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  • Maldives President Expands Cabinet, Inducts Seven Ministers

    Male: Maldives’ new President on Sunday inducted seven members into his expanded cabinet, including the country’s first woman Attorney General, as he tries to entrench himself as head of a ‘unity government’ in the face of his predecessor’s refusal to accept his legitimacy....

    Male: Maldives’ new President on Sunday inducted seven members into his expanded cabinet, including the country’s first woman Attorney General, as he tries to entrench himself as head of a ‘unity government’ in the face of his predecessor’s refusal to accept his legitimacy....

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  • Chinese Officials Asked To Prepare For 'War' In Tibet : Report

    Beijing: Describing the situation in Tibet as "grave", China has ordered authorities there to prepare themselves for "a war against secessionist sabotage" by the Dalai Lama amid reports that security forces shot dead two Tibetans protesters. ...

    Beijing: Describing the situation in Tibet as "grave", China has ordered authorities there to prepare themselves for "a war against secessionist sabotage" by the Dalai Lama amid reports that security forces shot dead two Tibetans protesters. ...

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  • Maldives: President Waheed rules out early elections

    Male: Just days after being sworn in as the new President, Mohammed Waheed on Saturday ruled out the possibility of early polls. Rejecting former president Mohammed Nasheed's demands calling for early elections, Waheed said that the current situation in the island nation was not conducive to holding "free and fair elections".....

    Male: Just days after being sworn in as the new President, Mohammed Waheed on Saturday ruled out the possibility of early polls. Rejecting former president Mohammed Nasheed's demands calling for early elections, Waheed said that the current situation in the island nation was not conducive to holding "free and fair elections".....

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  • Indians among world's happiest people: Poll

    New York: Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the most contented people on the planet...

    New York: Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the most contented people on the planet...

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  • Maldives: India military plan ready as Nasheed faces arrest

    Male: Two days after being forced to step down as President, Mohammad Nasheed is now facing an arrest.

    A criminal court has issued a warrant against him though the charges against him are still unclear....

    Male: Two days after being forced to step down as President, Mohammad Nasheed is now facing an arrest.

    A criminal court has issued a warrant against him though the charges against him are still unclear....

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  • Women at war: Pentagon is easing its job limits

    WASHINGTON: New orders from the Pentagon: The military on Thursday formally opened thousands of jobs to women in units that are closer to the front lines than ever before, reflecting what's already been going on as female American soldiers fight and die next to their male comrades.....

    WASHINGTON: New orders from the Pentagon: The military on Thursday formally opened thousands of jobs to women in units that are closer to the front lines than ever before, reflecting what's already been going on as female American soldiers fight and die next to their male comrades.....

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  • Maldives Names Defence Minister As Violence Spreads

    Male, Feb 9 : The new Maldivian president has made urgent cabinet appointments to try and contain violence that has spread across the archipelago since his predecessor said he was forced to resign in a coup.....

    Male, Feb 9 : The new Maldivian president has made urgent cabinet appointments to try and contain violence that has spread across the archipelago since his predecessor said he was forced to resign in a coup.....

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  • US: Teen girl gets life for killing 9-year-old

    Jefferson City, Missouri: A central Missouri teenager who confessed to strangling, cutting and stabbing a 9-year-old girl because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole....

    Jefferson City, Missouri: A central Missouri teenager who confessed to strangling, cutting and stabbing a 9-year-old girl because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole....

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  • Breakthrough As Russian Scientists Drill Into Antarctic Ice to Lake Vostok Sealed For Last 20 Million Years

    London : Russian scientists have made  amjor breakthrough by finally drilling down through four kilometres of Antarctic ice to a lake that has been sealed for the last 20 million years, reports Daily Mail........

    London : Russian scientists have made  amjor breakthrough by finally drilling down through four kilometres of Antarctic ice to a lake that has been sealed for the last 20 million years, reports Daily Mail........

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  • After bloodshed, Syria pledges restraint

    AMMAN: Russia won a promise from Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday to bring an end to bloodshed in Syria, but Western and Arab states acted to isolate Assad further after activists and rebels said his forces killed over 100 in the city of Homs....

    AMMAN: Russia won a promise from Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday to bring an end to bloodshed in Syria, but Western and Arab states acted to isolate Assad further after activists and rebels said his forces killed over 100 in the city of Homs....

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