Taimoor Tariq
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Articles By Taimoor Tariq
Johannes Heesters, who was considered as Nazi ruler Adolf Hitler’s favourite actor, has sadly passed away at the age of 108 The Dutch-born actor passed away at a clinic in Starnberg, southern Germany after a short illness. Born in 1903 in Amersfoort, Netherlands, Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters decided to become an actor and a singer […]
May 4 2012 | Posted in
Europe |
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Beautiful Greece is in a gloomy mood as the citizens of the Austerity-weary country prepare to go to the polls on Sunday, with campaigning taking place against a backdrop of public protest. Many have blamed politicians for the painful austerity that has slashed pensions and wages. Big Socialist and Conservative parties are bearing the brunt […]
May 3 2012 | Posted in
Europe |
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Two intrusions occurred a few hours apart, in two separate nuclear power plants in France. On Wednesday morning, a Greenpeace activist was able to fly aboard a paramotor on the Bugey power plant in Saint Vulbas. In a statement, the environmental organisation announced, “He managed to drop smoke bombs on one engine and landed inside […]
May 2 2012 | Posted in
Europe |
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Brussels denies preparing for “Marshall Plan” to boost growth The European Commission has denied that they are preparing a kind of a Marshall Plan of 200 billion euros to boost growth in European Union "The figures are not based on any reality" , said Pia Ahrenkilde , spokeswoman for the European Commission, during a press conference in Brussels. […]
Apr 30 2012 | Posted in
Europe |
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Three containers, full of weapons from Libya have been intercepted by the Lebanese army. Intended for the Syrian rebels, ammunition included machine guns, shells and rockets The Lebanese army has seized three containers of weapons that were being shipped from Libya to Syria on board a vessel. The containers consisted of heavy machine guns, shells, […]
Apr 28 2012 | Posted in
Middle East |
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USA has blamed People’s Republic of China for helping North Korea in its missile programme which eventually turned out to be a failure United States Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta has caused a major stir by claiming that Pyongyang sought help from China for North Korea’s missile programme. Conflicting reports suggest that a missile transportation […]
Apr 20 2012 | Posted in
USA,
World |
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India has been successful in launching a missile with nuclear capabilities that can reach China and some parts of Europe China, France, Russia, US, UK, the permanent members of UN Security Council plus Israel were initially believed to be the only states of possessing such advanced ballistic capabilities. The South Asian nation has now joined […]
Infamous Norwegian terrorist who killed 68 people mostly youngsters in July last year, says that he was fighting Muslims and did those things to warn his government. The 33-year-old says that he was “a military hero fighting Muslims” when he killed 77 people through two different means last July. The Norwegian national is currently on […]
Apr 18 2012 | Posted in
Europe |
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A six-member UN monitoring delegation has arrived in Damascus in order to monitor the fragile ceasefire in Syria which was negotiated by Kofi Annan (UN Syria envoy) and the Arab League. This is the first batch of monitors who have arrived at the war-torn nation and it is expected that 25 more will follow them […]
Apr 16 2012 | Posted in
Middle East |
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Members from six world powers are holding talks with Iran in Istanbul, Turkey in order to breakdown deadlock over Iran’s nuclear programme. US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany are among the involved representatives. “I don’t think this round of talks will see any substantial progress,” said Bora Bayraktar, euronews’ Turkish correspondent. Many people feel […]
Apr 14 2012 | Posted in
Middle East |
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The highly anticipated launch of a rocket in North Korea failed this Friday after the rocket disintegrated over the Yellow Sea minutes after it took off. Pyongyang kept on insisting that the launch was an attempt to place a satellite into orbit but many critics suggest that it was only a covert test of a […]
Apr 13 2012 | Posted in
World |
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Reports claim that both opposing sides in Syria are seemingly respecting Thursday morning’s ceasefire deadline. All fighting is meant to have ended by six o’clock in the morning local time, and it has been quiet in the usual flashpoint cities like Homs and Hama. However, opposition claims that troops are not being withdrawn which was agreed, though the deadline for this is […]
Apr 12 2012 | Posted in
Middle East |
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