Field hockey World Cup stadium turned into fortress by Indian security (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada Sports) NEW DELHI – Indian security personnel turned Dhyan Chand Stadium into a fortress for the field hockey World Cup on Saturday, a day before the opening day fixtures including a clash between archrivals India and Pakistan. Indian…
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South Asia – Field hockey World Cup stadium turned into fortress by Indian security (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada Sports)
Feb
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Somalia – Somali pirates get ransom for Greek-owned freighter (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Somali pirates get ransom for Greek-owned freighter (AFP via Yahoo! News) A ransom was paid to Somali pirates Saturday to try to secure the release of a Greek-owned freighter and its crew of 19 being held off the Seychelles, the EU’s naval mission in the region said. Somali pirates free freighter for ransom (Brisbane Times)…
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South Africa Politics and News Monitor – South Africa Stocks: BHP, Imperial, Pretoria Portland, Shoprite (Bloomberg)
South Africa Stocks: BHP, Imperial, Pretoria Portland, Shoprite (Bloomberg) Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index dropped for a second day, losing 213.18, or 0.8 percent, to 26,842.32 at 9:48 a.m. in Johannesburg. Kallis calls for improvement from South Africa (Cricinfo via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport) India v South Africa,…
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Koreas – S Korea ready to offer relief aid to earthquake-hit Chile (People’s Daily)
S Korea ready to offer relief aid to earthquake-hit Chile (People’s Daily) South Korea on Sunday said it was prepared to offer relief aid to help Chile, which was hit by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake on Saturday. The South Korean government held an emergency meeting with related ministries earlier in the day to discuss the…
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Caucasus News Update – add. formats (Kavkaz Center)
add. formats (Kavkaz Center) On February 23, 1994, the 50 anniversary of the Bolshevik deportation of Chechens to Siberia, the President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI), Dzhokhar Dudayev, said at a rally in the capital of Ichkeria that henceforth the Chechen people would no longer celebrate the funeral, as the enemies want it.…
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Lebanon Crisis Monitor – Malaysian women tangled in web of sex myths (MalaysiaNews.net)
Malaysian women tangled in web of sex myths (MalaysiaNews.net) Kuala Lumpur, Feb 28 (ANI): Malaysian women have emerged as the most ill-informed in a new survey on sex-related issues carried out across Southeast Asia. Lebanese police arrest suspected Mossad helpers (MalaysiaNews.net) Five people have been detained in Lebanon as suspects in the Dubai/Israel spy drama,…
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Iran News – Amsterdam to hold Iranian filmfest (Press TV)
Amsterdam to hold Iranian filmfest (Press TV) The Netherlands is slated to screen Iranian productions during the one-day Best of Iran Film Festival in the capital city of Amsterdam. Iran should set deadline for delivery of S-300, MP says (Press TV) An Iranian lawmaker has called on the country’s military authorities to impose a deadline…
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Middle East News – Israelis reject US loan ‘threat’
Israelis reject US loan ‘threat’Israeli officials shrug off a US envoy’s suggestion that the US could withhold loan guarantees to pressure Israel over peace. Conflict childTough life for baby born as Israel attacked Gaza Broken town shows Gaza destructionThe BBC’s Paul Wood reports from Gaza City on his impressions as he entered northern Gaza at…
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Russian News Monitor – Kazakhstan hindering Russian space missions: official (SpaceDaily)
Kazakhstan hindering Russian space missions: official (SpaceDaily) by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Feb 27, 2010 Kazakhstan, home of the space base used to launch rockets to the International Space Station (ISS), is interfering with Russian space missions, the head of Russia’s space agency said Saturday. Russia, China pledge to step up economic cooperation (People’s Daily)…
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India – Balbir Sr. and Tendulkar wish Indian team success (The Hindu)
Balbir Sr. and Tendulkar wish Indian team success (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: Two stalwarts will follow the Indian hockey team’s progress at the World Cup with a lot of passion. Balbir Singh Sr., triple gold medallist at the Olympics and chief coach of the 1975 World Cup-winning team, will watch from the stands at the…
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