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DHAKA, Feb. 3 (NsNewsWire) — At least seven people have been burned to death and 15 others injured, some seriously, in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in eastern Bangladesh. Police said the bus had been full of sleeping passengers when it was attacked near the town of Chauddagram, reports BBC. It is the […]
Read MoreCAIRO, Feb. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Egypt decided to deport jailed reporter Peter Greste back to his native Australia, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported on Sunday. The Foreign Ministry coordinated with the Australian Embassy in Cairo, and Greste was supposed to depart for Sydney this afternoon, the source added, reports Xinhua. Greste, together with Egyptian […]
Read MoreEIJING, Feb. 2 (NsNewsWire) — China will step up reforms and innovation to speed up agricultural modernization in 2015, according to a key policy document released by the Party and government on Sunday. As the Chinese economy, under the “new normal,” shifts from high-speed to medium-to-high-speed growth, it has become a key issue to continue […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid on Thursday urged the country’s law enforcement agencies to take stern action against arson attackers during the opposition alliance’s blockade campaign. “I’m deeply shocked along with the countrymen over the killing of innocent people by throwing petrol bombs and launching arson attacks on motor vehicles,” Hamid […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — The World Media Summit (WMS) Global Awards for Excellence 2014 was held in Beijing on Tuesday. The Al Jazeera English programme 101 East received the public welfare accolade for Exemplary News Teams in Developing Countries; and Sainath Palagummi from the India-based newspaper The Hindu won the Award for Exemplary News […]
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Mumbai, Jan. 27 (NsNewsWire) — When AS Dileep Kumar decided to shed the faith he was born into and adopt a new one, the reasons were several. His father’s untimely death had put several financial pressures on the family, which included four children. His spiritual-minded mother had met, and gained immense succour, from a Sufi […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — Thousands of people rallied in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Sunday against a French magazine for publishing caricatures of Prophet Muhammad and urged the United Nations to declare blasphemy as a crime. French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo had published controversial depiction of the Prophet Mohammad after members of […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed dialectical materialism as a way to deepen reform. Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks while presiding over a meeting attended by members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Friday, reports Xinhua. […]
Read MoreRiyad, Jan. 24 (NsNewsWire) — British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande will be in Riyadh. The US delegation is led by Vice-President Joe Biden. King Abdullah died aged 90. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Riyadh after Friday prayers, reports BBC. King Salman, 79, pledged continuity after his accession […]
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