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MELBOURNE, NOV 30 (Agencies): Australian combat troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the middle of next year, Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd said today, spelli...
ISLAMABAD, NOV 30 (Agencies):Pakistan's main opposition parties appeared completely divided on whether to participate in the January 8 general election or not, ...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (Agencies): Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was gearing up on Friday for a January election as another Opposition leader, Nawaz...
KARACHI, Nov 30 (Agencies): Pakistani rice exporters are up in arms against the government, as India has emerged as the preferred exporter of the commodity to I...
LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) Britain's ruling Labour Party slumped to its worst local election defeat in 40 years today, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Gordon Brow...
KATHMANDU, May 2 (Reuters): The US ambassador to Nepal has met the country's former Maoist rebel chief, the first official meeting of a senior American official...
YANGON, May 2 (Reuters): Hundreds of government workers in Myanmar have been forced to vote in favour of an army-drafted constitution in non-secret ballots held...
TEHRAN, May 2 (Reuters): Iran says it aims to help end fighting in its neighbour by talking to an Iraqi delegation visiting the Islamic Republic, the official I...
ISLAMABAD, May 2 (UNI): Pakistan is all set to be readmitted to the Commonwealth this month. A crucial meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMA...
MOSCOW, May 2 (Reuters) When Russian President Vladimir Putin steps down next week after eight years in power, he will leave behind him a strong Russia, self-co...
YANGON, May 2 (Reuters) Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, under house arrest for the last five years, should be able to vote in a May constitutional r...
HARARE, May 2 (Reuters) Zimbabwe's opposition today disputed results of a March 29 presidential election released by electoral officials, saying opposition lead...
DUBAI, May 2 (UNI): Three Indian sailors, stranded here without pay for three months, finally got their emoluments at the intervention of the Dubai Immigration ...
DUBAI, May 2 (UNI): Six vernacular publications, including prominent Malayalam dailies like Malayala Manorama and Madhyamam, had to halt their publication after...
JERUSALEM, Dec 30 (Agencies): Israel massed hundreds of tanks in expectation of a land strike on the Gaza Strip as fighter jets continued their blanket bombings...
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (Agencies): Sanctions on Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its leaders, who planned, financed and executed the Mum...
DHAKA, Dec 30 (Agencies): Awami League-led alliance headed by Sheikh Hasina, who has a good equation with Indian leadership and favours strong ties with New Del...
BANGLADESH, Dec 30 (Agencies): Sheikh Hasina Wajid, a close friend of India, has fought back against all odds to make a triumphant return to power in Bangladesh...
KATHMANDU, Dec 30 (Agencies): The government's decision to sack South Indian priests from the Pashupatinath Temple in the capital has sparked a row in Nepal, wi...
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (Agencies): Flaying the international community for not doing enough to bring the violence in Middle East to an end, UN Secretary-General...