New York, March 12 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called on UN members to offer more protections for women who are victims of violence and other crimes.
'Whether it is domestic violence, sex trafficking, so-called 'honour' crimes or female genital cutting, violence against women and girls continues to be
Abu Dhabi, March 12 (IANS) The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has launched a plan to boost hotel occupancy rate in the emirate by 10 percent in 2010, WAM news agency reported.
The Horizons Abu Dhabi plan seeks to attract 1.65 million hotel guests this year. It also seeks to encourage
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Tel Aviv, March 12 (DPA) Israeli military prosecutors indicted two Israeli soldiers Thursday for allegedly ordering a Palestinian child to open bags suspected of containing explosives, during Israel's Gaza Strip offensive last year, a military statement said.
The statement said that while searching a building in Gaza City's Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood,
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Santiago, March 11 (DPA) Three strong quakes shook Chile Thursday, just minutes before the start of the inaugural ceremony of incoming President Sebastian Pinera.
The tremblors, one of which reached 7.2 magnitude, caused panic in several areas across central-southern Chile, which was hit by a devastating quake measuring 8.8 on the
London, March 11 (IANS) French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked his wife Carla Bruni to end a holiday with her lover in Thailand and return home, a news report said. Sarkozy is also travelling to Britain on Friday without his spouse.
Sarkozy has asked Carla, 43, to end a holiday with
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Tehran, March 11 (IANS) Iran has started production of new medium-range surface-to-air missiles with the aim of upgrading its air defence systems.
Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the missiles can travel with supersonic speed and hit the target at the distance of 40 km.
These technologically advanced missiles are apt in
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Beijing, March 11 (IANS) Eleven Siberian tigers have died of malnutrition at a zoo in China in the past three months, a wild life official said.
The tigers of the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in northeast China's Lianoning province died due to malnutrition rather than infectious diseases, said Liu Xiaoqiang,
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Santiago, March 11 (DPA) A strong quake shook Chile Thursday, just minutes before the start of the inaugural ceremony of incoming President Sebastian Pinera.
The 7.2-magnitude tremblor caused panic in several areas across central-southern Chile, which was hit by a devastating quake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale Feb 27.
Thursday's quake
London, March 11 (IANS) Late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith's life story is being made into an opera.
The troubled model, who died aged 39 in 2007 after an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, will be the focus of the production that will be shown at the Royal Opera House
London, March 11 (IANS) 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson is auctioning some of his movie costumes for charity.
The actor has donated his latest movie 'Remember Me' outfits, including a blue Prada suit, slip-on Birkenstocks, and an off-white LNA T-shirt, for an online sale, which will raise money for the Entertainment Industry
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