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of articles posted on 13-Nov-2007.
Pakistan Former Prime minister Benazir Bhutto detained ahead of mass protest
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Policeman on Tuesday served a seven-day detention order on Pakistan Former Prime minister Benazir Bhutto, hours before she was to lead a rally from here to the capital Islamabad to oppose the emergency imposed by President Pervez Musharraf.
The detention order was issued by the Home Department of the Punjab government, which had earlier said all political rallies were banned under emergency re
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India pledges USD 8 milion for United Nation development programmes
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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India has pledged more than 8 million US Dollers for the various developmental and humanitarian activities of the United Nations.
United Nation Development programme (UNDP), the world body's nodal agency for developmental activities, gets the biggest slice of the pledge, USD 4.5 million. The World Food Programme responsible for feeding millions across the world, is pledged USD 1.92 million
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ASEAN to issue declaration on greening region by 2020
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Leaders of Southeast Asian countries will unveil a plan to plant trees on millions of hectares in the region by 2020 to absorb greenhouse gases, a news report said on Tuesday.
The Mainichi newspaper said the plan to plant more than 10 million hectares of trees will be announced as a special declaration at the summit meeting of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Singapore nex
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Karnataka gets first Bartiya Janata Party-led government in the south
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Sixty-four-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister in the name of God and farmers at a grand ceremony here on Monday. Four other legislators — R. Ashok, Jagadish Shettar, V.S. Acharya and Govind Karjol — also took oath as Cabinet Ministers in the first-ever BJP-led government in the south. The oath of office and secrecy was
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Nandigram freed of terror : Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Normal life here was affected on Monday due to a strike called by the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) in protest against the recent Nandigram incidents. The Trinamool Congress also launched an indefinite non-cooperation stir on the issue.
The strike called by the SUCI and Baratiya Janata Party, which was to continue on Tuesday, however, was wit
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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram lists challenges in sustaining growth
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 www.hindu.com
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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday enumerated the various short and long-term challenges that would have to be overcome to sustain the tempo of robust economic growth in a ‘turbulent’ world and maintained that the country’s industrial growth — despite being poor this September — would actually be near 10 per cent for the entire fiscal year
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