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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 Continue Reading

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Modi’s victory

Ut World May 17, 2014 0

A hero’s welcome awaited Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday after the Hindu nationalist leader thundered to victory in India’s general election, trouncing the ruling Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in a seismic political shift that gives his party a mandate for sweeping economic reform.A brass band struck up early in the morning at the capital’s airport […]Continue Reading

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Markets see BJP as being more investment friendly

Ut World May 10, 2014 0

Indian markets are so confident the opposition party led by Narendra Modi will win the country’s elections that brokers fear anything short of a decisive victory could spark the worst sell-off in years. Shares hit a record high on Friday as opinion polls pointed to a sweeping win for the Bharatiya Janata Party, seen as […]Continue Reading

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Third term as Iraqi PM

Ut World April 29, 2014 0

A casual wave to fellow diners in a Baghdad restaurant in 2008 sealed Nouri al-Maliki’s reputation as the man who restored a degree of normality to a city that civil war had nearly destroyed.Now he has gone out again among the people, strolling around the city to prove he is still attuned to their problems […]Continue Reading

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Islamist Leader Sentenced to Jail by Egyptian Court

Ut World April 13, 2014 0

An Egyptian court sentenced a hardline Islamist former presidential hopeful to one year in prison on Saturday for insulting the court, state news agency MENA reported. Salafist preacher Hazem Salah Abu Ismail is on trial for fraud in a case related to presidential elections in 2012 which brought the now ousted President Mohamed Mursi of […]Continue Reading

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A Forecast on the Indian Economy

Ut World April 1, 2014 0

Developing Asia is poised to sustain its current growth momentum and is well positioned to manage risks coming from a slightly slower Chinese economy and possible uneven demand from major industrialized nations, the Asian Development Bank said. India is forecast to accelerate to 5.5 percent this year, much faster than the 4.7 percent forecast in […]Continue Reading

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A Taste of Humble Pie For France’s Minister

Ut World March 31, 2014 0

France’s trade minister had to eat humble pie on Friday after she was caught on film saying that food served at a state dinner for China’s President Xi Jinping was “disgusting”. President Francois Hollande and Xi were all smiles at the dinner Wednesday at the Elysee presidential palace. But Foreign Trade Minister Nicole Bricq was […]Continue Reading

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529 Brotherhood Members Sentenced to Death

Ut World March 25, 2014 0

An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death for murder and other offenses on Monday in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement that is likely to fuel instability. Family members stood outside the courthouse screaming after the verdict, which defense lawyers called the biggest mass death sentence […]Continue Reading

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Turkey’d Reaction to Ban on Twitter

Ut World March 22, 2014 0

Turkey’s ban on Twitter ahead of bitterly contested elections brought a furious reaction at home and abroad on Friday, with users of the social networking service denouncing the move as a “digital coup” and the president expressing his disapproval. A court blocked access to Twitter after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s defiant vow, on the campaign Continue Reading

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Meeting between Iran and World Power’s End’s without Solution

Ut World March 20, 2014 0

In a meeting between Iran and the world powers over the future of a planned Iranian nuclear reactor that could yield plutonium for bombs, no solutions were reached. The United States warned that much effort will be needed to put in to overcome the differences when both sides reconvene in April. The  which meeting which […]Continue Reading