US businessman convicted in China economic espionage case
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): A California businessman was convicted on Wednesday of stealing DuPont trade secrets to help a stateowned Chinese…
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2014 ACADEMY AWARDS WINNERS
BEST PICTURE WINNER: 12 Years a Slave Nominees: American Hustle; Captain Phillips; Dallas Buyers Club; Gravity; Her; Nebraska; Philomena; The…
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Wife of Indian ‘illegally confined’ in Iran to seek Sonia Gandhi’s help
VADODARA (TIP): The wife of one of the two Indians who were allegedly confined in a guest house in Iran's…
Read MoreIndian doctor, convicted of sexually assaulting teen, loses latest bid to stay in Australia
MELBOURNE (TIP): An Indian doctor, convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage patient while working at an Australian hospital, has lost…
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Historic day as European Union legalizes selling sex but criminalizes buying it
LONDON (TIP): In a landmark vote, the European parliament has voted in favor of a resolution to criminalize the purchase…
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A first for Nato: 5 female defense ministers
BRUSSELS (TIP): Nato has registered a first in its long history, with five women among the defense ministers who turned…
Read MoreNumber of men facing domestic violence in UK rising
LONDON: A large number of men in Britain are now becoming victims of domestic violence. Each year, at least 1.2…
Read MoreChinese man is first to sue govt over smog
BEIJING (TIP): A man in a smog- ridden northern city has become the first person in China to sue the…
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Thai prime minister faces graft charges as standoff slips out of control
BANGKOK (TIP): Thailand's anticorruption agency is to bring charges of negligence against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday as antigovernment…
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Kerry likens Uganda anti-gay law to Nazism, apartheid
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry on February 26 compared tough new anti—gay laws enacted in Uganda to…
Read MoreJordan warns of review of peace deal with Israel
AMMAN: Jordan warned on Wednesday that it might review a 1994 peace treaty with Israel after Israeli MPs began a…
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Pak to beat India to associate membership to Cern
LONDON (TIP): Pakistan is all set to beat India in becoming an associate member at Cern ( European Organization for…
Read MoreHindus struggle to protect temples in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The minority Hindu community in Pakistan is struggling to protect its temples and the land around them from…
Read More80 bodies found in mass grave in former LTTE stronghold
COLOMBO (TIP): Eighty skeletal remains have been dug out of a mass grave in a former LTTE stronghold in Sri…
Read MoreBangladesh protests against ‘distortions’ in movie ‘Gunday’
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh protested on Sunday to India about the "distortion" of historical facts regarding the 1971 Liberation War in…
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Arizona governor Jan Brewer vetoes religious freedom bill
PHOENIX (TIP): Governor Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed a Republican bill that set off a national debate over gay rights,…
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US JUDGE STRIKES DOWN TEXAS GAY MARRIAGE BAN
AUSTIN, TEXAS (TIP): A federal judge declared a same-sex marriage ban in deeply conservative Texas unconstitutional on February 26, but…
Read More22 Indians charged in Singapore for false salary information
SINGAPORE (TIP): Singapore has charged 22 Indians, including a woman, with providing false salary information to obtain their work permits,…
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IRS Warns on Scams
Each year, the Internal Revenue Service issues a list of "Dirty Dozen" tax scams that can affect taxpayers. This year,…
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India warned against exploring oil in disputed South China Sea
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese government think-tank researcher has warned India against participation in oil projects with Vietnam government on the…
Read MoreUS issues warning about shoebombs on airplanes bound for US
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Homeland Security Department has warned airlines that terrorists could try to hide explosives in shoes. It's the…
Read MoreUS visa ban for 20 senior Ukraine officials
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has imposed visa bans on about 20 senior Ukrainian officials accused of backing the deadly…
Read MoreBritain asks India to abolish death penalty
LONDON (TIP): Britain has reiterated it call asking India to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolition…
Read MoreIn UK, fight for control over gurdwaras reaches top court
LONDON (TIP): The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday was due to begin two-day hearing on a petition whether a Punjab-based…
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INDONESIA VOLCANO ERUPTS; 2 KILLED, 100K EVACUATED
KEDIRI (TIP): A major volcanic eruption in Indonesia shrouded a large swath of the country's most heavily populated island in…
Read MoreIran, six big powers seek to agree on basis for final nuclear deal
VIENNA (TIP): Six world powers and Iran appeared to make some progress at a second day of talks in Vienna…
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Musharraf appears before court in treason case
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Ex-Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday appeared before a special court constituted to hear the treason case against…
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Nepal plane crash kills 18 people
KATHMANDU (TIP): All the 18 people on board a missing Nepalese aircraft have been found dead in the remote mountain…
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Obama becomes the unwitting face of fake Viagra in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (TIP)Barack Obama has unwittingly become the face of contraband Viagra, which is currently seeing booming sales in conservative northern…
Read MoreUN seeks foreign probe of Sri Lanka war crimes: Report
COLOMBO (TIP): The United Nations' human rights chief has recommended an international investigation into war crimes committed in Sri Lanka…
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