Tan Chun Seang storms into Men’s Singles quarter-final at US Open Grand Prix Gold 2012 Tan Chen Seang, a talented shuttler from Malaysia, showed a spectacular performance and advanced into Men’s Singles quarter-final after beating Ivan Sozonov of Russia in pre-quarter-final clash at the US Open Grand Prix Gold 2012 last week in Los Angeles, […]
Jul 15 2012 | Posted in
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UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday demanded that the UN Security Council act on the Syria conflict, warning that any failure would be giving “a license for further massacres”. Ban joined with UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to express outrage at the mass killings in the Syrian village of Treimsa and to make an “urgent […]
Jul 14 2012 | Posted in
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Vladimir Ivanov tames Yu Hsien Lin in Men’s Singles round-of-16 at US Open GP Gold Vladimir Ivanov, the top shuttler of Russia, proved his elevated skills as he powered his way into Men’s Singles top-eight stage after crushing Yu Hsien Lin of Chinese Taipei in round-of-16 clash at the US Open GP Gold 2012 at […]
Jul 12 2012 | Posted in
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Russia refuses to host Assad in exile Moscow: (Thursday, July 05, 2012) Russia has confirmed today that it has been approached by some of its partners to host Syrian President Bashar al Assad in exile. However, the country has termed the suggestion as joke and has refused to act upon it. While sharing details of […]
Jul 5 2012 | Posted in
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The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced two bilateral sports exchange programs with Russia. The upcoming programs—one of which brings Russians to the United States and the other which sends Americans to Russia—support the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission’s (BPC) efforts to increase cooperation between peoples of the United States […]
Jul 5 2012 | Posted in
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The Geneva meeting which is largely focussed on Syrian crisis, has been threatened by Russian objections and the UN mediator is trying to save it The UN mediator, Kofi Annan and the Arab League are struggling to conduct a successful Geneva meeting that is scheduled to take place later today and is threatened by Russians […]
Jun 30 2012 | Posted in
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Iran, an ally to Damascus, is looking to use its ‘good relations’ with Turkey and Syria to defuse tensions in the region Iranian authorities feel that it is important to resolve a “very sensitive” issue following the shooting down of a Turkish jet by Syrian forces a few days back. The incident has become a […]
Jun 29 2012 | Posted in
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Welcoming the interest shown by Russian in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) and Iran-Pakistan (IP), Advisor to Prime Minister on Petroleum & Natural Resources Dr. Asim Hussain expressed confidence over the bilateral cooperation of the two countries. The advisor asserted that the country’s approach towards meeting energy requirements is of urgent nature and completion of mega projects. […]
Jun 29 2012 | Posted in
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The Arab League has asked Russia to stop supplying weapons to Bashar Al-Assad’s forces who are using arms against civilians While talking to Russian news agency Interfax, Ahmed Ben Helli, the number 2 of the League has asked Russians to stop helping the current Syrian regime. “Any aid to violence must stop, because when you […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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United States to host the APEC Women and the Economy Private Sector Working group on June 20 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Official Ambassador Hans Klemm and Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer will deliver opening remarks at the APEC Women and the Economy Private Sector Working Group at 12:30 p.m. on June […]
Jun 20 2012 | Posted in
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Iran and world powers on Tuesday dug in for a second day of attritional talks in Moscow aimed at breaking an increasingly risky deadlock in the decade-long crisis over the Iranian nuclear programme. With the United States and Israel refusing to rule out military action and Tehran facing severe economic sanctions, the price of failure […]
Jun 19 2012 | Posted in
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Despite US Secretary Hillary Clinton’s accusations that Russia has been supplying attack helicopters to Syria, Russians have declined to comment on it On Wednesday, Rosoboronexport, Russia’s arm export agency claimed that the deliveries it made to Syria were in line with United Nations’ regulations but declined to specifically comment on US claims that it was […]
Jun 16 2012 | Posted in
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