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But he said the government, having implemented its anti-corruption reforms, should be able to cushion the domestic economy from external problems by injecting more money into infrastructure projects as well as social services.
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A competitor runs bare foot during the Tough Guy event in Perton, central England, Jan 29, 2012. The annual event to raise cash for charity challenges thousands of international competitors in a cross country run followed by an assault course consisting
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PHILADELPHIA (REUTERS) - Singer Nancy Sinatra may have had boots made for walking, but she never attended Pottstown Middle School. Starting on Monday, a suburban Philadelphia school district is banning the wearing of sheepskin boots, including the
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BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh government will earmark 68 acres of land for establishment of International Buddhist University. This was announced by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at the International Baudha Mela programme at Buddhabhumi Matriya
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Written by Bernama Larger Smaller Reset LONDON (Jan 30): Former International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz reminded some 500 Malaysian students from Britain's top universities not to be filled with "professional intellectual
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London, Jan 30 (ANI): Azim Premji, chairman of one of India's largest IT services firms, Wipro, has offered to train British students in IT, engineering and software development in Bangalore. Premji would take third-year students from British
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Benghazi - Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) has announced a new electoral law abandoning the provision of reserving 10 percent of the seats for women in the constitutional assembly, and lowers the age limit for candidates to 21 years, a
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Residents Claire Rowley and partner Christopher Alexander in their new kitchen with Stevenage deputy mayor John Lloyd. Doors open on £3.2m social housing site 12:14 PM Families have been given the keys to 24 new homes on a £3.2m Stevenage social
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Wealthy immigrants and "world class" artists, musicians and intellectuals are to be given preference under plans designed to attract "the brightest and best" to Britain while keeping out those likely to be a burden on the state. Immigration Minister
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LAHORE: A workshop on 'Human Opportunity and Decentralisation of Social Services in Pakistan' was held at a local hotel on Sunday. The workshop was organised by the Beaconhouse National University's (BNU) Institute of Public Policy (IPP) and ...
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I am also proud of the prime minister's speech on "Women as the way forward" at the WEF annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. She said that as a woman, she was proud to be Thai as she had a chance to receive an education, run a company and become the
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AM IST Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sushma Swaraj, said availing loan in India is not easy for the poor people.While addressing a function organised by the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an economic wing of Hindu Radical Outfit, Rashtriya
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AM IST Defending the decision to provide minority (Muslim) reservation, Law Minister, Salman Khurshid on Sunday said that the Central Government had powers to grant quota to backwards castes of minority communities within the Hindu backward caste
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NEW DELHI: Prominent womens rights activists have slammed the Law Commissions recommendation to the Centre to tone down the tough provisions of the law dealing with dowry offences, saying the dilution would lead to an increase in domestic violence.
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‘Central Government schemes not for the poor’, says Sushma Swaraj New Delhi, Jan 29 (ANI): Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sushma Swaraj, said availing loan in India is not easy for the poor people. While addressing a function
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VARANASI: The fourth day of the 55th All India Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AICOG) 2012 jointly organised by Varanasi and Azamgarh Societies under the ageis of Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecologist Societies of India (FOGSI) was dedicated
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Non-governmental organisations, particularly foreigners, are contemplating winding up their projects in far-off areas of the country or at least stop sending their foreign workers there due to increasing incidents of kidnapping, it has
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Unicef has launched appeal for $1.28 billion to assist displaced people including children in the wake of 2010-2011 floods in Pakistan. Out of the total amount sought by the humanitarian assistance body, $88.4 million are urgently
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By Indo Asian News Service | IANS India Private Limited – 42 minutes ago Top World Stories AP - 18 hours ago AP - 4 hours ago AP - 21 hours ago Toronto, Jan 29 (IANS) It is quite possible that depression in adulthood could spring from a parent's level
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Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) Facing flak from ally Congress and the Left on issues like farmers? suicides, poor health services and campus violence, West Bengal?s Mamata Banerjee government now has another front to cope with - Governor M.K.
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After a newspaper campaign, actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar will be the likely face of Delhi Police for an audio-visual advertisement to educate people about crime against women. 38-year-old Akhtar, who directed the recently released Bollywood movie 'Don
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PESHAWAR, Jan 28: The British government has approved the Rs30 billion (203 million pounds to be exact) support for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elementary and secondary education department for the next five years. A memorandum of understanding in this
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PESHAWAR, Jan 28: The British government has approved a Rs30 billion (203 million pounds to be exact) support for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elementary and secondary education department for the next five years. A memorandum of understanding in this respect
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A million-dollar lawsuit has been filed against L&T Infotech, a subsidiary of engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen and Toubro, for allegedly discriminating against women employees. The $20 million class action lawsuit was filed against L&T
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New Delhi: After a newspaper campaign, actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar will be the likely face of Delhi Police for an audio-visual advertisement to educate people about crime against women. 38-year-old Akhtar, who directed the recently released Bollywood