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DR Congo rebels take town in new offensive

Kiwanja (DR Congo), Nov 06: Rebels smashed aceasefire and wrested control of another town in easternDemocratic Republic of Congo in clashes on Thursday with governmentforces

Bin Laden's son appeals Spanish asylum denial

Madrid, Nov 07: Osama bin Laden's pacifist son Omar has appealed the Spanish government's rejection of his request for political asylum, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez ...
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Obama to brief press as transition of power picks up

Chicago, Nov 07: President-elect Barack Obama prepared to hold his first post-election news conference on Friday as he lost little time in assembling an administration ...
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Pak Taliban releases kidnapped schoolboys

Mingora, Nov 06: Pakistani Taliban militants have released unharmed a group of schoolboys they abducted on suspicion of spying for the security forces, police said ...
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US commends Sri Lanka`s war against LTTE

New York, Nov 06: A top US military official on Wednesday commended the Sri Lankan military for its recent successes against the Tamil Tigers, whom ...
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`Illegal` Nepalese citizenships of four Indians cancelled

Other Zee sitesZeecricSpice ZeePage3flicksmyPOPKORNZee TelevisionZee SportsZee GoldZee LearnZeenextZee AccessFun RepublicAsian Sky ShopDISHTV INDIA Kathmandu, Nov 06: The Maoist-led government in Nepal hascancelled the citizenship of ...
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Pakistan air strikes kill top militants: Petraeus

Bagram Air Base (Afghanistan), Nov 06: US missilestrikes in Pakistan's tribal areas in recent months have killedthree of the top 20 extremist leaders there, causing ...
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Lanka hikes defence budget to record $1.6 bn

Colombo, Nov 06: Sri lanka on Thursday hiked its defencebudget by a whopping seven percent to a record USD 1.to fund the ongoing military operations ...
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Muslims will be given preference in police jobs: Vilasrao

Mumbai, Nov 06: Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday assured Muslims that the Governmemnt would give them preference in police jobs. "A special officer ...
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Illiterates cannot apply for jobs in Saudi Arabia

(IANS)Saudi Arabia has banned illiterate foreigners from taking up jobs in the country following a study on the crime scene in the country.Saudi Minister for ...
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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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