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US spent almost $ 6 trillion on wars since 9/11
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Rhode Island (USA), Nov 18 (ANI/Sputnik): In the wake of September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York, the United States has spent over US $ 5.9 trillion on wars abroad that have resulted in the deaths of an estimated 500,000 people.
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PM Modi to attend Ibrahim Solih's swearing-in at Maldives today
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend Maldives' President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's swearing-in ceremony today in the island-nation.
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25th edition of India-Singapore maritime exercises kicks off in Port Blair
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): The 25th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) kicked off on Saturday with gusto as frontline ships of the Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy and those of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) made the
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Sirisena dissolves Sri Lankan Parliament, UNP cries foul
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 9 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament on Friday night after days of political unrest in the Asian island-nation according to Sri Lanka's national broadcaster.
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6.8 magnitude earthquake jolts Norwegian Island of Jan Mayen
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jan Mayen [Norway], Nov 09 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale struck Norway's Jay Mayen Islands in the wee hours of Friday morning.
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Sri Lankan Parliament to reconvene on Nov 14: Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has announced that the country's Parliament will be reconvened on November 14, amid rising demands by legislators of the state to end the mounting political crisis in the island nation.
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'Statue of Unity' will remind youth of Sardar Patel: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Sadhu Bet Island (Gujarat) [India], Oct 31 (ANI): After inaugurating the 182-metre tall 'Statue of Unity' on the fourth Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, to observe the 143rd birth anniversary of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday said that the statue will remin
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Statue of Unity
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Sadhu-Bet Island (Gujarat) [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 'Statue of Unity' on the occasion his 143rd birth anniversary on Wednesday.
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Massive protest in Sri Lanka over Wickremesinghe's sacking
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 30 (ANI): Hundreds of people on Tuesday took to the streets of Colombo to protest against President Maithripala Sirisena's decision of sacking Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and demanded the reconvening of the parliament to end the constitutional crisis in the i
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5.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Japan
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Oct 29 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale struck Japan's Izu Islands on Monday.
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India stands by Sri Lanka amid constitutional crisis
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 28 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday asserted that India would continue to extend development assistance to the people of Sri Lanka amid an unprecedented constitutional crisis in the island nation.
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Post Rajapaksa's swearing in as PM, Swamy says will visit Colombo soon
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): A day after Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy said he will soon visit the island nation to raise the issue of the Indian fishermen and will also suggest a solution for resolvi
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