Date: August 26, 2011
Rebel commanders said yesterday they were readying a new advance against forces defending Gaddfi's hometown Sirte, seeking to flush out the elusive strongman, who has a $1.7 million price on his head. British Defence Minister Liam Fox said Nato was helping the rebels with intelligence and reconnaissance to find Gaddafi, but the Western alliance denied his claim.
Date: July 19, 2011
Millions of South African schoolchildren sang happy birthday to Nelson Mandela as he turned 93 yesterday, while politicians and ordinary citizens did charity work to support his call to do good.
Date: July 19, 2011
Triple blasts in Mumbai last week have cast a shadow over the imminent visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to New Delhi and a new round of India-Pakistan peace talks later this month. No-one has claimed responsibility for the bombs on Wednesday evening that killed 19 and injured more than 100, and the initial police investigation has failed to unearth any clear leads.
Date: July 19, 2011
A 97-year-old Hungarian, until recently the world's most wanted Nazi war crimes suspect, went free from court yesterday after being cleared of ordering the execution of over 30 Jews and Serbs in 1942.
Date: July 18, 2011
India will discuss the 13 July Mumbai bomb blasts with the US, as part of cooperation on counter-terrorism, during talks that will be co-chaired by secretary of state Hillary Clinton and foreign minister S.M. Krishna, senior Indian officials said on Friday.
Date: July 18, 2011
Heavy clashes between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi broke out on Saturday on the front line in Libya’s Western Mountains at the town of Bir Ghanam, as insurgents seek to push toward Tripoli.
Date: July 18, 2011
“We are possibly seeing a perfect storm in the coming months ... We are going to do everything we can to ameliorate it,” Unicef director Anthony Lake told AFP as he left for a trip to a drought-hit northern Kenya region.
Date: June 9, 2010
United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has assured of continuing its support and assistance to the government in its endeavor to attain the socio-economic development goals.
Date: June 8, 2010
The South Asian University (SAU) will begin its first academic session from a temporary campus in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in August with 50 students in two masters courses.
Date: June 6, 2010
The government last night lifted the weeklong ban on Facebook, a social networking website.
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