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Month: July 2013

Russian opposition leader Navalny released

Russia: A Russian court Friday freed charismatic opposition leader Alexei Navalny from custody less than 24 hours after he was convicted of embezzlement, a surprise

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Briton kidnapped near Nigeria’s Lagos airport

LAGOS, Nigeria: A British national has been kidnapped near Lagos international airport, in Nigeria’s commercial capital, the British Consulate-General reported Friday. Diplomats are working with Nigerian authorities on the kidnapping,

Army Chief on a week-long China visit

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Chief of Army Staff Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana left here today on a week-long visit of China at the invitation of the Chief of the Chinese Liberation Army

UK provides water filtration equipment to Nepal Army

KATHMANDU: British Ambassador to Nepal Mr Andy Sparkes CMG, today, formally presented the Nepal Army’s Directorate of Disaster Reduction and Resilience with essential water filtration equipment worth £22,000 (equivalent to

Poisoned India pupils’ parents rampage

PATNA: Grieving parents have rampaged through a village in eastern India to protest the deaths of 23 pupils who ate a poisoned school lunch and the perceived slow police response

UCPN (Maoist) extended meeting kicks off

KATHMANDU: The extended meeting of the UCPN (Maoist) has started today at Khanna Garment, Balkumari of Lalitpur district from today. Around 500 leaders and cadres including the central office bearers,

Prachanda invites Baidhya for formal talks

KATHMANDU: Coordinator of the High-Level Political Committee Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has urged the CPN-Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidhya ‘Kiran’ to sit for talks to take part in the upcoming CA

Beni–Maldhunga road section blocked

BAGLUNG: The Maldhunga-Beni road section has been blocked by landslides caused by incessant rainfall since this morning.  The road section at Lasti of Nangibang-9 is blocked after landslide fell on

Egypt president promises to fight chaos before pro-Mursi rallies

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s interim President Adli Mansour promised on Thursday to fight those driving the nation towards chaos, hours before the Muslim Brotherhood plans mass protests to demand the

New Pakistan government vows to rescue ailing power sector

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new energy minister promised on Thursday to fix the country’s ailing energy sector in three years, laying out an ambitious plan to tackle crippling power shortages that have