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Communist Party of China keeps tight control over military
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI): The Communist Party of China pays great attention to its control over military as the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 convinced the party it must keep a hold on the military so its rule would not be challenged.
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Monuments to Soviet soldiers in China remain in good condition - Consul Ge
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Most of the monuments dedicated to the Soviet soldiers who died liberating China from the Japanese occupation during the Second World War are well-preserved, Russian Consul General in Harbin Vladimir Oshchepkov has told Sputnik.
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Are US and Turkey allies on paper only?
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], March 8 (ANI): The United States and Turkey, two countries which for many years used to share the same views on geopolitics and common threats - mainly the Soviet Union and extremism- now view each other with great suspicion and take a different stand on many international
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Hazara killings show Pakistani state failed to eliminate terrorist network
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 14 (ANI): The targeted killings of 11 Hazaras coalminers in Mach on January 3 have brought an unpalatable fact to light: Pakistan is suffering the consequences of a deliberate policy of inciting, financing, training and equipping terrorists and jihadis.
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Amitabh Bachchan remembers son Abhishek's first autograph
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Taking a trip down the memory lane, Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday reminisced about the time when his son signed his first autograph when he was still a kid in the "1900s".
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With worsening Centre-State relations, country could break like Soviet Uni
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 27 (ANI): Shiv Sena launched a scathing attack against the BJP-led Central government stating that the relations between the Centre and States are worsening and cautioned that "it will not take much time for states in our country to break away like the
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Soviet Union exerted pressure on Shastri in Tashkent, made efforts to see
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): The Russians were very keen to try and prise Pakistan away from the United States using the Tashkent talks as a lever and had exerted heavy diplomatic pressure on then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shashtri, says a new book which also notes that the Sovi
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Cambodia reports 2 imported COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Cambodia reported two imported COVID-19 cases, the Ministry of Health (MoH) spokeswoman said in a press statement on Monday.
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Georgian President praises 'peaceful, fair' parliamentary elections
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Sunday described the parliamentary elections in the former Soviet nation as peaceful and fair.
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Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to establish ceasefir
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI): Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to establish a ceasefire in their conflict over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh starting from Sunday midnight (local time), according to the US State Department.
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2,300 Armenian soldiers killed, wounded in clashes, claims Azerbaijani def
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], September 30 (ANI): Over 2,300 Armenian servicemen were killed and wounded in the continuing clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani defence ministry claimed on Wednesday.
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Indian Ambassador meets Russia's Deputy FM, discusses issues pertaining to
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 18 (ANI): India's Ambassador to Russia Bala Venkatesh Verma on Friday met Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko wherein the two discussed issues pertaining to political processes on post-Soviet space.
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