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China, Russia pledge cooperation on multiple platforms
May 20, 2014SHANGHAI, May 20 (Xinhua/Sun) -- China and Russia pledged to step up cooperation on multiple regional platforms in a joint declaration signed in Shanghai on Tuesday.
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Thailand under martial rule
May 19, 2014BANGKOK, May 20 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Thailand was declared under martial law on Tuesday in the face of a looming street chaos in the Thai capital.
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Flooding crisis deepens in BiH, international help rushes in
May 19, 2014SARAJEVO, May 19 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Almost a quarter of population were affected and faced with shortage of cleaning water in Bosnia and Herzegovia (BiH) while international teams rushed in to ...
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Professor Eudine Barriteau Incoming Principal of The UWI's Open Campus
May 18, 2014The University of the West Indies has announced that Professor Eudine Barriteau is to be the incoming principal of The University's Open Campus. Professor Barriteau's nomination was approved with acclaim ...
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Flirting with Dictatorship
May 18, 2014This month, Raglan Riviere launched his fifth self-published novel entitled, "Flirting with Dictatorship", through Create Space, an Amazon.Com company.
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Dominica opens modern agricultural centre
May 18, 2014Cucumber vines standing perfectly at attention; orchids with red and pink cheeks as if made-up by a beautician; beans on strings that grows up and up and up and looks ...
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Venezuelan, Palestinian leaders sign oil deal
May 17, 2014CARACAS, May 16 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas on Friday witnessed the signing of agreements on trade, finance, public banking and oil.
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Modi congratulates Indians on bringing about great change in general ...
May 17, 2014NEW DELHI, May 16 (Xinhua/Sun) -- India's next Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Indians on bringing about a great change to the country by voting the main opposition ...
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Indian PM Manmohan Singh resigns after 10 years in power
May 17, 2014NEW DELHI, May 17 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday resigned, a day after the ruling Congress party was decimated by the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in ...
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UWI Vice-Chancellor Demits Office in 2015
May 14, 2014UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica – Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Professor E. Nigel Harris, has announced that he will demit office in April 2015. At ...
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BJP wins Indian general elections: exit polls
May 13, 2014NEW DELHI, May 12 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Exit polls showed that the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a majority of seats in the new Indian Lower House of Parliament ...
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Israeli ex-PM to appeal his six-year jail sentence for bribery
May 13, 2014JERUSALEM, May 13 (Xinhua/Sun) -- The attorney of Israel's ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday said Olmert would appeal the six- year jail sentence given to him for bribery.