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CPEC committee surrenders 20 acres Gwadar land occupied by Pakistan Navy:
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): A cabinet committee on Pakistan's CPEC project has surrendered 20 acres of prime land in the port city of Gwadar in favour of its Navy after they refused to vacate the land citing "security reasons".
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China-backed Colombo port city under scanner over row on visiting charges
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 8 (ANI): China-backed Colombo Port City has again come under the spotlight for wrong reasons after the authorities broke their promise and imposed variable charges on the people visiting the site.
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Pakistan: Gwadar rights leader warns of long march
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 1 (ANI): A top Baloch leader has warned the provincial government in Balochistan that if the deal the government signed with the leaders of the 'Gwadar movement' for ending the protest is not implemented, they would organise a long march against it in Quetta.
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Iran allows China to open consulate office in Bandar Abbas
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], December 30 (ANI): Iran has approved China's proposal to open a consulate general in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas which is the capital of the coastal province of Hormozgan.
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Pakistan releases 42 Afghans from its different jails
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], December 25 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday released 42 Afghans from different jails and handed over them to Afghan officials in Torkham, a port city in eastern Nangarhar province.
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UN calls for ceasefire amid fighting in northern Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations' top relief envoy in Somalia on Friday called for a ceasefire in Bossaso, a commercial port city in northeast Somalia, following three days of intense fighting between rival security forces.
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NATO warship enters Ukraine's port of Odessa: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The Auvergne multipurpose frigate of the French Navy entered waters of the Ukrainian port city of Odessa early Friday and invited the commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Oleksiy Neizhpapa, to be the first to step aboard, the city Dumskaya online news o
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Protests in Pakistan's Gwadar against Belt and Road Initiative project con
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gwadar [Pakistan], December 17 (ANI): Month-long protests in Pakistan's port city of Gwadar have upped the ante against the Belt and Road Initiative project making damaging prospects for Chinese investment.
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Gwadar protesters end sit-in after Pakistan govt accepts 'all demands'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 16 (ANI): Following month-long protests in Gwadar, the residents of port city in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Thursday called off their sit-in after negotiations with the government.
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Gwadar protests represents new chapter in Pakistan: Opposition leader Sheh
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): Pakistan's Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said the ongoing protests in the port city of Gwadar in Balochistan province are a "watershed event" in the struggle for basic rights in the country.
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Death toll after fuel tank blast in Haiti reaches 60
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll following a fuel tank explosion in Haiti's northern port city of Cap-Haitien on Tuesday reached 60 and is expected to increase, the RFM Haiti radio station reported, citing the authorities.
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Fuel tank explosion in Haiti kills around 50 people: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): A fuel tank explosion in Haiti's northern port city of Cap-Haitien has killed approximately 50 people, the Nouvelliste newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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