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Must ensure full safety for women in public places: Indian PM
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said June 20 the government will make all amendments in the law needed to ensure more safety for women and added that women should be encouraged to come out in public places. |
Mali fighting: Refugee count could rise to 700,000
Predicting a worsening of West Africa's refugee situation, a UN agency says up to 700,000 people are expected to be uprooted by the ongoing turmoil in Mali.
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34 hostages, 15 kidnappers killed in Algeria raid
Algerian army helicopters Jan 17 fired at a petroleum facility where over 40 Western hostages were being held, leaving at least 34 hostages and 15 kidnappers dead, media reports said.
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French troops deployed as Mali slips into chaosBy Aman Sethi/The Hindu
On Thursday, January 10, a public bus operated by the Sonef transport company arrived on the outskirts of Konna, a small town 700 km north of Bamako, the capital of Mali. |
'Indian economy to grow by 5.5-6 percent this fiscal"
The Indian economy would grow at 5.5 percent to six percent this fiscal till March 31 and would rise by around one percent next year, the prime minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C. Rangarajan said January 9 in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.
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Indian economy to grow at 6.7 percent in 2013-14: CRISIL
India's economic growth is expected to accelerate to 6.7 percent in 2013-14 from the projected rate of 5.5 percent in the current financial year on a revival in consumption, CRISIL said in a report January 9. |
Liberia has a blackboard newspaper!
In a novel approach to disseminate news, a Liberian newspaper is being produced on blackboards instead of publishing the news items in the traditional way. |
Villagers to gift soil to Mauritius president
Upbeat residents of Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag's ancestral village in Bihar have decided to gift him a little soil and a bushel of freshly harvested paddy when he visits them Jan 6.
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