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ROME, Nov 28.(nsnewswire) — Having spent months manufacturing procedural delays or conjuring political melodrama in hopes of saving himself, Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday could no longer stave off the inevitable: Italy’s Senate resoundingly stripped him of his parliamentary seat, a dramatic and humiliating expulsion, even as other potential troubles await him. Before the vote, Italian […]
Read MoreDhaka (AFP) – Bangladesh’s January 5 election could be postponed, organisers said, after more deadly violence Wednesday between security forces and supporters of opposition parties which are threatening to boycott the polls. Bangladesh to hold election on January 5, opposition likely to object Reuters Bangladesh to hold election on January 5, opposition protests Reuters Bombs […]
Read MoreShakil Afridi, the hero Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA pinpoint Usama bin Laden’s compound ahead of the Navy SEAL raid that killed the Al Qaeda leader, has been charged with murder — for trying to save a little boy stricken with appendicitis six years ago, according to his attorney. The bizarre charge comes as […]
Read MoreSevere storms moved through the Midwest on Sunday, leveling towns, killing at least five people in Illinois and injuring dozens more, and causing thousands of power failures across the region. A fan at Soldier Field in Chicago, where the Bears game was delayed as people were told to leave the stands and take shelter. Officials […]
Read MoreA passenger plane has crashed at an airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board. The Boeing 737 had taken off from Moscow and was trying to land but exploded on impact at about 19:20 local time (15:20 GMT), officials said. The Emergencies Ministry said there were 44 passengers and […]
Read MoreAGARTALA: ULFA leader Anup Chetia, currently lodged in a jail in Bangladesh, will be extradited to India after the completion of judicial formalities, Bangladesh’s home minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir said here on Sunday. Chetia, the founder general secretary of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), had soughtpolitical asylum in Bangladesh thrice in 2005, 2008 and 2011 after being arrested in […]
Read MoreAgartala, Nov 17 (IANS) India’s second international-standard multi-purpose Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the first along the Bangladesh border opened Sunday to people at Akhaurah, near here. Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde inaugurated the check post, built at a cost of Rs.74 crore, in the presence of Bangladesh Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and senior […]
Read MoreAGARTALA: Justifying the demand of Rs 231.74 crore from14th Finance Commission (FC) beginning from 2015-16 for policing and security related expenditure, Tripura chief ministerManik Sarkar said the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) still has at least 19 hideouts in neighbouring Bangladesh. Sarkar said NLFT is trying to recruit new cadres and extort money for its revival. […]
Read MoreCOLOMBO, Nov 15 – A Commonwealth summit meant to showcase post-war Sri Lanka was to begin in Colombo on Friday but faced being upstaged by an historic visit to its northern killing fields by Britain’s David Cameron. More than four years after the end of one of Asia’s bloodiest ethnic conflicts, President Mahinda Rajapakse […]
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