Archive for April 1st, 2008
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Top leaders of three major Nepali political parties have expressed their commitment Tuesday to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections scheduled for April 10 as a campaign of building a new Nepal through restoring lasting peace and ins ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday attacked a vehicle of paramilitary forces in southwestern Pakistan, killing one soldier and injuring three others.
The soldiers were traveling in their official jeep when they came under fire in Quetta ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang Tuesday urged businessmen from Singapore and Russia to extend cooperation in infrastructure development and the retail sector.
Because some 1 trillion U.S. dollars will be dedica ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Cambodia and Qatar set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of direct flight Tuesday afternoon, a Cambodian senior official said here Tuesday.
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong made the remarks after Sheikh Hamad bin Ja ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday said the military is not rushing to punish officials as a probe into a tainted chopper deal involving 1.2 billion pesos (29 million U.S. dollars) will take time to finish.
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Afghan police in an engagement with Taliban militants in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province eliminated three insurgents and captured another, provincial police chief Mohammad Hussain Andiwal said Tuesday.
The clash took place M ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
On the eve of a key NATO's summit on its expansion, U.S. President George W. Bush started his visit to Ukraine on Monday, in an attempt to push NATO to grant the ex-soviet country potential membership.
Analysts said, however, Washin ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej canceled all his appointments on Tuesday after being admitted to a hospital for having fever and diarrhea, according to government spokesman Wichienchote Sukchotrat.
Samak was given saline ...
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