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RESUMPTION OF DEATH PENALTY IN IRAQ SPARKS UN CONCERN

Special Correspondent - 2009-12-14 18:22
New York: The resumption of the death penalty in Iraq earlier this year is a source of great concern to the United Nations, according to the world body's latest report covering the human rights situation in the country.
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'WORRISOME' RISE IN OPIUM CULTIVATION IN MYANMAR

Special Correspondent - 2009-12-14 18:16
New York: Opium cultivation in Myanmar has increased for the third year in a row, with the number of hectares rising by 11 per cent - a total of almost 50 per cent since 2006 - although production was down due to a fall in yield per hectare, the United Nations anti-drug agency reported today.
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Italy-India Business Mission-2009

Italy, India agree to boost bilateral trade to $ 10 bn

Four MoUs signed to boost trade and investment
ASHOK B SHARMA - 2009-12-14 13:10
Italy and India are eager to boost their bilateral trade from the current level of $ 8 billion to at least $ 10 billion by 2010.
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India: Punjab

GOVERNMENT-OPPOSITION TENSIONS ESCALATE IN PUNJAB

BHATTAL’S NEW STRATEGY MAY ALTER PUNJAB CONG EQUATIONS
B.K. Chum - 2009-12-14 09:01
Will last week's Punjab Assembly session usher in a phase of heightened political tensions between the ruling Akali-BJP alliance and the Congress and a change in the intra-party relationships in the Congress?
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India: Uttar Pradesh

PARTIES PLAYING POLITICS OVER DIVISION OF UP

RLD BACKS MAYAWATI’S DEMAND: SP OPPOSES IT
Pradeep Kapoor - 2009-12-14 08:57
LUCKNOW: Major political parties are playing politics on the issue of division of Uttar Pradesh following the UPA government's decision to concede the demand for the creation of a separate Telangana state.
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India: Personality

JP in Pursuit of People’s Power for Social Justice

Yatish Mishra - 2009-12-13 16:39
A man who fought his whole life for social re-construction and social justice, establishing Lok Shakti in the political system, corruption free administration, ensuring full participation as well as control of the people in the system of governance, never accepted any position of power, became Statesman and Lok Nayak, led largest ever participated and self ignited movement in the anal of the Indian history is no one but the Jayaprakash Narayan, popularly known as JP.
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Jayaprakash Narayan as a Criminologist

Dr Yatish Mishra - 2009-12-13 16:16
A layman might wonder what Jayaprakash Narayan has to do with Criminology. But the truth is that he was fully devoted to fight against the social injustice perpetrated in our social system. His struggle was not only to neutralize the forces against the poor, hapless and helpless people of the country but also against the forces that generate social deviance and crime in the society.
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Asia Pacific Must Act Now to Tackle the Scourge of Climate Change - ADB

Special Correspondent - 2009-12-13 15:30
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - The countries of Asia and the Pacific have a strong stake in a successful outcome to the current climate change talks in Copenhagen, senior officials of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Sunday.
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Summit on climate change

Police made protesters sit on the ground with their hands behind their backs, 968 arrested

Special Correspondent - 2009-12-13 07:22
Copenhagen: Riot police surrounded the protesters of the summit on climate change and made them sit on the ground with their hands behind their backs before being taken away on buses. Police made 968 arrests, including about 400 members of militant groups from across Europe known as Black Blocs. About 150 were released after questioning.
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