Archive for March 24th, 2008
Monday, March 24th, 2008
The government of Afghanistan on Sunday announced to put on sale the only state-owned telephone company "Afghan Telecom".
"Ministry for Communication and IT (MCIT) is seeking an investor to purchase 80 percent of Afghan Telecom and ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
A dozen Taliban insurgents were killed as they came in contact with Afghan police in southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, provincial police chief Juma Gul Humatsaid Monday.
"The clash, during which 12 rebels were killed, took place ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
The former president of the Philippines Corazon Aquino has been hospitalized after doctors confirmed that she had colon cancer, Aquino's family said Monday.
Kris Aquino, the daughter of the former president, said her 74-year-old mot ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
The trio convicted bombers in Indonesia's resort island of Bali are facing imminent execution after their lawyers Monday withdrew the case review that became their last effort to appeal.
"We withdrew the (judicial review) request be ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Top leaders of Nepali ruling Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) Monday reached an agreement to allow all parties to run election campaigns across the country without any interference.
At a high-level meeting, which concluded on Monday, the ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
A bear hunting guide beachcombing near his tiny Alaskan fishing village on the Bering Sea found a plastic bottle among Japanese glass floats protruding from the sand. Inside the plastic bottle was an envelope.
After slicing the bottl ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala held discussions with Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee here on Monday morning.
The meeting, which was held in the run-up to the meeting of top leaders of the ruling seven ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala held discussions with Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee here on Monday morning.
The meeting, which was held in the run-up to the meeting of top leaders of the ruling seven ...
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