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Austrian Vice-Chancellor resigns, Prez calls for early polls
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Vienna [Austria], May 19 (ANI): As a corruption scandal sweeps Austria, the country on Saturday called for early polls in order to "rebuild" people's trust in the government.
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Press freedom at stake in Nepal: Journalists under probe for news about Da
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Kathmandu [Nepal], May 18 (ANI): Three journalists from Nepal's state news agency, Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), are under probe for reporting news about Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
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BJP's Priyanka Sharma released, SC censures WB government over delay
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New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): BJP youth wing member Priyanka Sharma was freed by West Bengal authorities on Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court ordered her immediate release.
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Rajasthan to rejig school syllabus, says Savarkar portrayed strongly for '
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Sikar (Rajasthan) [India], May 13 (ANI): The education department of the Rajasthan government announced that changes will be made to the biography of freedom fighter Veer Savarkar in order to teach students history in the "correct" way.
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10 civilians rescued from Taliban prison in Afghanistan
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Kunduz [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): The Afghan National Army commandos rescued 10 civilians from a Taliban prison in an operation conducted late Friday night in the country's northern province of Kunduz, a military source said on Saturday.
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Huge backlash for Kim for her prison reform movement
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Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): American reality star Kim Kardashian is the target of huge backlash from people involved in the prison reform movement who think she is getting too much credit for her '90-day Freedom Campaign' to free inmates with mild offences.
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900 children freed by anti-Boko Haram militia: UN
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Maiduguri [Nigeria], May 11 (ANI): Almost 900 children have been freed by a pro-government local militia fighting against Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, UNICEF said on Friday.
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Whistleblower Chelsea Manning freed after spending 62 days in jail
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Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): Former US soldier and whistleblower Chelsea Manning was freed from jail on Thursday after spending about two months in judicial custody for refusing to testify about her disclosure of military and diplomatic secrets to WikiLeaks in 2010.
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Rajiv Gandhi's insult is price Rahul paid for insulting Veer Savarkar: Shi
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 9 (ANI): In the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's verbal attack against late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the Shiv Sena on Thursday opined that Gandhi's insult by the Prime Minister is the price Congress president Rahul Gandhi has to pay for "ins
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Congress wants to give full freedom to stone pelters, those who support te
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Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], May 8 (ANI): Accusing Congress of backing the 'tukde, tukde gang', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said by promising to revoke sedition law and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the Congress party wants to give full freedom to stone pelters an
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Asia Bibi arrives in Canada, confirms lawyer
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Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi, who was freed from death row last year, has reached Canada, according to her lawyer Saif Ul Malook.
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Two Reuters scribes freed in Myanmar after over 500 days behind bars
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Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 7 (ANI): Two Reuters journalists, who were convicted and jailed in Myanmar for breaking the Official Secrets Act, were freed on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars.
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