British Council has announced 'Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships 2010' for Doctoral Studies at St John's College, University of Cambridge for research aspirants with outstanding academic and leadership credentials.British...
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Gurkhas in fresh court battle over British army pensions < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateVeteran Gurkha soldiers from Nepal are launching another court battle against the British government Tuesday -- this time over pension rights.The British Gurkha Welfare Society is taking action at London's High Court because it says around 24,000 veterans and dependants who served in the British army before 1997...
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young boy played with a teddy bear on the grounds of the British cemetery. The cemetery was founded in the 1870s as the resting place for British soldiers who died fighting the Afghans in the second Afghan War.at a checkpoint in Helmand Province by one of the Afghan police officers they were training was a reminder of how lonely death is in a foreign place and how intractable this part of the world...
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has found that 64 percent people believe that it is impossible to win the war in AfghanistanThe ComRes opinion poll also found that 63 percent people wanted British troops to be withdrawn as soon as possible,The survey, illustrating the strength of public feeling against the war, came as a senior British commander in Afghanistan emphasized that maintaining public support is essential for the success...
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following is by way of addressing a thorny problem – what should the British Broadcasting Corporation do about the British National Party and what should the British National Party do about ......
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VIJAYAWADA: Akshara International School received the British Council’s International School award at a function held in New Delhi on November 9.Schools from northern, eastern and western and southern parts of the country were given awards separately. School principal Saarada Anil Kumar received the award from Director of Education, British Council, Sally Goggin.British Council Director Ruth Gee appreciated...
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least two people, including a British woman, have been killed by a landslide at a beach on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife.Local officials said at least four others may be trapped under rocks which came loose from cliffs above the beach at the western resort of Los Gigantes.Rescue workers and police are clearing rocks and boulders, which are reported to be piled up to five metres deep.The collapse...
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British glamour girl Jordan and terrorist Osama Bin Laden have been voted the most unpopular plane seat neighbours in a poll.Reality TV star Jordan aka Katie Price topped the list of female celebrities people would least like to sit next to on an aircraft.According to British firm Consumer Intelligence, Bin Laden grabbed the top spot on the male list, reports Contactmusic.Other names that featured...
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Centre for Strategies for Sustainable Development, in association with the British Council and Association of British Scholars is organising a national seminar on low carbon futures- policies and strategies, here on Nov. 4 and 5. Director of British Council, South India Chris Gibson and others will attend, director of the centre R.V. Rama Rao informed.©...
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British glamour girl Jordan and terrorist Osama Bin Laden have been voted the most unpopular plane seat neighbours in a poll.Reality TV star Jordan a.k.a Katie Price topped the list of female celebrities people would least like to sit next to on an aircraft.According to British firm Consumer Intelligence, Bin Laden grabbed the top spot on the male list, reports Contactmusic.Other names that featured...
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