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07 Jun 2012International
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has decided to grant Afghanistan observer status, and accept Turkey as a dialogue partner, Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Thursday.Hu announced the decision made by the SCO member states at a press conference held after the SCO Beijing summit running from Wednesday to Thursday in Beijing. China currently serves as SCO president.Member states of the SCO...
Source : Zeenews | 351 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
the lives of three villagers in Heggadadevanakote taluk.Three men drowned after they were assaulted by a group of people at Gandethur, 30km from HD Kote. The bodies were fished out on Wednesday. Security has been beefed up in Gandethur and Gundethur where the victims lived.There were protests seeking compensation and the bodies were not allowed to be taken for postmortem. Revenue officials and senior...
Source : Times Of India | 350 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, says there must be closer political union in the EU to keep the eurozone together.She said the eurozone needed to pool sovereignty in areas other than tax and spending.Speaking after talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron, she said: "We want to build on what we have achieved together."This...
Source : BBC | 350 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
Beirut: At least 86 people were killed by Syrian pro-government forces in the central Hama province late Wednesday, opposition activists said.According to BBC, over 20 children and 20 women were reportedly among those who died in the villages of Qubair and Maarzaf.Witnesses on Wednesday accused pro-government militiamen of the “massacre”, while the Syrian government blamed "armed groups" for seeking...
Source : Zeenews | 350 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
supreme court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Thursday rescued himself from a case against his son Arsalan Iftikhar, who allegedly received up to Rs 400 million from tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain to influence cases in the apex court.The chief justice made the decision when a three-judge bench headed by him resumed hearing the suo moto case against his son on Thursday afternoon.Attorney General Irfan...
Source : Rediff | 350 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
washed up on an Oregon beach, believed to be the biggest pieces of flotsam to make landfall on the US West Coast so far.The 66-foot (20-meter) long rectangular structure, made of concrete and metal, was spotted floating off the coast on Monday, and then washed in with the high tide on Agate beach, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Portland.The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) contacted...
Source : Times Of India | 350 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
Supreme Court today rejected dentist Nupur Talwar's petition seeking review of the earlier order that she and her husband Rajesh be tried for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj. It also turned down the plea for further investigation in the case. While Nupur Talwar is at the Dasna jail in Ghaziabad, her husband, also a dentist is out on bail. An apex court bench of Justices...
Source : Headlinesindia | 350 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
"massacred" about 100 people, including many women and children, at a village in central Syria, the opposition Syrian National Council has said."We have 100 deaths in the village of Al-Kubeir" in Syria's central Hama province on Wednesday, "among them 20 women and 20 children," said Mohammed Sermini, spokesman for the exiled opposition coalition who accused the regime of being behind the "massacre."Other...
Source : Times Of India | 350 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
SHANGHAI: "China has the second largest GDP in the world now. But in per capita terms, it is 95th in world rankings." This statement is repeated verbatim in every meeting with Communist Party or government officials across the country. What they mean is that China still has a long way to go because its per capita GDP is still around $4000 to $5000 (depending on how you calculate and what population...
Source : The Economic Times | 350 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is likely to visit Australia next year at the foreign minister's invitation. Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr conveyed the invitation to Suu Kyi on Wednesday during his three-day visit to the Asian nation.The Burmese opposition leader said she would be delighted to come, probably next year. "I was brought up on songs like 'Kookaburra sat in the old gum tree' so...
Source : IBNLive | 350 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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