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Pakistani PM to attend Modi’s inauguration

Ut World May 25, 2014 0

Pakistan has accepted an invitation to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to attend the inauguration of Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, an official said on Saturday. The Pakistani premier’s attendance will be a first in the history of the nuclear-armed rivals, which have fought Continue Reading

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Indian consulate attack in western Afghanistan

Ut World May 23, 2014 0

Four heavily armed insurgents attacked the Indian consulate in western Afghanistan’s main city near the border with Iran on Friday, wounding at least two policemen, officials said. Syed Akbarrudin, a spokesman for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, said on Twitter all personnel were safe and an operation to repel the attackers […]Continue Reading

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Man accused of abducting and holding 15 year old captive

Ut World May 23, 2014 0

A California man accused of abducting a 15-year-old girl and holding her captive for a decade was charged on Thursday with rape and kidnapping, as his lawyer suggested the teenager went with him willingly and was treated “like a queen.” Police say the woman, now 25, told detectives she endured a decade of physical and […]Continue Reading

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UK’s top shares trade flat

Ut World May 22, 2014 0

 Britain’s top shares traded flat on Wednesday, pegged back by supermarket chain Morrisons which was hit by an analyst downgrade, and stocks trading without the attraction of their latest dividend. Morrisons shed 2.3 percent as Deutsche Bank cut its rating on the grocer to “sell” from “hold”, largely on valuation grounds. It had jumped some Continue Reading

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SNCF orders trains too wide for station platforms

Ut World May 22, 2014 0

 France’s national rail company SNCF said on Tuesday it had ordered 2,000 trains for an expanded regional network that are too wide for many station platforms, entailing costly repairs. A spokesman for the RFF national rail operator confirmed the error, first reported by satirical weekly Canard Enchaine in its Wednesday edition. “We discovered the problem […]Continue Reading

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Demand for gold to increase

Ut World May 20, 2014 0

India’s gold demand is likely to pick up in the second half of the year as curbs on bullion imports are expected to be eased by the country’s new government, top officials at the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Tuesday. Struggling with a ballooning trade deficit, India in 2013 imposed a record high duty of […]Continue Reading

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Sonia Gandhi and her son offer to resign

Ut World May 20, 2014 0

Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul on Monday offered to step down as leaders of the Congress party after it suffered its worst ever election defeat, but in a bid to snuff out dissent against the country’s leading political dynasty, party bosses declined. Congress, which has ruled India for most of its 67 years of independence including […]Continue Reading

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The new English language adds new words to the dictionary

Ut World May 20, 2014 0

“Selfie,” “tweep” and “turducken” were among more than 150 new words and definitions added to the 2014 updated Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, the publishing company said on Monday.The additions to the U.S. dictionary reflect the growing influence of technology and social networking, the company said.”So many of Continue Reading

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Floods affect more than a quarter of 4 million

Ut World May 20, 2014 0

Bosnia said on Monday that more than a quarter of its 4 million people had been affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory, comparing the “terrifying” destruction to that of the country’s 1992-95 war.The extent of the devastation became apparent in Serbia too, as waters receded in some of the […]Continue Reading

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Jewellery exports from India shows increase

Ut World May 19, 2014 0

Gold jewellery exports from India rose for a third consecutive month in April as raw material supplies improved after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed more banks to import bullion. Struggling with a ballooning trade deficit, India last year imposed a record duty of 10 percent on overseas purchases of gold, the second-biggest expense […]Continue Reading