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Saudi, Syrian leaders head to Lebanon amid tension

BEIRUT, July 30 - The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia were heading to Beirut on Friday to help defuse a simmering crisis over expected indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Many fear that new clashes between Lebanon’s Shiite and Sunni communities could b...

Death toll reaches 400 in Pakistan floods

ISLAMABAD, July 30 - The death toll in Pakistan’s floods rose to 397 on Friday after three days of flooding and heavy rains, with over 100 injured, officials and media reports said. Rescue workers searched for dozens of missing people as flash floods triggered by monsoon rains washed away bridges, inund...

No immunity in U.K. lawmaker expense scandal cases

LONDON, July 30- Four legislators charged over Britain’s lawmakers’ expense claim scandal aren’t immune from prosecution under parliamentary privilege laws, the country’s Court of Appeal ruled on Friday. Three ex—Labour Party legislators in the House of Commons, and a Conservative Party member of the H...

Bangladesh garment workers reject new wage rates

DHAKA, July 30- Thousands of garment workers unhappy over their wages rampaged through central Dhaka on Friday, clashing with the police who used tear gas and batons to clear the streets. The protesters smashed vehicles and blocked traffic in Dhaka’s central Mahakhali district, the site of dozens of ga...

2 youths killed in police firing in Sopore

SRINAGAR/SOPORE, July 30- The Kashmir Valley is on the boil again with the killing of two youths in police firing in Sopore town of noth Kashmir. Several people were also injured in the firing. This is the second incident of violence in Kashmir. Earlier in the day, security forces opened fire on stone-...

Obama to address joint session of Parliament

NEW DELHI, July 30- U.S. President Barack Obama, who will undertake his first state visit to India in November, is expected to address a joint session of Parliament. Mr. Obama is expected to address the joint session on November 9, government sources said here on Friday. In view of this plan, the Winter...

TRS poised for clean sweep

HYDERABAD, July 30- Riding high on the pro-Telangana sentiment, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is poised to win 11 Assembly seats and its ally, the BJP, one seat in the by-elections which were held on July 26. Counting of votes that began at 8 a.m. on Friday in all the 12 constituencies has been c...

RJD stripped of national party status

NEW DELHI, July 30- Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has been derecognised as a national party by the Election Commission, a decision that comes ahead of the Assembly polls in Bihar. Five other parties also lost their recognition as a State party. Election Commission sources said on Friday that ...

BJP gives fresh notice for discussion on price rise

NEW DELHI, July 30 - Unrelenting on the issue of price rise, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday gave fresh notices for discussing it in both Houses of Parliament on Monday under rules that entail voting. “We have given a notice in Lok Sabha under Rule 184 and in Rajya Sabha under Rule 168,” Deputy lea...

Saina: Khel Ratna is truly a special one

HYDERABAD, July 30 - Saina Nehwal says the announcement that Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award will be conferred on her means “greater responsibility and also a huge motivation ahead of the World championship in Paris next month”. It may be mentioned here that on Friday Saina Nehwal was named to receive thi...

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