Hollywood's Warner Bros is suing an Indian production company whose new film is called "Hari Puttar". " The studio had started proceedings against the makers of "Hari Puttar" over similarities to the...
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Cracked have surfaced in the ruling Pakistani establishment after Asif Zardari, widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has thrown his hat into Presidential race. Asif Zardari has been a controversial figure during his wife's tenure as Pakistani Prime minister. With...
"The bulwark against tyranny is dissent. Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the two...
Many months after elections results in Nepal, Political crisis is still continuing and no solution seems to be visible in sight. Although Nepal has been able to elect its first President and Vice President after...
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In a calculated political move, Nepal's Constituent Assembly decided "to end months of political deadlock by electing a prime minister this week who will then form a new national government". Electing both the...
" Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili proposed Saturday to declare a cease fire in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Saakashvili, speaking at a news conference Saturday, also proposed that the warring parties be separated. Georgia's Security...
Even as President Musharraf makes last attempts to keep him in power by reinstating the sacked Judges, two main ruling parties have agreed to bring impeachment against him. Although he is flying out to Beijing...
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The IAEA and the UN have sent a top nuclear official to Iran for talks with Tehran. As a result of a failure to respond to an offer made by the world powers, Iran is now facing a round of new sanctions."A top U.N....
In a first major political & diplomatic move newly elected Nepalese President has refused to go to China to attend the inaugural functions of Olympic games. Newly elected President doesn't want to send any signal...
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UPDATES: Despite counting with the support of the Maoist in Congress, Ramraja Prasad Singh did not gather 298 majority vote. While Prasad Singh only got 282 votes of the 594-members Constituent Assembly, his political rival Ram Baran Yadav was only four votes...
34 political parties? could you imagine? "Thirty-four parties are eligible to take part in the campaign for the legislative elections on April 9, 2009, to vie for places in Indonesia's 682-member parliament....
As the left side of the UPA left the government alliance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attempt a trust vote. This move is aimed at proving support for the Congress government. It also attempts to speed up a controversial civil nuclear pact with US...
Feel Tricolore as Bastille Day approaches. If you look forward to an afternoon of Pastis and Petanque, Bar Tabac in Brooklyn, New York holds its annual Petanque Tournament. Merguez, frites and Ricard are on the menu as well as music by the Baby Blue Orchids and the Francois...
34 political parties?Ugh! Led the people astray."Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The General Election Commission (KPU) announced that 34 political parties comprising 18 newly established parties and 16 old parties passed the factual verification process enabling them to join the 2009...
After months of political disputes among its members, the governing coalition dissolves. New elections are expected- if approved - by September. , " Governing Coalition in Austria Collapses; Early Election Expected function getSharePasskey() { return...