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Freed Suu Kyi goes back to work
( 15-Nov-2010 )
Yangon: Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi went back to work Monday at her National League for Democracy (NLD) party after being freed over the weekend from seven years under house arrest.
On Sunday, thousands of supporters massed outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon to hear Suu Kyi' .... |
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Relations with India strategically important: Chinese minister
( 15-Nov-2010 )
Beijing: China attaches great importance to the strategic cooperative partnership with India and the two countries were keen on promoting bilateral ties in the areas of politics, economics, trade, and culture, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has said.
Yang said this during a discussion Sunday .... |
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Indian films in spotlight at Dubai festival
( 15-Nov-2010 )
Dubai: The upcoming edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), to be held Dec 12-19, will see a melange of movies from different and diverse nooks and corners of India.
Drama, comedy, documentaries, features and short films from Mumbai, Kerala, West Bengal and Kashmir, have been .... |
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Millions vote in Myanmar's first election in 20 years
( 07-Nov-2010 )
Yangon: Myanmar's military-ruled population voted Sunday in the first election in more than 20 years, designed to introduce "discipline-flourishing democracy".
An estimated 29 million people were eligible to vote. Election officials said they expected turnout to be at least 60 per cen .... |
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Indonesia volcano toll reaches 98
( 05-Nov-2010 )
Jakarta: At least 54 people were killed and 66 seriously injured Friday by clouds of searing ash and lava from the latest eruptions of Indonesia's Mount Merapi, hospital staff said.
The latest casualties brought to 98 the number of people killed in the volcano's series of eruptions since Oc .... |
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