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Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months for sexting teen
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], September 26 (ANI): Former United States Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for sexting with a school girl.
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Baghdad orders Kurdish region to hand over borders, ports ahead of referen
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Sep 25 (ANI): Hours before the Kurds get ready to carry out a controversial referendum, Iraq's central government in Baghdad ordered the country's Kurdish region to hand over all border crossings and airports to federal government control late Sunday night, according to a loc
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Voting underway as Merkel seeks fourth term as German Chancellor
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Sept.24 (ANI):Germany will hold federal elections on Sunday to choose a chancellor for the next four years.
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Roadside bomb kills govt administrator, 4 others in Pakistan's FATA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): Five people, including a government administrator, were killed when a remote-controlled bomb went off at a roadside in Bajaur Agency's Loye Mamond area in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan on Sunday.
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Hurricane left a trail of destruction in Florida and Caribean Islands
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], September 13 (ANI): Hurricane Irma has left a trail of destruction as even after a week residents in Caribbean islands find themselves in darkness with no electricity and they are increasingly worried as food and water supplies dwindle; while power outages in Flori
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Bobbi Kristina estate joins Bobby Brown's $2m lawsuit over biopic
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 13 (ANI): It's not just Bobby Brown who's is at odds with the upcoming biopic on his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. Now, her estate has joined forces with him to stop TV One from airing it.
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Trump Cabinet meets at Camp David to discuss federal preparations for Hurr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], September 10 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump's Cabinet met on Saturday at Camp David to discuss their preparations for Hurricane Irma, as the category-three storm is sweeping toward Florida.
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Parliament answerable for banning Tripura CM's speech: Dy. Assembly S
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], August 16 (ANI): With Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar alleging that Doordarshan and the All India Radio refused to broadcast his Independence Day address, state Deputy Assembly Speaker Pabitra Kar questioned the federalism structure of the country.
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Banning Tripura CM's speech on I-Day is outrageous, illegal: CPM
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): Strongly condemning Doordarshan's alleged refusal to air a pre-recorded Independence Day speech of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of cooperative federalism
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Five ISIS suspects arrested in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Aug. 15 (ANI): At least five people were arrested for their alleged connection with the Islamic State (ISIS) from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) by law enforcement personnel in a crackdown on Monday.
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Remote-controlled bomb blast kills three in Pakistan's Bajaur Agency
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bajaur Agency [Pakistan], Aug 11 (ANI): At least three people were killed and 24 others injured after a remote-controlled bomb blast occurred in a truck at roadside in Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Bajaur Agency.
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FICCI welcomes appointment of Rajiv Kumar, new VC of NITI Aayog
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Sunday, while welcoming the new Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Dr. Rajiv Kumar, said the chamber has now become increasingly crucial, owing to the emphasis of the current government on coope
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