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  • No let up in violence, toll at 185 in Nigeria terror attacks

    There was no let up in violence in Nigeria on Tuesday as the toll from the last week’s multiple bombings and gun attacks by radical Islamists in the northern city of Kano touched 185, including an Indian national from Gujarat. There was no let up in violence in Nigeria today as the toll from the […]

    New Syria constitution limits presidency to 2 mandates

    The committee tasked with drafting Syria’s new constitution has decided to limit presidential terms to a maximum of two seven-year mandates, Al-Watan newspaper said today. The draft constitution will be submitted to President Bashar al-Assad in “the coming days” before being put to a referendum, said the newspaper, which is close to the government. Assad […]

    Car bombs kill 14 across Baghdad

    A wave of car bombings on Tuesday hit the Iraq capital, killing 14 people and wounding more than 70 as violence surges in the country amid an escalating political crisis a month after the US military withdrawal. At least 170 people have died in attacks since the beginning of the year, many of them Shiite […]

    China accuses “secessionist groups” for distorting facts

    China on Tuesday accused “secessionist groups” abroad of distorting facts on the spate of suicides by Buddhist monks, a day after a Tibetan was killed and several others injured in deadly clashes with police in southwest Sichuan province. “Overseas forces of ‘Tibet independence’ have always fabricated rumours and distorted the truth to discredit the Chinese […]

    600 million new jobs needed in next 10 years

    The International Labour Organization has released a pessimistic report for the global jobs market in 2012 saying urgent attention is needed to create 600 million new jobs in the next 10 years. “Despite strenuous government efforts, the jobs crisis continues unabated, with one in three workers worldwide, or an estimated 1.1 billion people, either unemployed […]

    Our security interests are intertwined with Myanmar: Krishna

    Seeking deeper bilateral ties in strategic areas between Myanmar and India, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today said New Delhi’s security interests are “intertwined” with that of Nay Pyi Taw. “We have traditional and civilisational relationship with Myanmar. Our trade links have been very ancient and our security interest are intertwined with Myanmar,” Krishna […]

    Sonia launches scathing attack on SAD-BJP in Punjab

    Launching a scathing attack on the SAD-BJP govt in Punjab, UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi has accused it of using central funds for their own benefits rather than for the progress of the state. Refuting the allegation that the central government had always given a step-motherly treatment to the state, Gandhi said the […]

    Rushdie’s video address cancelled

    The much-anticipated video address by controversial writer Salman Rushdie was cancelled at the last moment on Tuesday because of fears of violence as Muslim organisations staged protests. The decision to call off the video address by the Satanic Verses writer came after a meeting festival organisers had with leaders of Muslim organisations during which the […]

    Largest surrender by militants in North East to HM

    In one of the largest surrender ceremonies in the North East region, 1855 militants belonging to nine groups on Tuesday bid a farewell to arms before Union Home Min P Chidambaram and received roses for weapons turned in. Among them were five major ethnic groups of the Adivashi Santhal outfits operating in upper Assam and […]

    Sri Lanka releases 73 rehabilitated former Tamil Tigers

    The Sri Lankan government on Sunday released another batch of 73 rehabilitated former Tamil Tigers at a function in Batticaloa in the Eastern Province. At a ceremony held at the Batticaloa Municipal Council Hall, Deputy Minister of Resettlement Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, also known as Karuna Amman and Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister Chandrasiri Gajadeera handed over […]