WHEN will the SNP realise that every national election in which they have campaigned has offered the Scottish electorate the opportunity to vote for independence?My first personal experience of a General Election was in 1974 when the posters declared 'Independence this time – Yes'. My political experience came in 1992 when we were told that Scotland would be 'Free by '93'! The fact is that every recent...
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DHAKA: Barring some “sensitive amendments”, Bangladesh is going to restore the original constitution of 1972 which was framed by the first Parliament upholding the spirit of nation’s independence war against Pakistan.In a major announcement in Parliament, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave a strong hint on Wednesday that some of the constitutional provisions inserted by the “unconstitutional [military]...
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unit of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) today reiterated that the administration should declare and celebrate November One as the Independence Day of Puducherry.Talking to newspersons here, PMK spokesman Rajasekeran said a memorandum, seeking the administration to declare November One as the Independence Day of Puducherry, was submitted to Lt Governor Iqbal Singh.If the administration failed on the...
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film-maker Roland Emmerich has announced sequels to his sci-fi hit ‘Independence Day’.Emmerich who is currently riding high on the box office success of his disaster movie ‘2012′, is now planning to revisit the Will Smith starrer with a second and third instalment, reports contactmusic.com.Scripts have yet to be written for the sequels, but Emmerich already has big plans.He said he wants to make two...
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Patna, Nov 1 : Former Union Minister and expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh today said Muslims were regarded as ''second class'' citizens in India as they were yet to get their ''rights'' even after 62 years of Independence.Addressing a function organised here on the release of Urdu version of his book ''India-Partition Independence, Jinnah'', Mr Singh alleged the Muslims were treated as second class...
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JUNAGADH:While the rest of country celebrates its Independence Day on August 15,erstwhile princely state of Junagadh has a special day to commemorate theoccasion for its own. Like every year, this year too, denizens celebratedJunagadh Independence Day with pomp and glory on November 9.Aspecial Run for Junagadh' marathon was organised this year to commemorate theindependence day. Hundreds along with...
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Kosovo holds peaceful 1st vote since independence < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateKosovo's first elections since independence from Serbia ended peacefully Sunday, with some minority Serbs ignoring a call to boycott and casting ballots alongside ethnic Albanians.The elections for city council and mayors in 36 municipalities were seen as a key test of the fledgling state's viability following its contested...
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Israel would answer to any Palestinian step toward an unilateral declaration of independence with "one-sided Israeli measures," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted by Israeli media as saying in a forum Sunday in Jerusalem."There is no substitute for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and any unilateral path will only unravel the framework of agreements between...
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Jerusalem - Israel would answer to any Palestinian step toward an unilateral declaration of independence with "one-sided Israeli measures," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted by Israeli media as saying in a forum Sunday in Jerusalem."There is no substitute for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and any unilateral path will only unravel the framework of agreements...
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