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India, Britain to discuss various issues ahead of Afghan conference

by ANI January 27, 2010 Europe

London, Jan.27 (ANI): Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, who is currently in London to attend a one-day conference on Afghanistan, has said he is looking forward to the summit and is keen to cement New Delhi’s relationship with the rest of the international community.
Interacting with reporters here before the meeting, Krishna and British [...]

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Guantanamo detainee freed after 4 years in prison

by AP February 23, 2009 Europe

LONDON (AP) — The first Guantanamo detainee released since President Barack Obama took office returned to Britain on Monday, saying his seven years of captivity and torture at an alleged CIA covert site in Morocco went beyond his “darkest nightmares.”
Binyam Mohamed’s allegations – including repeated beatings and having his genitals sliced by a scalpel – [...]

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4 children killed during high winds in Spain

by Santosh Mishra January 24, 2009 Europe

MADRID: Four children were killed near Barcelona when the roof of a sports center collapsed in high winds.

Catalonian regional government said in a statement that several others were injured in the incident.
According to the Web site of La Vanguardia, a Barcelona-based newspaper, Jaume Bosch, mayor of Sant Boi, said the children were 9 to 12 [...]

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Three die in Belgian child care center attack

by Santosh Mishra January 23, 2009 Europe

DENDERMONDE: A man fatally stabbed two infants and a woman at a child care center in western Belgium on Friday and cycled away.

Hospital authorities said that, 11 other children and two other women workers were wounded and being treated at local hospitals. Three of the children were in a critical condition.
The assailant arrived at [...]

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Death rises to 27 in Ukraine apartment blast

by Santosh Mishra December 26, 2008 Europe

SIMFEROPOL: In the Ukraine apartment blast case the death toll rose to 27 on Friday. A five-storey apartment block in southern Ukraine was ripped apart in the blast. President Viktor Yushchenko has declared Friday a national day of mourning.

Meanwhile, narrating the incident, a local ministry official said the chances of finding survivors or bodies were [...]

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9 killed and 40 missing in Ukraine blast

by Santosh Mishra December 25, 2008 Europe

At least nine people were killed and 40 people are still missing after an explosion destroyed part of an apartment building in southern Ukraine.

According to the officials, an explosion ripped through an apartment building in southern Ukraine overnight, killing nine people, including a child.
Ukraine’s Emergency Ministry said in a statement on its Web site that [...]

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Tense calm grips Athens

by Santosh Mishra December 15, 2008 Europe

A tense calm has gripped the Greek capital, Athens. Meanwhile, students are planning a protest on Monday outside the police headquarters.

Calm has returned to city, after eight consecutive days of rioting sparked by the shooting dead by police of a 15-year-old boy.
According to the reports, a poll has suggested most people think the riots are [...]

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14 al-Qaida suspects arrested in Belgium

by Santosh Mishra December 12, 2008 Europe

BRUSSELS: 14 people were detained in suspect of al-Qaida links. One is said to have given instructions to carry out a suicide attack.

The terror sweep came hours before a European Union summit brought together the heads of 27 countries in Brussels, though the site of the purported attack was unclear.
European Union leaders began a two-day [...]

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Renewed violence hurt one in Athens

by Santosh Mishra December 11, 2008 Europe

Earlier there were calm reported in Athens, but in the renewed violence one hurt in the city.

The city is still burning following a teenager’s death in police shooting.
Students pelted least six police stations with rocks in hit-and-run attacks in Athens on Thursday,
Authorities said at least one man was injured and hospitalized, while across the capital [...]

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