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Carla Bruni embarrassed by Berlusconi's 'tanned Obama' comment
Carla Bruni, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has criticised the prime minister of Italy for referring to American President-elect Barack Obama's 'suntan.'When I
[World] 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 ...[World] Bangladesh Islamists threaten to 'burn alive' cultural activists
(IANS)Cultural activists at the Rajshahi University campus in western Bangladesh have filed three complaints with police after receiving alleged death threats by radical Islamists for ...[World] First Sikh member in New Zealand parliament
(IANS)Former New Delhi businessman Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi will be the first Sikh member of the New Zealand parliament which has a record number of six ...[World] Mahathir wants Malaysian kids to learn swimming
(IANS)Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad admits to not being able to swim. But he wants parents to ensure that their wards can.Mahathir, who was the longest serving ...[World] Sri Lanka steps up air raids, LTTE reiterates truce offer
(IANS)The Sri Lankan Air Force Sunday stepped up air raids targeting suspected Tamil Tiger positions in the north amid reports that the rebel outfit has ...[World] South African summit opens on Zimbabwe power-sharing deal
(IANS)Johannesburg, Nov 9 (Xinhua) A summit meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders to resolve the Zimbabwe power-sharing issue opened here Sunday.The summit ...[World] Rajapaksa to brief Indian leaders on devolution process
(IANS)Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to brief Indian leaders on the progress made by an all-party committee on devolution of powers to the ...[World] Russian submarine returns to base after horrific accident
(Emma Stickgold )The Russian navy says the nuclear-powered Russian submarine, involved in a deadly accident, has pulled into port at Bolshoi Kamen, a military shipyard ...[World] Japan warns iron miner of legal action
Thursday 6th November, 2008 Japan has told BHP Billiton it will take legal action if the mining giant does not provide confidential details of its proposed ...
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