Singapore (dpa) - A judge ordered a 16-year-old thief to be jailed
for five years and given 24 strokes of a rattan cane, the maximum
allowed under Singapore's law in an unus...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Tata Group, India's leading business
conglomerate that includes Indian Hotels group, is demanding an
apology from the US-based luxury Orient Express Hotels...
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Kathmandu (dpa) - A government report blaming the Nepalese king,
his cabinet and high-ranking military and police commanders for
rights violations committed during the pro-d...
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Kathmandu (dpa) - Leaders of Nepal's seven-party alliance
Wednesday called on Maoists to withdraw their resignation to avoid a
political crisis created by their departure fr...
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ASTANA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Kazakh President Nursultan
Nazarbayev criticised foreign missionaries on Thursday as a
threat to national stability and urged lawmakers to curb their
activities. The mai...
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Colombo (dpa) - A fishing boat transporting weapons and explosives
for Tamil rebels has been destroyed off Maldives and at least four
persons have been arrested, the Sri Lan...
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Colombo (dpa) - A fishing boat transporting weapons and explosives
for Tamil rebels has been destroyed off the Maldives and at least
five persons who were on board the boat ...
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KATHMANDU, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Nepal's government may agree
in principle to abolish the monarchy in a deal to resolve a
political deadlock with Maoist former rebels, but implement the
decision only...
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Teen thief gets five years, 24 strokes of cane in tough ruling
