Ex-US Mayor Maureen O’connor ‘Gambled Stolen Millions’
SAN DIEGO (TIP): A former mayor of San Diego hasagreed to repay millions of dollars pilfered from her latehusband's charity…
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Meteor Shower Sows Panic In Central Russia
MOSCOW (TIP) — A meteor shower rained down oncentral Russia, sowing panic as the hurtling spacedebris exploded in the air,…
Read MoreIndia’s Cultural Arm In UK Faces Cash Crunch
LONDON (TIP):India's flagship culturalcentre in London - theNehru Centre, is facing asevere cash crunch.Budgetary allocation tothe centre - the culturalarm…
Read MoreTests Find Horse Drug Has Entered Food Chain In EU
LONDON (TIP): Europol - the Europeancounterpart of Interpol that is in charge oflaw enforcement over all European Unioncountries - has…
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Landmine Kills Four Malian Troops As France Mulls Exit
GAO, MALI (TIP): Four Maliantroops were killed by a landmine interritory reclaimed from Islamistrebels, police said on Feb 8 as…
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Five Dead As 8.0 Quake Off Solomons Sparks Pacific Tsunami
HONIARA (TIP): A major 8.0magnitude earthquake jolted theSolomon Islands on feb 6 with smalltsunami waves buffeting Pacificcoastlines, leaving at least…
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War Crimes: Bangla Jails Islamist For Life
DHAKA (TIP): A top leader of Bangladesh'sfundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami was on Feb 5 sentencedto life by a special tribunal here for…
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Blizzard Threatens Northeastern US, More Than 2,600 Flights Cancelled
BOSTON (TIP): A blizzard ofpotentially historic proportionsthreatened to strike the northeastwith a vengeance on Friday, with up to2 feet (0.6…
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Park’s National Security Chief To Face Tough Test With N. Korea
SEOUL (TIP): Kim Jang-soo, the national securityoffice chief for incoming President Park Geun-hye, isexpected to face tough strategic challenges in…
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s Pvt Villa Is Blast-Proof, Has Runway
LAHORE (TIP): A sprawling highsecurityprivate residence for PakistaniPresident Asif Ali Zardari, complete withbomb-proof structures and a landing stripfor small jets…
Read More70 Held In Crackdown Against Self-Immolation Protests In Tibet
BEIJING (TIP): Stepping up itscrackdown against self-immolation protestsin Tibet, China has detained 70 suspects fora string of suicides in November…
Read MoreJapan Protests Over Russian Jet Incursion
TOKYO (TIP): Japan on Thursdayprotested against what it said was aviolation of its northern airspace bytwo Russian fighter jets engaged…
Read MoreTop Jamaat Leader Jailed For Life In Bangladesh; Riots Follow
DHAKA (TIP): A top leader of Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami was today sentenced to life by a special tribunal here for…
Read MoreJapan Expects Small Tsunami After Solomon Islands Earthquake
TOKYO (TIP): Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA)said on Wednesday it expects a 20 cm (8 inch) tsunami toreach the country at…
Read MoreMore Than 50 People Missing After Ferry Sinks In River In Bangladesh: Officials
DHAKA (TIP): Scores of people are missing after ferry carrying around 100 passengers sank in a river in Bangladesh on…
Read MoreAll Aboard As Millions Race Home For China’s Biggest Holiday
GONGXIAN, CHINA: Pushingthrough scores of passengers in theaisle of a cramped train at BeijingWest station, Chen Guolan couldbarely contain her…
Read MoreAftershocks Stall Aid Efforts In Tsunami-Hit Solomons
HONIARA (TIP): Strong aftershocks hampered effortsto reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon IslandsFriday, as the death toll after an 8.0-magnitude…
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Chinese New Year 2013
Chinese Spring Festival, also called Lunar New Year,has more than 4,000 years of history. Being one ofthe traditional Chinese festivals,…
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Hare Krishna Priest Gets 3-Year Term In Visa Fraud Case
MILWAUKEE (TIP): AnIndian spiritual guru hasbeen found guilty by a federaljury of selling religiousworker visas to Indians forover USD 30,000…
Read More2014 strategy: BJP sticks to politics, dumps Hindutava
NEW DELHI (TIP): Defining the battlelines for 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Sangh Parivar has decided that the BJP will…
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Indian Americans Show Their Class Ten Named Intel Science Contest Finalists
NEW YORK (TIP): Ten IndianAmerican high school students areamong the 40 finalists in the 2013Intel Science Talent Search.Students will compete…
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Suicide Bomber Attacks Market In Pakistan; 21 Killed & 33 Wounded
PESHAWAR (TIP): An explosion in amarket in northwestern Pakistan on Friday,February 1, killed at least 21 people andwounded 33 in…
Read MoreNepal Maoists Lock Up School For Including Indian Syllabus
KATHMANDU (TIP): Teachers backed by the breakaway CPNMaoistfaction in Nepal have forcibly shut down a local schoolallegedly for including Indian…
Read MoreStrike Over War Crimes Trials Hits Bangladesh, 6 Killed
DHAKA (TIP): Violence grippedBangladesh on Thrusday asactivists of the fundamentalistJamaat-e-Islami clashed withpolice, leaving six people,including a constable, dead andseveral others…
Read MoreTwitter Hacked, Data Of 250,000 Users Exposed
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Twitter said Friday thathackers, in the latest online attack, may have gainedaccess to information on a quarter…
Read MoreWant to resolve all issues with India: Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Amidst strain inbilateral ties arising out of ceasefireviolations, Pakistan today said it wantsto resolve all issues with India,including…
Read MoreNarasimha Rao had asked Kalam to be ready for nuclear test
NEW DELHI (TIP): Just two days before announcement of results of the 1996 general election, then prime minister P V…
Read MoreYouth unemployment in South Asia as high as 9.6%
MUMBAI (TIP): A report released by the Inernational Labour Organization onTuesday signalled distress in labour markets around the world. Global…
Read MoreTaliban suicide squad attacks Kabul police HQ
KABUL (TIP): Nato troops joined a fight against a Taliban suicide squad that stormed a Kabul police headquarters at dawn…
Read MoreTelevangelist sentenced to death for Bangladesh war crimes
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh's controversial war crimes court on Monday sentenced a top Islamic televangelist to death by hanging for genocide…
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