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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Russia will build up to 16 nuclear reactors for power stations in India, Russia’s deputy premier said on Friday during a visit to India with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to reaffirm decades-old ties.
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Russia to build up to 16 nuclear reactors in India
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 12-03-2010
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations must act to protect North Koreans from military rulers who are committing “harrowing and horrific” human rights violations, a U.N. investigator said on Friday.
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INTERVIEW – World must protect N. Koreans, U.N. envoy says
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LONDON (Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday he did not have half a second to lose on media speculation about the state of his marriage to supermodel-turned-popstar Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
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Sarkozy has no time for rumours about his marriage
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – It is time for people in one-party ruled Singapore to have more say in politics and not be fearful of a change of government, a hedge fund manager turned opposition leader said on Friday.
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INTERVIEW – Opposition chief tells Singaporeans: Don’t be afraid
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VIENNA (Reuters) – The Vienna Boys’ Choir said on Friday it was possible that members of the historic vocal ensemble were sexually abused by supervisors in the past.
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Vienna Boys Choir admits possible sexual abuses
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s ambassador to China said on Friday that Beijing risks isolation if it fails to join international efforts to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.
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Britain says China won’t risk isolation over Iran
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MADRID (Reuters) – Al Qaeda is seeking a $5 million ransom and the release of imprisoned Islamist fighters as conditions to free two Spanish hostages kidnapped in Mauritania, newspaper El Pais said on Friday, citing sources familiar with the negotiations.
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Al Qaeda demands ransom, one Spanish hostage freed
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s police chief said on Friday he could not rule out a potential security risk for U.S. President Barack Obama’s planned visit this month, as more suspected militant violence hit the province of Aceh.
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Indonesia police chief sees risks over Obama visit
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A Western proposal for fresh U.N. sanctions on Iran includes a call for restricting new Iranian banks abroad and urges “vigilance” against the Islamic Republic’s central bank, diplomats said on Friday.
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Western sanctions draft targets Iran’s banks abroad
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Nearly two months after Haiti’s earthquake a shocking number of people lack shelter because aid groups are slow to deliver tents and tarpaulins, the international medical relief organization Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday.
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Aid group shocked over lack of shelter for Haitians