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Breaking News Mon, 8 Feb 2010
Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka waves to supporters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.
Conspiracy   Democracy   Photos   Politics   S Asia  
 The Boston Globe 
Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested
| COLOMBO, Sri Lanka-Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled away by military police from his office Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the governmen... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
The Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar .
Economy   India   News   Photos   Social  
 Zeenews 
Dump baggage of untouchability in mindset: Meira Kumar
Chennai: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Sunday said changing the old mindset and discarding the baggage of "untouchability" and "caste discrimination" was needed to build a truly egalitarian society... (photo: PIB of India)
 Congress party leader and law maker Rahul Gandhi looks on as he leaves after a campaign in Allahabad, India, Monday, April 30, 2007. Campaigning is on for the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections. (mb1)  Deccan Herald 
Oppose Sena by mobilising people, not violence: Rahul
Edathala (Kerala), Feb 6 (PTI): | After taking on the Shiv Sena on its home turf for ''Mumbai for Marathis'' campaign, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Sainiks should be opposed by mo... (photo: AP /Rajesh Kumar Singh)
India   Kerala   Mumbai   Photos   Politics  
INDIA-CPIM-POLITBURO-MEETING  The Hindu 
CPI(M): stir of 'immense significance'
| Special Correspondent | NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has said the Left parties' decision to carry out a stir against price rise on March 12 is of "immense significance," as the ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Delhi   Food   India   Photos   Politics  
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Israel's dual reality The Guardian
Israel's dual reality
| Israel's image problem abroad is down to one issue: the stark and growing difference between how Israelis view their country, and how it is seen from outside. This expl... (photo: WN / marzena)
Arab   Israel   Media   Networks   Photos  
Der Ministerpraesident von Daenemark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen spricht am 18. Februar 2009 vor einem Treffen mit Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel im Bundeskanzleramt in Berlin. Der daenische Ministerpraesident Anders Fogh Rasmussen hat offenbar beste Chancen, neuer NATO-Generalsekretaer zu werden. Nachdem sich Berichten zufolge bereits Deutschland, Frankreich und Grossbritannien auf Rasmussen verstaendigt haben, signalisierten nun auch erstmals die USA ihre Unterstuetzung fuer den Daenen. Rasmussen stehe ganz oben auf der Liste, sagte ein amerikanischer Regierungsbeamter am Samstag, 21. Maerz 2009. Star Tribune
NATO chief denies that Afghanistan's reconciliation plan aims to 'bribe' Taliban fighters
| ISTANBUL - NATO does not intend to bribe Taliban guerrillas to defect to the Afghan government side as a way to end the war, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmusse... (photo: AP / Michael Sohn, Archiv)
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   Taliban   War  
In this photo taken on Feb. 28, 2008, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra waves to supports as he returns at the airport in Bangkok, Thailand. The Star
Thai "red shirts" rally to warn against coup
| BANGKOK (Reuters) - Supporters of toppled Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra held small, symbolic rallies at military bases nationwide on Thursday in what analysts see as ... (photo: AP / David Longstreath)
Bangkok   News   Photos   Political   Thailand  
President Barack Obama makes a statement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The New York Times
Who Needs Whom More?
| HONG KONG - Is what's good for U.S. business good for the United States? That old question has become pertinent again as the Obama administration stumbles in its relati... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
Business   Economy   Hong Kong   Photos   Washington  
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, center, gets on a car upon his arrival at a military air base in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The Daily Tribune
Thailand braces for fresh political instability
| focus | 02/04/2010 | BANGKOK — Thailand is entering a new phase of political turbulence, bracing for a key court ruling on the frozen fortune of ousted Premier Thaksin ... (photo: AP / Lim Cheavutha)
Bangkok   Photos   Political   Social   Thailand  
President Barack Obama answers question on stage during his town hall meeting at Nashua High School North in Nashua, N.H.,Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Asia Times
Obama expectations revised in Indonesia
By Sara Schonhardt | JAKARTA - United States President Barack Obama will make a much-anticipated official visit to Indonesia in March, raising speculation of a possible u... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Government   Indonesia   Obama   Photos   President  
President Barack Obama and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke walk off after Obama announced he is keeping Bernanke for a second term, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, during a news conference in Oak Bluffs, Mass. Asia Times
Bernanke who?
| By Julian Delasantellis | The cliche expressing the experience of being "the canary in the coal mine" may be famous, but that doesn't mean it's all glory and accolade f... (photo: AP / Stephan Savoia)
Business   Economy   Market   Photos   US  
Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, special envoy talking about ninth round of talks, Dharamshala, India WorldNews.com
China Urged To Find A Common Ground On Tibet Talks: Envoys of Dalai Lama
By: Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent | Dharamshala: Envoys of Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said Tuesday they had urged China in talks last week t... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Asia   China   Photos   Politics   Tibet  
Politics Terrorism
- Debt policy statement
- Centre, J&K to talk surrender policy
- SEZ policy: Tax breaks not sustainable, says foreign expert
- Centre, J&K govt to discuss formulating new surrender policy
Brown Sugar
UPA Govt's wrong economic policies caused price rise, says Gadkari
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- Congress: Dialogue must focus on terror
- Pak-based terror outfit’s chief remanded to 14-day police cu
- Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts
- Digvijay Singh favours special courts for trial of terror ca
Pakistani Shiite Muslims take part in a rally to condemn Friday's bombing, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts
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Elections Social Safety
- State seeks six more months for BBMP elections
- Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested
- S Lanka election loser arrested
- Nitin Gadkari to be formally elected BJP president tomorrow
Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka waves to supporters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.
Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested
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- The climb in labor costs
- Students must strive for social change: Meira Kumar
- Expand corporate social responsibility, firms urged
- 20% not to return to Dongguan due to poor employment
Poverty and power in one of India's poorest areas
Poverty and power in one of India's poorest areas
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Human Rights Racism & Discrimination
- Mirwaiz's march foiled; shifts campaign to Internet
- Students must strive for social change: Meira Kumar
- New Arrivals
- Human rights
Egypt arrests 3 top Muslim Brotherhood leaders
Egypt arrests 3 top Muslim Brotherhood leaders
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- The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Australia is not a racist country, Brett Lee tells Indian me
- Allied assault moves on Taliban strongholds
- Sri Lanka's 'Eton' celebrates its 175th birthday
Australia's Brett Lee celebrates after taking the wicket of England's Mal Loye, lbw for no score, in the first final of their one day international cricket tri-series in Melbourne
Australia is not a racist country, Brett Lee tells Indian media
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