks, and potentially the automakers, the U.S. is turning

Envoys urge Hasina, Zia to work 'shoulder to shoulder'

Wednesday 12th November, 2008  (IANS)Bangladesh's former prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina must work 'shoulder to shoulder' for the Dec 18 polls and for the

Bangladesh court sends Jamaat leaders to jail in graft case

A Bangladesh court Monday sent two top leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), the country's largest Islamist party, to jail for corruption in the awarding of
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