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Apple’s new iPad goes on sale in India
Apr 29th
MUMBAI: The new iPad went on sale in India, minus the hysteria that had marked the launch of Apple’s latest tablet in the United States and nine other countries in March. There were no consumers lining up around city streets and no agonising wait for loyal fans waiting to get their hands on a new Apple device. “We sold around 12 to 15 of the new iPads today,” said Afzal Ahmed, team leader at an Apple Premium Reseller in New Delhi’s Connaught Place.
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India holds talks over fuel exports to Pakistan
Apr 28th
NEW DELHI: India has held talks over exporting refined fuels to its neighbour Pakistan, the head of Hindustan Mittal Energy said on Saturday, at the opening of the company’s new refinery close to the border between the two countries. Moves to stimulate trade flows and liberalise restricted investment rules have emerged as the key driver of peace efforts between the neighbours, whose fragile ties were shattered when Pakistani militants attacked the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008
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Escaped China activist in U.S. protection: rights group
Apr 28th
TOKYO: Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is under U.S. protection in Beijing after an audacious escape from 19 months under house arrest, a U.S.-based group said on Saturday, in a drama that threatens to ignite new tensions between the two governments. The United States has not given any public confirmation of reports that Chen, who slipped away from under the noses of guards and bristling surveillance equipment around his village home in Shandong province, fled into the U.S.
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UN nuclear watchdog to resume Iran talks in mid-May
Apr 28th
VIENNA: The United Nations nuclear watchdog confirmed on Saturday it will resume talks with Iran in mid-May, more than two months after the last meeting over concerns about the Islamic state’s atomic activities ended in failure.
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Apr 28th
BERLIN: A film by Hollywood director Roland Emmerich portraying William Shakespeare
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Safe passage for Afghan Taliban to be considered
Apr 27th
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States agreed Friday to look at ways to provide safe passage to Afghan Taliban who are willing to join the peace process, officials said. The US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman met Afghan deputy foreign minister Javed Ludin and Pakistani foreign secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani in Islamabad for the latest talks on the war-torn country’s future.
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US on guard for attacks ahead of bin Laden anniversary
Apr 27th
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has reviewed potential threats to the United States before next week’s anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, but there is no concrete evidence al Qaeda is plotting any revenge attacks, the White House said on Thursday.
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Apr 26th
Iran is busy acquiring the technical know-how to launch a potentially crippling cyber-attack on the United States and its allies, experts told a congressional hearing on Thursday, urging the US to step up its defensive measures.
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Apr 25th
The world is slowly but surely experiencing the theatrical rollout of Marvel’s The Avengers , and reports coming back state that it will indeed provide the good time that superhero fans (and casual moviegoers) will enjoy.
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Iran says it fended off cyber attack on its IT systems
Apr 24th
DUBAI: The Iranian oil ministry said on Tuesday its IT systems had suffered no lasting damage from a suspected cyber attack, but its experts would require two or three days to investigate and address the impact of the virus.
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EU suspends most Myanmar sanctions, not arms ban
Apr 23rd
LUXEMBOURG: The European Union agreed on Monday to suspend most of its sanctions against Myanmar for a year despite a dispute over a parliamentary oath between Myanmar’s ruling, army-backed party and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Strong quake hits eastern Indonesia
Apr 21st
JAKARTA: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday off Irian Jaya, the United States Geological Survey said, an d the Indonesian disaster mitigation agency said the quake has no tsunami potential.
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Japan’s Cosmo Oil renews Iran oil imports deal: sources
Apr 20th
TOKYO: Japan’s Cosmo Oil Co has renewed its annual oil purchase deal with Iran and cut the volume to comply with U.S. sanctions against the Islamic nation, trade sources said on Friday.
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US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, four feared dead
Apr 20th
WASHINGTON: A U.S. military helicopter went down in poor weather in Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said, in a crash that officials believed may have killed all four people onboard.
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India tests nuclear-capable missile that can reach China
Apr 19th
BHUBANESWAR: India successfully test-fired on Thursday a nuclear-capable missile that can reach Beijing and Eastern Europe, thrusting the emerging Asian power into a small club of nations that can deploy nuclear weapons at such a great distance. Footage showed the rocket with a range of more than 5,000 km (3,100 miles) blasting through clouds from an island off India’s east coast. It was not immediately clear how far the rocket flew before reaching its target in the Indian Ocean.
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Apr 19th
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned photographs of U.S. soldiers posing with the mangled bodies of Afghan insurgent bombers as “inhuman” on Thursday, calling for a rapid transition from NATO to Afghan security to prevent more such incidents. The pictures dealt a further blow to U.S.-Afghan relations at a time when Washington is trying to sign a strategic deal with Karzai on a presence in the country after the 2014 pullout of most foreign combat troops
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