Congress faces uphill task Priyanka set to play greater role
The long-speculated formal induction of Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra in the Congress party leadership may finally happen, most likely after the next round of assembly elections later...
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Sierra Leone, Liberia deploy troops as toll hits 887
Reuters, Monrovia :Hundreds of troops deployed in Sierra Leone and Liberia on Monday to quarantine communities hit by the deadly Ebola virus, as the death...
Japan unveils Russia, Crimea sanctions
AFP :Japan unveiled Tuesday details of financial sanctions against 40 individuals and two groups involved in the annexation of Crimea and destabilisation of eastern Ukraine.The...
Indian nurses trapped in Libya return
A group of more than 40 Indian nurses who were trapped in the fighting engulfing parts of Libya have returned home, officials say.The nurses, who...
Ukrainians flee besieged Donetsk as fighting closes in
AFP, Donetsk :The once-bustling leafy boulevards of central Donetsk are now deserted but one place where there is almost certain to be a crowd is...
No one to bury the dead in Gaza
Al-Jazeera.com :Rafah, Gaza Strip – Umm Mohammed Abu Sada uses her headscarf to block the stench of bodies, some of which have been lying outside...
Gazans return to what is left of their homes
Mail Online :Displaced Gazans have begun returning to their homes from UN shelters after the latest ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect yesterday.The 72-hour...
Russia boosts air power near border
BBC Online :Russia’s defence ministry has announced it is holding military exercises this week involving 100 aircraft in the west of the country near the...
Afghan candidate claims poll fixed after ‘leak’
BBC Online :One of Afghanistan’s presidential candidates has aired a tape that he claims is proof of an agreement to fix the election in favour...
Bomb kills religious leader in NW Pakistan
Reuters, Pakistan :A bomb killed a Pakistani religious leader and two of his guards as they traveled to a celebration at a northwestern shrine on...