 | Protesting youths tear-gassed in Egypt |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:35:28 AM |
| CAIRO: Police fired teargas in Cairo's central Tahrir Square overnight Wednesday at several hundred mainly Egyptian youths, some of whom threw stones and demanded that trials of former senior .... |
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 | Asia looks to "friend" Lagarde to honor IMF pledges |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:21:00 AM |
SINGAPORE: Asia's fast-rising economies set their sights on securing key IMF appointments under newly named chief Chistine Lagarde on Wednesday, hopeful she would be the one to .... |
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 | Triumph motorbikes to enter India in 2012 |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:04:56 AM |
NEW DEHLI: Iconic British motorcycle maker Triumph said Tuesday it planned to enter India in 2012 to tap growing demand for bikes in the country, which is the fastest growing two-.... |
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 | Floods rampage along the Missouri, Souris rivers |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:28:38 AM |
| OMAHA: Missouri River floodwaters lapped at a nuclear power plant north of Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday and have cracked more defenses downstream after weeks of sustained pressure on levees run.... |
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 | U.S. sees "progress" after Syria activists meet |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 9:58:32 AM |
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Tuesday that Syria's move to allow activists to meet to discuss political change was a positive step but that the government needed to do m.... |
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 | N.Zealand flights cancelled due to volcanic ash |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 7:58:21 AM |
| WELLINGTON: Air travel in New Zealand was disrupted Wednesday when Australian carriers Qantas and Jetstar cancelled a range of South Island flights due to the ash cloud from Chile's Puyehue vo.... |
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 | Greece austerity protests turn violent |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:03:03 AM |
| ATHENS: Police have fired tear gas in running battles with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Tuesday, where a 48-hour general strike is being held against a parliamentary vote on tough auster.... |
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 | France’s Lagarde first woman IMF chief |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 2:24:35 AM |
| WASHINGTON: France’s Christine Lagarde was named Tuesday as the first-ever female chief of the IMF, faced with an immediate crisis as violent Greek protests rocked the stability of the e.... |
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 | Top Kabul hotel under attack: police chief |
| Updated on: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 1:08:30 AM |
| KABUL: One of Kabul's leading hotels which is popular with foreigners and government officials is under attack by gunmen, the head of police criminal investigations in Kabul told AFP Tuesday.<.... |
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