Obama awards Medal of Honor to 24 veterans
Los Angels Times, Washington :It took decades, congressional legislation and a review of thousands of war records, but two dozen veterans of World War II,...
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Shashi Tharoor claims ‘vilification’ by polls rivals
BBC Online :Indian minister Shashi Tharoor has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission accusing his political opponents of a “vilification” campaign.Tharoor, who is running...
NSA records all calls in targeted foreign nation
Reuters, Washington :The US National Security Agency has created a surveillance system that is recording all the phone calls in an undisclosed foreign country, allowing...
Suicide bomb kills 15 in Afghanistan
BBC Online :A suicide bomb attack in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 15 people including women and children, officials have told the BBC.Another 27...
Leaders gather at Vienna for talks on Iran’s atomic power
Reuters, Vienna :Iran and six world powers will try to make headway toward resolving their nuclear dispute in talks that started in Vienna on Tuesday,...
China starts land search for missing jet
BBC Online :China says it has started searching its territory for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, while Australia has narrowed its search area in the...
US Navy ship quits search for plane
AP, Washington :The Navy ship that has been helping search for the missing Malaysian airliner is dropping out of the hunt, US military officials said...
China, N Korea slams UN HR reports
CNN :China and North Korea have slammed a UN report that found crimes against humanity committed in the reclusive Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.At the...
Thai emergency to go
BBC Online :Thailand is to lift its state of emergency on Wednesday, as tensions ease following weeks of anti-government protests.Officials say the emergency decree will...
Obama tells Abbas to take risks for peace
BBC Online :US President Barack Obama has told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas he must take “risks” for peace.Obama told reporters at the White House...
Rahul’s dream like filling balloon with holes: Sena
PTI, Mumbai :Launching a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena on Tuesday said the Congress vice president’s dream of victory in the Lok Sabha...