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Dhaka,
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The law was first enacted in 2009 after the December 2008 elections while it was amended last year incorporating some provisions.
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Bangladesh,
laws,
terrorism (crime)
Athens,
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Greek public broadcaster ERT streamed its programmes online on Wednesday following the government’s decision to shut it down to save money.
ERT’s act of defiance was accompa...
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Greece,
job layoffs,
strike
Washington,
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The former CIA employee responsible for leaking details of classified U.S. surveillance programmes checked out on Tuesday from a Hong Kong hotel as U.S. authorities weighed criminal prosecution st...
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data protection,
espionage and intelligence,
USA
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WASHINGTON,
June 12, 2013
Lawmakers voiced their confusion and concern, and some called for the end of sweeping surveillance programs by US spy agencies after receiving an unusual briefing on the government’s years-long co...
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TOKYO,
June 12, 2013
Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died on Wednesday of natural causes.
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BEIJING,
June 12, 2013
An explosion caused by an apparent gas leak brought down a three-story building in eastern China, killing at least 11 people, state media said on Wednesday. The explosion occurred in an emp...
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June 12, 2013
In the run-up to the 2014 election and after, the state of the country gives India many opportunities to use its political, military and economic tools for long-term engagement
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Johannesburg,
June 12, 2013
Nelson Mandela, battling a recurrent lung infection, spent a fourth day in intensive care and continued to be in a "serious but stable" condition.
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LONDON,
June 11, 2013
The claim was made by the Israeli liberal newspaper “Haaretz” citing a report of the British Government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which oversees security exports.
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ADDIS ABABA,
June 11, 2013
Uncertainty over the production and export of oil from India’s state-owned ONGC Videsh’s (OVL) oil field in South Sudan continued after Sudanese President Omar al Bashir accused South Sudan of sup...
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Karachi,
June 11, 2013
The Pakistan and the West Indies Cricket Boards have reached an agreement to play a T20 international series in the United States in July this year.According to PCB sources, the two boards h...
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Singapore,
June 11, 2013
Singapore is telling doctors to be more vigilant against dengue fever as the mosquito-borne disease surges this year.The Southeast Asian city-state has had more than 9,000 cases and two dea...
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Dubai,
June 11, 2013
Iran’s high-stakes presidential race is picking up steam after former reformist President Mohammad Khatami endorsed the candidacy of presidential hopeful Hassan Rohani, a few hours after the ranks...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
June 12, 2013
Cuba has been successfully using biological measures to control mosquitoes and has managed to reduce its dengue burden substantially, according to Alfredo Estrada, a representative of Labiofam Biop...
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ISTANBUL,
June 12, 2013
Turkey’s Prime Minister is scheduled to meet with a group of activists protesting over re-development of Taksim park that has sparked the country’s biggest anti-government protests in decades.
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BERLIN,
June 12, 2013
The employee was transferring €64.20 when he dozed off with his finger on the keyboard, resulting in a transfer of €222,222,222.22.
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June 12, 2013
The continuing public protests in Turkey, which started in Istanbul’s Gezi Park but spread to several other cities, and the violence of the police crackdown, with three people killed and about 500...
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KATHMANDU,
June 12, 2013
For two days in a row, employees’ unions at the government-owned Nepal Electricity Authority cut off power supply to the Ministers’ quarters, protesting a controversial government decision to exte...
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Washington,
June 11, 2013
Amid calls by officials to bring him to the book
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MOSCOW,
June 11, 2013
Russia is willing to consider granting asylum to American whistleblower
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BEIJING,
June 11, 2013
China on Tuesday launched its fifth manned space mission with three astronauts, including its second female astronaut, to carry out experiments in space over 15 days. The Shenzhou-10 spa...
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DAMASCUS,
June 11, 2013
Two explosions hit a central Damascus square on Tuesday, killing two people, activists and the state media reported. State TV said the blasts were caused by suicide bombers, while activists said t...
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Yangon,
June 11, 2013
Clashes between overseas Myanmar Buddhist and Rohingya communities resulted in up to six deaths last week and hundreds of arrests, according to sources in Malaysia.
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