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Army captured 2 square km of the Adampan

08.05.2008 22:05    lankanewspapers.com
Today (08) troops captured two square km of ground in 2km South of Adampan area including the Adampa..


Sri Lanka President, a dictator awaiting, says main opposition

08.05.2008 22:05    lankanewspapers.com
Sri Lanka`s main opposition, the United National Party (UNP) yesterday called President Rajapaksa a ..

Sri Lanka launches new website on `Eastern Revival`

08.05.2008 22:05    lankanewspapers.com
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday ceremoniously launched a new web site on the develo..

Sri Lankan military bars foreign media from polls

08.05.2008 22:05    lankanewspapers.com
VALAICHCHENAI, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lanka`s military barred foreign journalists Thursday from coveri..

China 'To Top Games Medal Table'

08.05.2008 18:38    chinadigitaltimes.net
In China, people always regard Olympic gold medal as a representative of the honor of the country, and they hope in this Summer, they can beat the U.S. to be on the top. From BBC News: China is being tipped

Lack of Public Oversight, Wealth Inequality: Worrisome Signs In 2008

08.05.2008 18:38    chinadigitaltimes.net
Written by Zhong Peizhang ( ), former Chief of the News Bureau at the Central Publicity Department of the CPC, from China Elections and Governance: After the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the eleventh session of the

Zhang Boshu: The Way to Resolve the Tibet Issue

08.05.2008 18:38    chinadigitaltimes.net
Here is an internal assessment of the Tibet situation by Zhang Boshu of the CASS Philosophy Institute in Beijing. The translation is provided to CDT by a reader who wishes to remain anonymous. Zhang was born in Beijing in 1955.

Shaikh Mohammed on Time's 100 heroes list

08.05.2008 17:34    uae-dubai.blogspot.com
Time, the American magazine, has named His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, as one of the most influential individuals...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

Visa for six Schengen countries made easy

08.05.2008 17:34    uae-dubai.blogspot.com
The French, German and Italian missions in the emirate opened a "joint visa application centre" yesterday at Al Mina Road to handle and process visa applications to six Schengen countries...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

UAE Telco part of consortium of 16 international telecom operators bringing diverse submarine capacity into the region

08.05.2008 17:34    uae-dubai.blogspot.com
du, the integrated telecom operator in the UAE announced that it has signed a construction and maintenance agreement (C&MA) to build the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fiber submarine cable...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

China postpones anthropology meet ahead of Olympics

08.05.2008 15:02    keralanext.com
Conference organisers today refused to give a precise reason for the rescheduling of the world congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, scheduled for mid-July in the southwestern city of Kunming. They said they hoped it could

Google supports 5 Indian languages

08.05.2008 13:28    frontierindia.com
Google has come a long way from its first Indic transliteration release to the current support for transliteration in 5 languages — Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu — for a broader set of Google products. Google also released its

India @ 75, The Emerging Agenda is the CII theme for 2008-09

08.05.2008 13:28    frontierindia.com
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is building a comprehensive vision for India@75 and will undertake an "aspirational role" and facilitate India's transformation to a global leader by 2022. This vision has been developed by Prof CK Prahalad, Paul Ruth

Indian Navy - French Navy Joint Exercise 'Varuna 08'

08.05.2008 13:28    frontierindia.com
The tenth INDO-FRENCH bilateral exercise "VARUNA 08" is scheduled off our east coast from 08 to 16 May 08. The Indian Naval group consist of the newly inducted Landing Platform Dock (LPD) Jalashwa, Guided-Missile Destroyer Ranjit, Guided Missile Corvette Kirch

Urgent need to notify the Indian Boiler Act, Amendment 2007

08.05.2008 13:28    frontierindia.com
Dr S N Dash, Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Government of India while speaking at the National seminar on Boilers & Pressure Vessels organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said there was an urgent need to

Violence against Women Primary Database Report - Afghanistan

08.05.2008 09:18    topics.developmentgateway.org
Violence against women (VAW) is an issue affecting women around the world indiscriminate of their age, social strata, education level or religious affiliation. The situation in Afghanistan may be more distressing as the majority of citizens are not aware of

Violinist says thank you with a concert for cabbies

08.05.2008 09:18    expressindia.com
The violinist stood on a makeshift stage between two lampposts crowned with a patina of bird droppings...

Indian student killed in UK university hostel

08.05.2008 09:17    expressindia.com
A 23-year-old Indian postgraduate girl student from Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh was killed and a male student...

GM on trial

08.05.2008 09:16    expressindia.com
As Bt brinjal awaits clearance in India, SONU JAIN explains the status of Bt crops in India and the nervousness over GM brinjal getting the nod

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