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NRI lawyer wins Iran bank case in British Supreme Court
Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran's largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security service's "Secret Court" failed to produce significant ...
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UN headquarters in Somalia attacked
An attacker Wednesday blew himself up at the entrance to the UN headquarters in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, CNN reported. Others wearing suicide vests entered the UN compound and a gunfight ensued, said police officer Hussein Ahmed. The compound had now been secured and was in the hands of African Union troops, according to the official Twitter account of the African Union Mission to ...
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South Korean president visits Indian book pavilion
South Korean President Park Geun-hye Wednesday toured the Indian pavilion at an international book fair here in which India is participating as the guest of honour for the first time. She toured the Indian pavilion at the Seoul International Book Fair, spending close to 10 minutes there, said an embassy press release. It was followed by a brief interaction when Minister of State for Human ...
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Palestinians should have a state as a right Blair
Palestinians "should have a state, not as a reward for good behaviour but as a right", Tony Blair, the official envoy of the Middle East Quartet, said Wednesday. Blair cautioned Israeli leaders that the "window of opportunity" for peace with the Palestinians might close shortly, Xinhua reported. "Some say the two-state solution is a fantasy. The fantasy is thinking one-state is sustainable or ...
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Suicide bombers attack UN office in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Militants on Wednesday launched suicide bomb attacks on the office of United Nations Development Programe (UNDP) in Mogadishu where guards exchanged fire with the gunmen in and around the compound, police and witnesses said. "The fighting with the gunmen and suicide bombers is ongoing. We have eliminated some of the attackers but the fighting is now going on," ...
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Li Na enters second round at Eastbourne
Second seed Li Na of China defeated French woman Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Aegon International here. Li, French Open champion two years ago but beaten in the second round at Roland Garros earlier this month, will next take on former champion Marion Bartoli of France, reports Xinhua. Fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki, the former World No.1, led Tamira Paszek 6-2, 2-2 ...
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Veronica Campbell-Brown denies knowingly taking drug
Olympic and World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has denied knowingly taking a banned substance Lasix, which also goes by the name Furosemide. Brown's first public reaction came in the form of a statement released by her On Track Management (OTM) group following reports that she has tested positive for the banned drug. The OTM statement says Brown is determined to clear her name and included ...
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Brazil protests will calm down Blatter hopes
FIFA president Sepp Blatter denied that the Confederations Cup and World Cup are the causes for mass protests across Brazil. Demonstrations, which began last week in response to rise in public transport fares, have turned into a nation-wide rally against bad governance and corruption, reports Xinhua. Many marchers expressed their anger at the billions of dollars spent on new football stadiums ...
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Pakistan expresses concern over US drone attacks at UNSC
Pakistan has expressed concerns over drone attacks to the United Nations Security Council. Pakistan told the UNSC that armed drones were violating country's sovereignty, causing civilian casualties, and putting communities at risk of reprisal attacks. According to the Daily Times, Pakistan said drone strikes radicalised disaffected communities and increased the number of terrorists, adding ...
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Protestors hack Brazil World Cup 2014 website
Protestors have reportedly hacked the official website for the Brazil Football World Cup 2014 and replaced the site with a video of a violent police response to a peaceful protest. According to News.com.au, the FIFA website was replaced with an embedded YouTube video, showing protesters marching, before riot police release tear gas and fire on the protesters with rubber bullets. The report ...
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Kim Jong Un distributes copies of Hitlers Mein Kampf to North Korean officials to mark bday
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un handed out copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to mark his birthday. Kim reportedly distributed the copies of Mein Kampf in an effort to sow fear among top officials. According to the Telegraph, North Korea-watchers believe the move is part of an effort to make him seem powerful, rather than drawing on Nazi beliefs. Shirley Lee, the editor of the New Focus ...
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Iranians dance in the streets after qualifying for World Cup days after election
For the second time in days, Iranians, who have had little cause for cheer in eight years, have been dancing in the streets. There was an explosion of joy in their fun-starved nation when its beloved national football team won a prized ticket to next summer's World Cup finals in Brazil with a 1-0 away victory over South Korea on Tuesday. This followed a weekend of celebrations after ...
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Two Canadian sites in running for World Heritage status
A Basque whaling station that dates to the 1500s and a largely unspoiled expanse of boreal forest where five First Nations have existed for six millenniums are among the international sites being considered this week for coveted World Heritage designation.Canadian officials are in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, hoping to convince UNESCO's World Heritage Committee that the Red Bay National Historic ...
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World War Z The zombie canon gets a grown-up addition
From left, Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, Abigail Hargrove as Rachel Lane, and Mireille Enos as Karin Lane in a scene from World War Z. (Jaap Buitendijk/Paramount ...
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China jails 19 Uighurs for religious extremism
BEIJING (Reuters) - Courts in China's far western region of Xinjiang have sentenced 19 ethnic Uighurs to up to six years in jail for promoting racial hatred and religious extremism online, in the latest crackdown on what China sees as violent separatists. All but one of those jailed were from the heavily Uighur southern part of Xinjiang, including eight from the old Silk Road city of ...
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Roma coach Rudi Garcia targeting Europe
Garcia appointed new Roma coach New Roma manager Rudi Garcia has targeted a European spot as his main objective heading into his first Serie A ...
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Tropical storm Barry forms off Mexicos coast
Tropical storm Barry formed off Mexico's Gulf Coast on Wednesday, prompting Mexican authorities to ready hundreds of shelters. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic hurricane season's second tropical storm was drenching areas in its path with up to 25 centimetres of rain in some places, raising the threat of flash floods. In the late evening, Barry was about ...
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DP World Confirms New Container Terminal Deal
DP World and Jawaharlal Nehru Port today held a ceremonial signing of the concession awarded to DP World to construct and operate a new container terminal at the ...
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Nameplate to blame for halt in Afghan-Taliban talks
Secretary of State John Kerry personally pleaded with Hamid Karzai to keep alive the possibility of peace talks with the Taliban. Over the course of two phone calls with the Afghan president, Kerry reportedly gave assurances that the U.S. would not give the Taliban political ...
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Celebs React to Death of Sopranos Star
James Gandolfini are paying tribute to the actor in the wake of his sudden death Wednesday in Italy. Gandolfini was 51. David Chase, who ...
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FSRU Toscana Sails Away from Drydocks Worlds Dubai Yard
Drydocks World, an international maritime service provider, announced that Floating Storage Re-gasification Unit (FSRU) Toscana has sailed away from Drydocks World's Dubai yard. The unit, formerly the 138,830-cubic meter (cbm) LNG carrier Golar Frost, has been under conversion since June 2009 for contractor Saipem and owner OLT. The LNG Carrier, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries was ...
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China jails 11 for extremist crimes in Muslim west
BEIJING -- China says it has sentenced 11 people for inciting religious extremism and related crimes in the northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang.The sentences handed down Wednesday come shortly before the July 5 anniversary of the bloodiest recent ethnic rioting in the region four years ago.The Justice Ministry's official newspaper Legal Daily said Thursday that Aihetaimu Heli was given ...
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China Russia face sanctions in wake of US world human trafficking report
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during an event releasing the Annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, June 19, 2013. The United States on Wednesday downgraded China, Russia and Uzbekistan to the bottom of a US table for failing to make greater efforts to combat human trafficking, a move that may spark sanctions. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ...
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UNESCO world heritage Historic Areas of Istanbul
Photo taken on March 22, 2013 shows the Muslims praying in the Suleymaniye Mosque in the Historic Areas of Istanbul. Istanbul served as the capital of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Latin Empire, the Ottoman Empire and former capital of the Republic of Turkey. The Historic Areas of Istanbul were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985. (Xinhua/Ma ...
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Brazil fare hikes rolled back in victory for protests
Brazil's two biggest cities rolled back transit fare hikes that had triggered massive protests as demonstrators clashed with police outside a Confederations Cup ...
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Cost of driving is becoming punitive in Brisbane
Is driving in Brisbane becoming punitively expensive? With the recent toll increases, on top of those made in 2006 and 2008, as well as last year, and the recent mis-management surrounding the privatisation of major roads in Sydney, it seems that using major roads in Brisbane is going to become even more expensive.
Brisbane, like many cities across Australia, is facing a mounting budget deficit in the wake of the near-crippling financial crisis and ensuing recession, as the state capital, it must also oversee Queensland’s plunge in revenues, which has created a budget deficit of over $2.3 billion for the state. Read more
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