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    10 militants killed in US drone attack in Pak tribal area

    US drones targeted two compounds in the restive South Waziristan tribal region in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 10 suspected militants. The drones fired four missiles at the compounds in Karikot and Doogh areas near Wana, the main town in South Waziristan Agency, TV news channels quoted officials as saying. The men killed in […]

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    Greek protesters surround parliament

    Thousands of Greek protesters surrounded the parliament building on Wednesday as a general strike paralysed the country and the prime minister held emergency talks on a controversial reform package. Riot police and barricades blocked approaches to parliament as demonstrators mustered in the capital, summoned by a popular protest group that has occupied central Syntagma Square […]

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    EC to conduct field trial of paper backup in EVMs

    Acting on the suggestions of political parties, the Election Commission would conduct field trial of paper backup in the EVMs in a “simulated election” at five locations on 24th July. The field trial of “Vote Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) would be held in Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Cherrapunjee (Meghalaya), East Delhi (Delhi) […]

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    India seeks ‘larger’ role in SCO

    India has strongly pitched for a “larger and deeper” role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), saying it would like to bring to the table its technical expertise, markets and financial commitment. “Ten years since its founding, the SCO faces a historic moment. Like other successful multilateral organisations, it must choose the path of its […]

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    Majority (76%) of Global Citizens Say United States Justified in Killing Osama bin Laden

    Mumbai: A new poll conducted by global research company Ipsos finds that three quarters (76%) of citizens in 22 countries say the United States was justified in seeking out and killing Osama bin Laden, founder of terrorist group al-Qaida. But the same survey of 17,119 citizens conducted one week after US forces stormed his home […]

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    Afghan suicide car bombing kills seven

    The Taliban targeted top government officials in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven people in a suicide car bombing and firing rockets at the vice president and interior minister, who escaped unhurt. Both attacks struck central Afghanistan, not far from the heavily secured capital Kabul, and were claimed by the militia leading a nearly 10-year insurgency […]

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    S Korea vows strong response if N Korea attacks

    South Korea’s military must retaliate “strongly and thoroughly” if North Korea attacks again, President Lee Myung-Bak said on Wednesday. He made the remarks in a speech read out on his behalf at the inauguration of a new military command, created to bolster defences on islands near the disputed Yellow Sea border. “Our military exists to […]

    Breaking News National

    Sibal voices concern over high DU college admission cut-off

    The high cut-off marks, including 100 per cent in one of Delhi’s famous colleges, for admission this year has triggered a controversy with Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday coming out strongly against it. But Sri Ram College of Commerce, which has fixed 100 per cent cut-off marks for admission to undergraduate commerce course […]

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    India seeks terror-free Asia

    Pitching for a terror-free Asia, India on Wednesday said safe havens and terror sanctuaries that “poison” the region should be dismantled, an apparent reference to Pakistan. Addressing the 11th Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Astana in Kazakhstan, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said that only a meaningful approach could eliminate the […]

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    Alva calls for independent probe into Nigamanand’s death

    A day after Uttarakhand govt ordered a CB-CID probe into the “mysterious” death of Swami Nigamanand, Governor Margaret Alva has called for an independent inquiry to ascertain the real situation. Expressing concern over the reports in print and electronic media and various organisations regarding the death of the Swami, Alva said an independent probe should […]

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