Archive for the January 2, 2017
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The Senate Standing Committee on Finance was finally able to approve on 29th December Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill, 2016 aimed against holding property in benami transactions with some minor amendments and award for whistleblowers. The
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British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged in a New Year message on Sunday to seek a Brexit deal that would work for all Britons, not just those who voted to leave the European Union in
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The new United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday he would like to make 2017 a year to "put peace first," in a message heralding the new year and marking his first day as the
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Police in the German city of Cologne said Sunday a heavy security presence on New Year's Eve prevented a repeat of last year's mass sexual assaults, while denying accusations of racial profiling. More than 2,000
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Thousands of protesters, chanting "Sovereignty belongs to the people!" marched through Hong Kong on New Year's Day to protest at the government's legal bid to unseat some pro-democracy lawmakers. The four popularly elected legislators, who
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A gunman stormed a house party and killed at least 11 people and himself during New Year celebrations in the south-eastern Brazilian city of Campinas late on Saturday. Police in the state of S?o Paulo
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Around 1,100 sub-Saharan African migrants tried to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Sunday by storming a border fence, though most were eventually turned back, the Spanish government said. Dozens
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William Christopher, who played the unassuming US Army chaplain, Father Mulcahy, struggling to bring spiritual comfort to an anarchic surgical unit during the Korean War on the long-running hit TV series "M*A*S*H," died on Saturday.
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Donald Trump is planning to do "many big things" after being sworn in as president, his communications director said Sunday, adding that his boss has no intention to stop using Twitter. Asked by ABC News
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US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday left open the possibility of meeting with Taiwan's president if she visits the United States after he is sworn in on January 20 and also expressed continued skepticism over
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