| 'Africa needs India for education' |
ADDIS ABABA, July 29: “The Chinese will come and build roads, stadiums and infrastructure. They will build labs, but who will run the labs?,” asks Jean-Pierre Ezin, the AU’s chief pointsperson for education. He pauses for a while, and then replies: “Africa needs India for developing its most precious resource: human capital.”
Sitting barely a few metres awa... |
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| Governor among 18 killed in Afghanistan |
KABUL, July 29: An Afghan governor and at least 17 Taliban militants were killed in violence, authorities said on Sunday.
Mohammad Ismael Wafa, the governor of Chak district was on his way to office when Taliban militants fired at his vehicle on Sunday.
Seventeen militants were killed by Afghan police, army and NATO-led forces in different Afghan provinces in the past 24 hours ... |
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| Obama adviser, Sherry Rehman trade barbs |
WASHINGTON, July 29: Tensions flared between the US and Pakistan as two top officials traded accusations of doing too little to combat Taliban sanctuaries in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The tart exchange between Douglas E Lute, President Barack Obama’s top adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, took place during a conference in... |
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| Julian Assange's mom in Ecuador to seek son's asylum |
MOSCOW, July 29: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s mother has arrived in Quito to urge Ecuadorian authorities to grant her son political asylum on Sunday.
“Surely, the president, Rafael Correa and his staff will make the best decision,” said Christine Assange.
Assange has been hiding at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for over a month to avoid his extradition... |
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| Russia denies plans to grant asylum to Assad |
MOSCOW, July 29: Russia has no plans to provide asylum to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
“We are not even thinking about it. Those who are trying to plant this idea into the minds of the international community, pursue their dirty goals,” Lavrov said.
“It’s just provocations by those who want to put the en... |
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| President Zardari wants Punjab broken up |
ISLAMABAD, July 29: President Asif Ali Zardari has promised to break up Punjab and create a new province of Janoobi (South) Punjab.
Zardari was quoted sying so while addressing a delegation of his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) activists.
“The creation of a Janoobi Punjab province will help provide the people of south Punjab with openings and opportunities for their s... |
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| Skin bugs protects body from infection |
WASHINGTON, July 29: Bugs that normally inhabit the skin may actually protect the body from infection, shows a study.
By the virtue of being the largest organ of the body, the skin represents a major site of interaction with microbes outside.
Although immune cells in the skin protect against harmful organisms, until now it has not been known if the millions of naturally occurrin... |
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| Women who flirt get better deal |
LONDON, July 29: Feminine charm is a measurable phenomenon, scientists have established, with women who employ it enjoying the most success in negotiations. Results from the first academic study of the technique shows that it can increase success rates in negotiations with both men and women by as much as a third. Effective feminine charm combines flirtation with friendliness and women who get it ... |
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| Boys' impulsiveness linked to better math ability |
WASHINGTON, July 29: Girls and boys start grade school with different approaches to arithmetic problems - girls favour a slow and accurate approach and boys a faster but more error-prone approach. The girls’ approach gives them an early advantage, but by the end of the sixth grade, boys had surpassed the girls, a study by the University of Missouri says. The study found that boys showed m... |
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| Nepal's tiger numbers up |
KATHMANDU, July 29: Nepal on Sunday reported an increase in the number of its tigers. According to the latest census report released on the occasion of World Tiger Day on Sunday, Nepal has 176 tigers, 21 more than the previous official count. The 2010 census found 155 tigers. Nepal is among the 13 tiger range countries. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), an international NGO, has urged the gove... |
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| 34,000 Syrian refugees reach Lebanon: UN |
BEIRUT, July 29: Nearly 34,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Lebanon, after fleeing the clashes in their country, the UN agency for refugees said. “There are currently nearly 34,000 Syrian refugees receiving aid in Lebanon through the efforts exerted by the Lebanese cabinet and its UN and non-governmental organization partners,” a statement from the office of the UN High Commissioner... |
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| Cultural relics found in South China Sea |
BEIJING, July 29: Twelve underwater cultural relics sites were discovered in South China Sea. The sites near Xisha Islands contain ancient pottery and porcelain wares, copper coins and boat parts, said the Hainan cultural heritage bureau on Sunday. The Xisha Islands consist of a cluster of about 40 islets, sand banks and reefs. In ancient days, many Chinese merchant ships struck the reefs and sank... |
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