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    Ambassadors Expelled from Cote d’Ivoire

    Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday expelled the ambassadors from Britain and Canada, state television reported. A statement from the government of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo read in the state television said the move came after the two countries refused to recognize the ambassadors appointed by Gbagbo. The statement said the diplomatic privileges and immunity of the […]

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    UN Announces Panel to Determine Causes of Cholera in Haiti

    The members of the Independent Panel of Experts on the Cholera Outbreak in Haiti were announced in United Nations Thursday in a statement issued by a spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Ban announced on Dec. 17 that he would create a panel to determine the source of the cholera outbreak in Haiti that has […]

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    White House Press Secretary Resigning

    Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary and one of the most visible and forceful advocates for President Barack Obama, is quitting his job to become an outside political adviser. The change is among the many expected in the coming days as Obama redefines his leadership team to get ready for a re-election bid and […]

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    China grapples with the problems of ageing population

    China is considering to make it a legal duty for people to visit their aged parents, as the country deals with problems of a growing elderly population. A government official told Chinese state media that under a draft legal amendment, elderly people who are ignored by their children could go to court to claim their […]

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    Ongoing peace process in Nepal “largely deadlocked”: UNMIN

    UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has warned that the ongoing peace process in Nepal is “largely deadlocked” and urged the parties to show flexibility and compromise in charting a way out of the crisis. In her final briefing to the UN Security Council last night, UNMIN Chief Karin Langren said there has been little progress […]

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    Israeli PM to meet Egyptian Prez to revive peace talks

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Thursday in a bid to revive stalled Mideast peace talks. According to a statement from Israeli Prime minister’s office, the agenda for the talks is the advancement of the political process, regional issues and other […]

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    Former US diplomat sentenced to 2-years imprisonment in S Korea

    A former US diplomat has been sentenced to two years in prison in South Korea for swindling a local woman. Dario Tomas, an American of Philippine descent, was convicted of defrauding the woman in the southern city of Busan out of nearly Two Lakh dollar between 2007 and 2008. Prosecutors said he told the woman […]

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    Won’t be the first to use nuclear weapons; Pledges China

    China has renewed its pledge never to be the first to use nuclear weapons in a war. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the promise on Thursday in response to a Japanese press report that Chinese military commanders were considering a change in the policy. Hong told reporters that China made a solemn pledge never […]

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    Iran arrests US woman on espionage charges

    Iran has arrested a 55-year old American woman on espionage charges. A local newspaper said on Thursday the woman, who had set spying equipment in her teeth and entered Iran without visa through the Armenian border, was arrested by the security guards. The newspaper said Hall Talayan, who had fixed a microphone in her teeth […]

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    Church attack in Alexandria: Sketch of suspected bomber released

    Authorities in Egypt have released a sketch of the suspected bomber in the deadly January one attack on a Coptic church in Alexandria. Egyptian newspapers published the sketch today which shows a man who appears to be in his mid-20’s. The image has been created based on evidence found at the blast site, including parts […]

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