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| 661. |
Maldives leader claims victory in poll
MIL/IOL/Agencies Aug 19, 2007 Author:
August 19, 2007 - Male - Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom claimed victory on Sunday in a poll to decide which democratic model the island chain will adopt, in a vote seen as an acid test for Asia's longest serving ruler.
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| 662. |
Passengers tell of coming close to death
MIL/Agencies Aug 19, 2007 Author:
Istanbul, August 19, 2007 - The passengers of a Turkish plane hijacked on Saturday said they felt they came close to death after two men claiming to be members of Al Qaeda commandeered their aircraft with threats of a bomb.
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| 663. |
Suspected al-Qaeda members hijack Turkish plane
MIL/Agencies Aug 18, 2007 Author:
August 18, 2007 - Two hijackers said to be al-Qaeda members forced a Turkish passenger plane to land in the southern Turkish city of Antalya early today.
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| 664. |
Nuke deal with India will not be reworked: USA
MIL/Agencies/TOI Aug 18, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, August 18, 2007 - A top US official said a controversial nuclear pact with New Delhi could not be renegotiated amid demands from Indian critics for a reworking the deal.
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| 665. |
Three arrested for Delhi land scam
MIL/Agencies Aug 18, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, August 18, 2007 - The CBI today arrested three persons, including two senior DDA officials, and registered another case against nine people, including alleged kingpin Ashok Malotra and MCD officials, in its probe into the fraudulent allotment of land in the capital.
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| 666. |
 | PM would have been shot in China for lying - Fernandes
MIL/Agencies Aug 17, 2007 Author:
New Delhi : August 17, 2007 - Former Defence Minister George Fernandes said that if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were China's head of the government he would have been shot for "bluffing" to the nation over a controversial nuclear deal with the United States.
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| 667. |
Punjab Police interrogates Dera chief
MIL/Agencies Aug 17, 2007 Author:
Chandigarh: August 17, 2007 – The Punjab Police interrogated Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for two hours in connection with a case filed against him for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of the Sikh community.
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| 668. |
Kalam launches Lead India 2020
MIL/Agencies/Hindu Aug 16, 2007 Author:
Sangareddy (AP), August, 16 - Former President A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday launched the 'Lead India 2020', the national movement for youth to lead the nation as world leader by 2020.
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| 669. |
Strong earthquake near Peru's capital; at least 15 killed
MIL/Agencies Aug 16, 2007 Author:
Lima, August 16, 2007 - A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital on Wednesday, toppling buildings, setting off landslides and killing at least 15 people when a church collapsed in a southern city.
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| 670. |
Indians need to work hard: Manmohan
MIL/Agencies/HT Aug 16, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, August 16, 2007 - India is moving in the right direction but Indians need to work harder for at least a decade to eradicate poverty and provide education and healthcare to the millions on the other side of the divide, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the nation’s 60th Independence Day.
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| 671. |
UPA stood alone in Parliament
MIL/Agencies/DNA Aug 14, 2007 Author:
New Delhi: August 14, 2007 – The UPA stood alone in Parliament today to support Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision on the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement. The PM’s eight-page statement was a mix of emotion and hard facts, which he placed before the house and asked to read and left.
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| 672. |
Andhra Govt decides to take action against Taslima attackers
MIL/Agencies/Sahara Aug 14, 2007 Author:
Hyderabad: August 14, 2007 – There was a great rumor that the Andhra Govt. is going to adopt soft corner for Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leaders in the Taslima Nasreen attack case, which is clarified that the govt. is taking necessary action against them.
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| 673. |
Indo-US Nuclear Deal is final, no change - Indian Prime Minister
MIL/HT/Agencies Aug 11, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, August 11, 2007 - The Left party wants Indo-US nuclear deal scrapped or modified as per their conditions, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that though he has all regards for their feelings, he wants to make it clear that the deal cannot be changed at any cost.
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| 674. |
Ansari to be sworn-in as Vice President
MIL/Zeenews/Agencies Aug 11, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, August 11, 2007 - Noted diplomat and academician Hamid Ansari, 70 years old, is to be sworn-as the 13th Vice President of the country today at the Rashtrapati Bhavan while he will assume office as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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| 675. |
Militants claim responsibility for army depot fire in Jammu & Kashmir
MIL/Agencies Aug 11, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, Aug. 11, 2007 – A major fire broke out in an Army Ordnance Depot in Jammu and Kashmir today, which the authorities claimed it to be accidental but the Militants took the responsibility of causing it.
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| 676. |
Political Outfit attacks Taslima Nasreen in Hyderabad
MIL/Timesnow Aug 9, 2007 Author:
Hyderabad, August 9, 2007 – A political outfit namely Majlis Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (MIM) attacked famous Bangladesh Author Taslima Nasreen in the area of Hyderabad Press Club while she was releasing a Telegu version of her book. She was jeered and gheraod by the MIM activists and threw chairs at the author and the audience.
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| 677. |
 | President Musharraf a generous leader: No emergency in Pakistan
MIL/Agencies Aug 9, 2007 Author:
Islamabad, August 09, 2007 - There are strong rumors that Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is considering to impose emergency in Pakistan because of widespread reports but this report looks to have no substance in it, since Musharraf is a generous leader and would not act in any manner that may either make him unpopular or hurt the masses directly or indirectly.
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| 678. |
Dawood’s road to perdition?
MIL/Agencies Aug 9, 2007 Author: Vaibhav Arora
August 09, 2007 - As the news of Dawood Ibrahim’s detention by the ISI flashed across news channels a couple of days ago, every Indian had just one question on his mind—would the most wanted man on the list of Indian intelligence agencies be put in front of the law? Ibrahim, wanted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, had been escaping from the clutches of law for years.
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| 679. |
Dawood Ibrahim in ISI Custody?
MIL/Agencies Aug 7, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, August 07, 2007 - Indian intelligence agencies on Tuesday categorically rejected newspaper reports about the detention of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and some of his henchmen by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence in Karachi.
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| 680. |
Ashok Malhotra surrenders, taken into CBI custody
MIL/Zeenews/Agencies Aug 6, 2007 Author:
Noida, August 06, 2007 - The alleged mastermind of the multi-crore land scam in the capital, Ashok Malhotra, was today arrested by CBI after he surfaced at the Zee News studio, Noida.
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