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6 Oct 2010A state of emergency in force in Ecuador following a police rebellion last Thursday has been extended by the president until the end of the week. Rafael Correa said he was acting at the request of Ecuador’s National Assembly, which had suspended its activities due to a lack of security. The army has taken over [...]
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18 Sep 2010The first lady of France Carla Bruni has been called as a political liability for her husband president Nicolas Sarkozy. The book “Carla :A secret life” describes the glamorous lady Carla Bruni and her biography. The former Italian model Carla had previously had some rival with US first lady Michelle. From that onwards the relationship [...]
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12 Sep 2010The New York imam leading efforts to build an Islamic centre near the World Trade Center site says plans by a small US church to burn Korans would have sparked “a disaster”. Feisal Abdul Rauf told ABC News that the event – now called off – would have “strengthened radicals”. Mr Rauf also said he [...]
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25 Jul 2010A overwhelmingly vote was received from the French lawmakers over the veil ban. French lawmakers opposed the wearing of face covering veils in public places. The veil which covers the face makes it toughs integrating the Muslim community and Europeans. During the Bastille Day celebration France usually celebrates what has become secular to republic staunchly. [...]
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19 Jun 2010The UN has announced a $71m (£48m) flash appeal for Kyrgyzstan, where it says some 400,000 people have been displaced by inter-ethnic fighting. The Central Asian state’s interim leader believes the number of people killed since violence erupted just over a week ago may be as high as 2,000. Up to a million people are [...]
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6 Jun 2010The head of police in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been suspended following the death of a human rights activist, officials say. Three police officers have also been arrested and the president is determined to resolve the case, the interior minister said. Floribert Chebeya, head of the group Voix des Sans Voix, was found [...]
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4 Jun 2010The US elected their Democratic President after a gap of few decades and that seems to be on the verge of collapse. The Obama administration took over at a very tough situation where the financial crisis pulled down the entire economy. Then the government was forced to go in for unprecedented borrowing and printing of [...]
The Queen will not attend the Commonwealth Games in India in October, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. It will be the first time in decades she will not be at the sporting event – previously she has attended at some point during the games, either for the opening or closing ceremony. Prince Charles will represent the [...]
Japan’s socialist party has voted to leave the ruling coalition because of a row over a US base in Okinawa. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) had opposed PM Yukio Hatoyama’s decision not to move the US Futenma airbase off the southern Japanese island. On Friday Mr Hatoyama fired SDP chief Mizuho Fukushima from her ministerial [...]
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29 May 2010Nepal’s MPs have agreed to extend its parliament by up to a year, as reports suggest the prime minister agreed to resign to allow the deal to go through. Maoist opponents had demanded Madhav Kumar Nepal’s resignation as part of the deal to avert political crisis. The parliament, elected in 2008, had been due to [...]