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90 arrested in Sri Lanka ahead of prez polls...
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) At least 90 people have been arrested in Sri Lanka in connection with several crimes relating to the presidential election, which will be held in the island country on Saturday, police said on Friday.
The police have received over 100 complaints
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AWS challenging Microsoft's $10bn Pentagon Cloud contract win...
Washington, Nov 15 (IANS) Retail giant Amazons Cloud arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made it official to protest the US governments decision to award the prestigious $10 billion Pentagon Cloud project to Microsoft — a move that has “deficiencies, errors
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Exceptionally high tides continue to batter Venice...
Venice, Nov 15 (IANS) Exceptionally high tides have continued to batter the Italian city of Venice and by early Friday morning St Mark’s Square was completely flooded and inaccessible.
The City Hall’s High Water Information Centre recorded at 8.15 a.m. a 131
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Israel-Gaza ceasefire strained by rockets, airstrikes...
Jerusalem, Nov 15 (IANS) Israel on Friday launched fresh air strikes on militant targets after renewed rocket-fire from Gaza, putting a day-old ceasefire under strain.
The ceasefire came into effect on Thursday after two days of fighting between Israel and militants of
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HK economy witness first annual decline since 2009...
<img src=’http://iansphoto.in/web/photoimages_new/400/2019/09/16/272fa97f71069416fbcf58af7c6e756a.jpg’ hspace=’10’ align=’left’ width=’171′ height=’100′ data-title=’HONG KONG, Sept. 15, 2019 (Xinhua)
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DNA data reveals extra-marital sex that dates back 500 years...
Brussels, Nov 15 (IANS) There are over-the-counter DNA kits that can reveal your ancestry but in a significant development, researchers have put DNA evidence together to reveal extra-marital sex in Western Europe families that dates back to 500 years.
They found that
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Pak home to darkest manifestations of terrorism: India...
Paris, Nov 15 (IANS) Pakistan is home to “all shades of darkness” and the “darkest manifestations of terrorism”, India said in a sharp response at the Unesco as it slammed Islamabad for its “fabricated falsehoods” over Kashmir.
Taking
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Historic London-Sydney non-stop flight lands after 19 hrs...
Sydney, Nov 15 (IANS) After over 19 hours in the air, a non-stop Qantas flight from London to Sydney touched down here on Friday, as part of a project which is studying ways to combat jet lag for those on-board.
The flight touched-down in Sydney about 12.30 p.m. after a
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Media banned from taking pics of SL leaders while voting...
<img src=’http://iansphoto.in/web/photoimages_new/400/2019/11/14/86968bfa80638647616f3cd651963cf3.jpg’ hspace=’10’ align=’left’ width=’171′ height=’100′ data-title=’COLOMBO, Nov. 13, 2019 (Xinhua)
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Sharif continues to remain critical: Personal physician...
Lahore, Nov 15 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s health has continued to be in critical condition and delays to allow the PML-N supremo to travel abroad for treatment could result in adverse impact on his life, his personal physician said on
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