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Stolen remains of Cyprus ex-president reburied

Athens, March 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The body of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos, which was stolen from his grave three months back, has been finally laid to rest in the capital Nicosia, local TV said Friday. Thieves broke into the grave and took the body Dec 11 last year, just a day...

British Airways cabin crews to begin strike next week

London, March 12 (DPA) British Airways (BA) said Friday it feared ‘massive disruption’ from threatened strikes by cabin crews later this month as Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a last-ditch negotiated settlement between the airline and trade unions. ‘We certainly hope that...

Five successive blasts rip through Lahore

Lahore, March 12 (Calcutta Tube) Five successive blasts within the span of 45 minutes ripped through a market place in Pakistan’s eastern city Lahore Friday, less than 12 hours after twin blasts rocked the town, killing 48 people. All the five back-to-back explosions took place in Iqbal Town...

Third blast rips a market in Lahore, 4 injured

Lahore, March 12 (Calcutta Tube) Hours after two suicide attacks targeted a military convoy in Lahore, killing at least 48 people Friday, a powerful third blast ripped through a crowded market place in Pakistan’s eastern city. The third blast occurred at Lahore’s Moon Market, where dozens...

Fourth blast hits Lahore market

Lahore, March 12 (Calcutta Tube) Yet another blast rocked a market place in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore Friday. This is the fourth explosion in the area in the past 12 hours. The fourth blast occurred in Iqbal Town, minutes after a similar explosion hit a neighbouring site in the Moon...

`Princess Diana died as attempt to scare her went wrong’

London, March 12 (Calcutta Tube) Princess Diana died as an attempt to scare her to leave her lover Dodi Fayed went terribly wrong, a lawyer has said. Michael Mansfield, who represented Dodi’s father Mohamed Al Fayed at the inquest in 2008 into Diana and Fayed’s deaths, said Diana’s...

28 killed in Kazakhstan chopper crash, flood

Astana, March 12 (DPA) At least 28 people were killed in the central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan after severe flooding and a helicopter crash, local media reported Friday. In the village of Kysyl-Agasch, in the eastern Almaty region, the river Karatal burst its banks, flooding dozens of houses and...

Eight killed in helicopter crash in Kazakhstan

Almaty, March 12 (IANS) Eight people were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Kazakhstan, an official said Friday. The wreckage of the Mi-8 helicopter, which went missing Thursday, was found in Urdzhar area, a local emergency bureau official said, adding that all the eight people onboard, including...

Indian paintings’ exhibition opens in southern Kazakh city

Astana, March 12 (IANS) ‘Kalpana’, an exhibition comprising the works of 14 renowned Indian artists, has opened at a glittering ceremony in Shymkent, the capital of South Kazakhstan at the newly constructed and prestigious art gallery. Speaking at the inauguration Thursday, Indian Ambassador...

Supreme Court orders Zardari graft cases to be reopened

Islamabad, March 12 (Calcutta Tube) The noose seems to be tightening around Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, with the Supreme Court saying a Swiss money laundering case against him should be immediately reopened. At a hearing Friday, the court asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to...

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