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No breakthrough as Venezuela talks end in stalemate

No breakthrough as Venezuela talks end in stalemate

Apr 11, Caracas – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leaders traded barbs for six hours late on Thursday in a debate over the last two months of anti-government protests, but found no common ground. Maduro had been widely praised for instituting the talks, but opposition leaders seemed uninterested in conciliation of any kind. They […]

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Venezuela death toll rises as troop’s fire live ammunition at protesters

Venezuela death toll rises as troop’s fire live ammunition at protesters

Mar 23, – Troops briefly clashed with a small group of protesters who attempted to block a highway in an upscale neighborhood of Caracas after thousands of opposition sympathizers marched to demand the release of students imprisoned during the unrest. Three Venezuelans died from gunshot wounds during protests against socialist President Nicolas Maduro, witnesses and […]

March 23, 2014 | By | Reply More
Suicide bomber kills 15 in northern Afghan market

Suicide bomber kills 15 in northern Afghan market

Mar 18, – A suicide bomber riding a rickshaw blew himself up outside a checkpoint near a market in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 15 civilians, officials said, in the latest attack in the countdown to next month’s presidential elections. Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the capital of Faryab province, […]

March 18, 2014 | By | Reply More
No progress under Rouhani, says Iranian women’s rights activists

No progress under Rouhani, says Iranian women’s rights activists

Mar 16, – The government of President Hassan Rouhani distanced itself from the meeting, with foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham saying it didn’t “help relations between Iran and Europe.” Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani called Ashton’s meeting “contrary to the security and interests of the country.” Women’s rights groups were hoping that the status quo […]

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India’s Supreme Court grants stay for two Delhi gang-rape convicts

India’s Supreme Court grants stay for two Delhi gang-rape convicts

Mar 16, – In an emergency court session held on Saturday, two Supreme Court judges ordered the hangings of two of the four convicts to be put on hold, after the men’s lawyers appealed. Indian’s Supreme Court has granted two young men convicted of a fatal gang-rape a stay of execution. The attack on a […]

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Suicide bombers attack court complex in Pakistani capital, killing 11

Suicide bombers attack court complex in Pakistani capital, killing 11

Mar 03, – A group of armed men, including two suicide attackers, stormed a court complex in the Pakistani capital on Monday in a rare terror attack in the heart of Islamabad that killed 11 people and wounded dozens. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the assault, which came just days after the Pakistani Taliban […]

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Putin ready to invade Ukraine, armed forces seize Crimea

Putin ready to invade Ukraine, armed forces seize Crimea

Mar 02, – Talk of confrontation or outright war spread rapidly across Ukraine, with pro-Moscow demonstrators raising the Russian flag above government buildings in several cities and anti-Russian politicians calling for mobilization. Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded and won his parliament’s approval on Saturday to invade Ukraine, where his troops have apparently already seized the […]

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Qatar: Blast kills 12 and injures at least 30 in Doha

Qatar: Blast kills 12 and injures at least 30 in Doha

Feb 27, Doha – An explosion at a restaurant in the Qatari capital Doha has killed 12 people and injured at least 30, according to officials. Initial indications suggested a burst natural gas tank on top of a Turkish restaurant was to blame. It happened shortly after 10:00 (7:00 GMT), near a petrol station and […]

February 27, 2014 | By | Reply More
India: 12-year-old boy beaten to death for stealing biscuits

India: 12-year-old boy beaten to death for stealing biscuits

Patna: A 12-year-old boy was beaten to death at a village court in Bihar for allegedly stealing a few packets of biscuits from a village shop. The gruesome incident occurred at Thadi village in eastern Bihar’s Purnia district on Sunday. As per reports, a theft was committed in the grocery shop of a local villager […]

December 30, 2013 | By | Reply More
India train tragedy: 20 bodies identified, relatives wait for DNA confirmation

India train tragedy: 20 bodies identified, relatives wait for DNA confirmation

Dec 29, – Bangalore’s Victoria Hospital became the centre of grief as family and friends of those who died in Saturday morning’s horrific train fire in Andhra Pradesh waited to claim the bodies that were brought here yesterday afternoon. There has been a delay in handing over the bodies because some of them are so […]

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