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30 May 2012International
settings.Supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cheer upon her arrival at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.BANGKOK: Kicking off her first trip abroad in 24 years, the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi promised to help impoverished Burmese migrant workers who had fled decades of misrule in their homeland.''Today I will make you one promise. I will try my best for you,'' she told...
Source : Sydney Morning Herald | 385 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
Incident commander Timothy Woodward said the support received since the fire had been "truly humbling"Two senior fire officers have been found not guilty of the manslaughter of four colleagues who died tackling a blaze at a Warwickshire warehouse.Incident commanders Timothy Woodward, 51, and Adrian Ashley, 45, were charged after the Atherstone-on-Stour fire.Warwickshire's chief fire officer condemned...
Source : BBC | 385 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals.According to the Associated Press count, Romney surpassed the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination by winning at least 88 delegates in the Texas...
Source : IBNLive | 386 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
Judges in the Hague sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison on Wednesday.Taylor, 64, was last month convicted of supporting Revolutionary United Front rebels during Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war, which ended in 2002....
Source : DNA | 386 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
top media adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron has been detained on suspicion of perjury in the trial of a flamboyant ex-Scottish lawmaker - the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers.Andy Coulson, 44, was detained by Scottish police at his home in London on Wednesday over an accusation related to the case at Glasgow's High Court, when politician Tommy Sheridan...
Source : Sydney Morning Herald | 386 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
Stephens was one of the last people to see his son alive on the night of a fire which claimed the lives of four Warwickshire firefighters in 2007.He and his son Ashley, both retained firefighters, were on duty when a vegetable packing warehouse caught fire in Atherstone-on-Stour.Ashley Stephens, 20, John Averis, 27, Darren Yates-Badley, 24, and Ian Reid, 44, entered the building wearing breathing ...
Source : BBC | 385 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
latter was famous for designing the precious and colourful Easter eggs (also known as Faberge Eggs).A Faberge egg is any one of the thousands of jewelled eggs made by the House of Faberge from 1885 to 1917.The most famous eggs produced by the House were the larger ones made for Alexander III and Nicholas II of Russia.The eggs are made of precious metals or hard stones decorated with combinations of...
Source : Rediff | 385 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
Doctor Shakil Afridi, who assisted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in tracking down Osama bin Laden was sentenced to 33 years in prison for conspiring with an Islamist militant commander, not his involvement the American spy agency, a copy of the verdict obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday adds to questions about Pakistan's treatment of Shakil Afridi.Dr Afridi was sentenced last week...
Source : Ndtv | 386 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift following Italy's powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when another one struck on Tuesday, collapsing the roof.At least three employees at the factory - two immigrants and an Italian engineer checking the building's stability - were among those killed in the second deadly quake in nine days to strike a region of...
Source : IBNLive | 386 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
Additional Director General of police K Rajendera Kumar will hold the charge of Director General of Police (DGP) in the Jammu and Kashmir.The decision was taken by the State Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at Karnah today.An official announcement after the meeting said upon the superannuation of DGP Kuldeep Khoda tomorrow, the Cabinet decided that Mr Kumar,...
Source : Newkerala | 385 Day(s) AgoCategory : International
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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