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  • Prince Charles to meet Gerry Adams

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    Prince Charles is all set to meet Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams at the start of a royal visit to Ireland. Mr Adams will be among a number of politicians to greet the prince as he begins his four-day visit. The meeting in Galway will be the first in the Republic of Ireland between the…

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  • Modi and Ban Ki-moon discuss UNSC

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    By Arul Louis  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met in Seoul and discussed Security Council reforms, an issue considered important by New Delhi. Ban also asked Modi to attend the landmark UN Summit in September, which would mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the world body and…

  • Iraq mobilises reinforcements for Anbar

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    Iraqi militias have begun mobilising towards the predominantly Sunni Anbar province in a belated effort to push back terrorists of Islamic State, which seized the region’s capital city, media reported. “We invite our people in Anbar to remain steadfast and hold their ground as reinforcements from your brothers in Hashd al-Shaabi are coming,” the Guardian…

  • Gentle Keith Kept His Promise

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    London, No 10 Downing Street Time 12.30 noon. There was a knock at the door. Who is that? It’s Keith …Keith Vaz? What’s in the box?  Mangoes….! Keith Vaz MP, Britain’s  longest serving MP of Asian origin, has fulfilled his promise to deliver a shipment of fine quality Indian Alphonso Mangoes to No. 10 Downing…

  • Nepal bans building houses above two storeys

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    By Anil Giri   Nepal has imposed a temporary ban on constructing houses more than two storeys tall following the devastating April 25 earthquake and restricted approval for house and building design until mid-July. Nepal’s local development ministry on Monday issued a circular to all 75 district development committees and 191 municipalities that are authorised to…

  • I’m still alive: Jackie Chan

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    International film star Jackie Chan, with roots in China, became a victim of an internet death hoax. But the martial arts expert has clarified he is very much alive. “I was shocked by two news reports when I got off the plane. First of all, don’t worry! I’m still alive. Second, don’t believe the scam…

  • Stepping Hill nurse guilty of murdering patients

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    A Filipino nurse has been convicted of murdering two patients and poisoning 19 others at a Greater Manchester hospital. Victorino Chua killed Tracey Arden, 44, and Derek Weaver, 83, at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport by injecting insulin into saline bags and ampoules reports BBC. These were then unwittingly used by other nurses at the…

  • ‘Secret Millionaire’ to row from London to Paris

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    Mo Chaudry, British-Asian “Secret Millionaire,” is preparing to row from London to Paris on May 25 to raise funds for charity. The Tower to Tower Rowing Challenge will see the team tackle the gruelling 450 nautical mile open-water row from Tower Bridge in London to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Branded the “Everest of open-water rowing”,…

  • Pakistan condemns US drone strike

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    Pakistan condemned a recent US drone strike in the country’s North Waziristan tribal region which killed at least six people. Security officials said the US unmanned aircraft fired missiles on a compound in the mountainous Shawal area on Saturday. Sources said some foreigners were among those killed in the strike that was carried out after…

  • Mother Teresa to be canonised

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    Mother Teresa would be canonised in September 2016, senior priest and spokesperson of the Syro Malabar Church Paul Thelekat said. Pope John Paul-II beatified Mother Teressa on October 192003. “As a Christian, I am eagerly waiting for the canonization of Mother Teresa. She has been a mother to millions of Indian especially the poorest of…

  • NASA certifies SpaceX

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      NASA has formally certified US-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket to launch the most ambitious science missions. The Falcon 9 is now certified by NASA as a “Category 2” launch vehicle. SpaceX has successfully launched six re-supply missions to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the NASA contract. NASA…

  • Modi’s temple message confuses monks

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    A message written by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his native language during a visit to a Chinese temple, went through three rounds of translation before it could be understood by monks, media reported. In his message to the Daxingshan Temple in Xi’an in Shaanxi province in the course of his three-day visit to…

  • Nine dead in shootout in Texas

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    At least nine people were killed and 18 injured in a shootout between rival biker gangs in Texas’ Waco city, police said . The shootout occurred in a parking lot between the Twin Peaks and Don Carlos restaurants shortly after noon, said local television station News Channel 25. All the dead – eight of whom…

  • World’s oldest comatose patient Aruna Shanbaug dies

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     The world’s oldest comatose patient, nurse Aruna Shanbaug who had been in a vegetative state ever since she was raped and choked with a dog leash, died in Mumbai’s KEM Hospital after remaining in coma for almost 42 years, Dean Avinash Supe said. She was in her early 60s and was deserted by most of…

  • ‘White Widow’ responsible for 400 deaths

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    Britain’s most wanted female terrorist, Samantha Lewthwaite, commonly known as the “White Widow” is believed to have killed 400 people and has directed terror raids, suicide attacks and car bombings in Somalia and Kenya, a media report said. According to official security reports, Lewthwaite, 32, and a mother of four, has murdered 400 people after…

  • Pope canonises two Palestinian nuns

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    Pope Francis canonised two 19th century nuns who lived in Ottoman-ruled Palestine, BBC reported. Marie Alphonsine Ghattas and Mariam Bawardy were among four new saints declared at a ceremony in Rome’s St. Peter’s Square that was attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and over 2,000 Christians. Marie Alphonsine Ghattas, who was born to a Palestinian…

  • Bahrain protests Khamenei statements

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    Bahrain summoned an Iranian envoy to express its rejection of the recent statements made by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. During the meeting with Iranian Chargé d’Affaires to Bahrain Mohammad Reza Babaei, the foreign ministry’s under-secretary Abdulla Abdullatif said the statements “are not only unacceptable but also a blatant interference in the internal affairs…

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  • A Sikh Samaritan lauded worldwide

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    A young Sikh from India who did not hesitate to break religious protocol by removing his turban to help an injured child bleeding profusely after an accident in New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland has earned worldwide praise. Harman Singh woke up on Sunday to hundreds of messages from around the world praising his humanity.…

  • Modi signs $1 bn cheque for Mangolia

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      India and Mongolia  elevated their 60-year-old diplomatic ties to a strategic partnership as Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit the landlocked northeast Asian nation, which has declared India as its “third neighbour and spiritual neighbour”. The two countries inked 13 agreements, including in the sphere of air services and cyber…

  • Jaipur Literary Fest Opens in London

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    The highlight of the first day’s event includes a clash on dais in between India’s leading journalists Rajdeep Sardesai and Swapan Das Gupta and Mrs Nadira Naipual’s allegations against Jnanpith Award winner Dr Kirish Karnad…writes Kaliph Anaz London gets the taste of Jaipur Literary Festival as South Asia’s largest literary event showcased some of its programmes…

  • Iran calls US sponsor of terrorism

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    Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei  called the US the “main sponsor and engineer of terrorism in the world”, as he expressed his support for the people of Yemen, IRNA reported. “Those countries which are nominally Muslims but in reality puppets are the main agents behind the crisis and insecurity in Yemen,” Iran’s official…

  • US special forces kills senior ISIS leader in Syria

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    US special forces killed a senior leader of Islamic State (IS) group in eastern Syria, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said. The raid was carried out at the direction of US President Barack Obama to conduct an operation in eastern Syria to capture an IS leader known as Abu Sayyaf and his wife Umm Sayyaf,…

  • Turkey shoots down Syrian aircraft

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    Turkeyshot down a Syrian aircraft for violating its airspace near the Syrian border, a media report said. Turkish fighter jets fired at the Syrian aircraft which went down in Syrian territory near Dursunlu and Emek villages of southern Hatay province of Turkey, NTV quoted Turkish military sources as saying, according to Xinhua. Military sources said…

  • Palestinians wounded on Nakba anniversary

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    At least 20 Palestinians have been wounded since clashes erupted with Israeli forces ahead of the 67th anniversary of the Nakba, the Arabic word for catastrophe that refers to the displacement and dispossession of Palestinians in 1948 after the establishment of the State of Israel, Efe news agency reported. In Gaza, three Palestinian men suffered…

  • Russian rocket crashes soon after launch

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    A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite crashed soon after launch. The third stage of the Proton-M carrier with the MexSat-1 communications satellite fell from a height of 160 km. The place where it fell may be in Russia’s Chita region, a source in the country’s space programme told TASS. “Proton’s third stage with the…

  • UN chief welcomes signing of peace accord in Mali

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    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has welcomed the signing of a peace accord by the Malian government and armed groups in Mali’s capital of Bamako, media reported . Mali government signed the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation with pro-government militias as well as some minor rebel groups in a ceremony held in Bamako in absence of…

  • Foreign policy poll looks good for Hillary

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    By Arun Kumar  Americans are more likely to say Hillary Clinton would do a good job handling foreign affairs as president, but they believe her greatest strength would be race relations, according to a new poll. The former first lady, who is the leading hopeful for Democratic nomination for the 2016 race to the White…

  • Boston bomber sentenced to death

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    A US jury has sentenced Dzokhar Tsarnaev to death by lethal injection for his role in killing three people and injuring hundred others in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Tsarnaev, 21, a Kyrgyzstan-born US citizen, was sentenced by a federal jury in Boston. Three people were killed and 260 injured when Tsarnaev and his brother…

  • Sikh community outraged over smoking cartoon

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    Sikhs in Australia have expressed outrage after a daily published a cartoon of a Sikh man smoking a cigar, a media report said. “You would never see a person of Sikh faith smoking — not even a cigarette, let alone a cigar, so it just seems out of context,” Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) quoted the…

  • British drones fly 301 missions against Isis

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    Britain’s Royal Air Force carried out 301 Reaper drone missions over Iraq between the start of UK operations against Isis last September and the end of March, firing a total of 102 Hellfire missiles on 87 separate occasions, according to new Ministry of Defence figures. The numbers were obtained by the Drone Wars UK organisation,…

  • Nepal quake damage put at $10 bn

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    By Anil Giri   Nepal has estimated that around $10 billion worth of damage been caused by the April 25 great earthquakes and the subsequent aftershocks that rattled the Himalayan nation. It is estimated that over one million private and public houses and buildings were damaged totally or partially. This includes damages in several other sectors…

  • Burundi coup leaders surrender

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    Military leaders attempting a coup in Burundi over the past two days to depose President Pierre Nkurunziza announced their surrender to the authorities, according to media reports. The coup leaders surrendered hours after the president announced that he was on his way home from a conference with East African leaders in Tanzania, during which a…

  • ‘Love Hormone’ helps men shed some flab

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    Does oxytocin, better known as the ‘love hormone’, have an effect on our metabolism too? Yes, says a new study that establishes how it helps men ward off obesity. Oxytocin is released whenever we cuddle or kiss. Then, when we have sex and have an orgasm, even more oxytocin is released. The study found that…

  • GALLERY – PICS FROM CANNES

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    The 68th Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) officially kicked off Wednesday evening in the southern French sea resort of Cannes. Asian Lite, Britain’s Best newspaper for British Asians, captures some of the moments

  • Flight through Venus in the offing

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    A Virginia-based global aerospace company is planning to build a plane that will fly through Venus’s atmosphere in 2021. Gearing up to enter NASA’s New Frontiers planetary science competition, Northrop Grumman Corporation is developing the inflatable, propeller-powered aircraft for a years-long cruise in the skies of Venus, Space.com reported. The plane, that will have almost…

  • Coup attempt in Burundi condemned

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    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he is gravely concerned by developments in Burundi, while condemning attempts to topple the elected government by military force. Violent protests erupted after Burundi’s ruling party nominated incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza in April as its candidate to run for the presidential election scheduled for June 26. Nkurunziza is in…

  • King of Blues B.B. King dies at 89

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    Legendary Blues singer and guitarist B.B. King is dead. He was 89. The “Sweet black angel” hitmaker died in his sleep in Las Vegas on Thursday, reports bbc.co.uk. Born in Mississippi, King began performing in the 1940s. He went on to influence a generation of musicians, working with Eric Clapton and U2. Once considered the…

  • India, China to explore border solution

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi said  that he had candid, constructive and friendly talks with the Chinese leadership and both sides agreed to explore a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable resolution to the vexed boundary question which has vitiated bilateral relations over decades. Addressing media after talks with Prime Minister Li Keqiang here, Modi said…

  • Wreckage of missing US helicopter in Nepal found

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     More than 60 hours after it was reported missing, a search and rescue mission recovered the debris of a US helicopter that crashed in the mountainous terrain of Nepal. The UH-1Y Huey helicopter, which carried six US Marines and two Nepali soldiers, was found on the northern slope of Kalinchowk hill in Dolakha district, e-Kantipur…

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  • Second Referendum on SNP Agenda

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      Prime Minister David Cameron will meet Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today in Edinburgh to discuss the devolution of power promised by Westminster parties during the referendum campaign. The landslide victory in the last general election is prompting the Scottish party to hold a second referendum to decide the future of the country, sources…

  • REVIEW: Al Pacino rocks in Danny Collins

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    Danny Collins’ – intense and emotionally charged…writes Troy Ribeiro for Asian Lite, UK’s best newspaper for British Asians  Film: “Danny Collins”; Cast: Al Pacino, Jennifer Garner, Annette Bening, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Plummer, Josh Peck, Michael Caine, Melisa Benoist and Giselle Eisenberg; Director: Dan Fogelman; Rating: ***1/2 Released under the PVR Director’s Rare banner, writer Dan Fogelman’s maiden…

  • UN raps killings of religious minorities

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    UN urges protection of religious minorities in Pakistan UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the terrorist attack that killed 45 people in Pakistan and called for effective protection of religious minorities in the country, a UN spokesperson said. The attack occurred on a bus in Karachi, Pakistan, reportedly…

  • Iran vows ‘unlimited’ support for Syria

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    A ranking Iranian lawmaker said here  that Iran’s support for Syria is “unlimited”, countering rumours of a rift between the two allies in battling a four-year insurgency in Syria. “We have come here to stress that our support to Syria is constant and permanent and we are proud of this support,” Alaedin Boroujerdi, head of…

  • NSA’s data collection programme shut

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    The US House of Representatives has voted to terminate the National Security Agency’s telephone data collection programme, declared “illegal” in a federal court last week, Efe news agency reported. The House on Wednesday approved by a 388-88 vote a bipartisan legislative proposal known as the USA Freedom Act, which prohibits the mass collection of telephone…

  • Indian UN peacekeepers honoured

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    India was honoured for its significant contribution to UN Peacekeeping over the last six decades at an event to celebrate International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Capitol Hill, the seat of US Congress. India’s Ambassador to the US, Arun K. Singh, received the award in recognition for India’s commitment to peacekeeping at the event organized…

  • Indian suggests winning name for Mercury crater

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    Enheduanna, the name suggested by Gagan Toor of India, is one of the winners of a contest to name five new craters on the planet Mercury. Toor chose the name after Enheduanna, a princess of the Sumerian city of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq and Kuwait), the first known poet and author, according to…

  • Four Indians killed in Kabul attack

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     Four Indians were among 14 people killed in a suspected Taliban attack on a guesthouse in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul overnight on, an Indian embassy source said . “Four Indians, including a lady, were killed in the attack,” the source said over telephone. “Nine other foreigners were also killed in the attack,” the source added.…