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Fonseka’s bid to regain parliament seat rejected

20 Jun 2015 6:47 AM IST
A Sri Lankan court has rejected former army chief Sarath Fonseka’s petition seeking his reinstatement as a member of parliament. The Appeal Court on...

Tunisia to close consulate in Tripoli after hostage crisis

20 Jun 2015 6:47 AM IST
Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche announced on Friday that his government has decided to close its consulate in Tripoli, right after the ten...

Suu Kyi calls for ‘clean politics’ in birthday message

20 Jun 2015 6:46 AM IST
Suu Kyi and her party are expected to make sweeping gains at the polls slated for October or November in what is seen as one of the greatest tests yet...

Stowaway plunges to death,another survives on flight to London

20 Jun 2015 6:45 AM IST
In a bizarre incident, a stowaway who is believed to have clung on to a British Airways plane from Johannesburg has fallen to his death over a London...

Osama doll created by CIA up for sale

20 Jun 2015 6:45 AM IST
A demon-faced Osama bin Laden doll that was created as part of a CIA programme to dissuade children from idolising the al-Qaeda chief has been put on...

Falling Rouble cuts value of ‘electronic Nobel’ prize

20 Jun 2015 6:44 AM IST
The highest Russian technology award was presented here on Friday to two American recipients, calling their work as the greatest contribution to...

World’s oldest person in US dies at 116

20 Jun 2015 6:43 AM IST
A woman in Michigan believed to be the world’s oldest person has died peacefully in her sleep, almost a month after celebrating her 116th birthday....

Gaza children remarks: Netanyahu denounces Ban

20 Jun 2015 6:43 AM IST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday denounced what he called the “hypocrisy” of the United Nations after UN chief Ban Ki-moon demanded Israel...

Cameron urges action online to stop young Europeans joining IS

20 Jun 2015 6:42 AM IST
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday urged action focused on the Internet to stop a mounting number of young Europeans leaving the continent...

Ukraine crisis not of Russia’s making: Putin

20 Jun 2015 6:41 AM IST
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the crisis in Ukraine is not of its making, but it has been able to overcome the economic fallout which...

Qaeda in North Africa denies US strike killed ex-chief

20 Jun 2015 6:40 AM IST
Al-Qaeda in North Africa has denied reports its former leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in a US <g data-gr-id="27">air strike</g> last...

Haley demands death penalty for gunman in church shootout

20 Jun 2015 6:40 AM IST
Indian-American governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley on Friday said the 21-year-old gunman who killed nine persons inside a historic black church in...
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