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Oil up in Asia trade despite US inventories rise
SINGAPORE (TIP): Oil prices climbed in Asian trade as signs that a refineries strike in the United States is weakening overshadowed a rise in US crude stocks, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate added […]
Europe
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India
ADVANI, AMITABH, DILIP KUMAR, BADAL GET PADMA VIBHUSHAN
NEW DELHI (TIP): Like every year, the Indian government has announced the highly prestigious Padma Awards for the year 2015 on the occasion of Republic (26th January). Padma Awards, which are one of the […]
United States
SOME MUSLIMS TRYING TO ‘COLONIZE’ WEST: GOV. BOBBY JINDAL
WASHINGTON (TIP): Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday, January 21, stood by his controversial comments about “no go zones” in European cities, insisting that some Muslim immigrants are trying to “colonize” European cities and “overtake […]
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Charlie Hebdo sells out as 5 million print run is announced
Charlie Hebdo is fetching $600 asking prices on eBay as millions hope to get their hands on the commemorative edition, the first to come out after eight staffers and four others were slaughtered. PARIS (TIP): […]
Europe
Niger bans Charlie Hebdo over Mohammed cartoon
NIAMEY (TIP): Niger on January 15banned distribution of Charlie Hebdo in the mainly Muslim country, with the government “vehemently” condemning the cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in the latest issue of the French satirical weekly. […]
Europe
French President Hollande seeks tolerance; Charlie Hebdo buries staff
PARIS (TIP): French President Francois Hollande insisted January 15 that any anti-Muslim or anti-Semitic acts must be “severely punished,” as he sought to calm rising religious tensions after his country’s bloodiest terrorist attacks in decades. […]
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United States
Obama visits French embassy after Charlie Hebdo attack
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama visited the French embassy in Washington on Thursday to honour the 12 victims of the Islamist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Obama, fresh from a […]
Europe
Massive manhunt for 2 suspects in attack on Charlie Hebdo
PARIS (TIP): Police SWAT teams backed by helicopters tracked two heavily armed brothers with al-Qaeda sympathies suspected in the newsroom massacre of satirical French weekly that spoofed Islam, homingin on a region north of Paris […]
Europe
German citizen killed in Kabul school bombing
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): A teenage suicide bomber attacked a French-run high school in Kabul on December 11, walking into a packed auditorium during a theater performance and killing a German citizen, Afghan officials said. The […]
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Europe
20 years on, kin of girls switched at birth sue clinic for €12m
LONDON (TIP): Sophie and Manon Serrano might be taken for sisters. The mother, 38, and daughter, 20, are the same height, have long, dark hair and are besties, too. They walked arm in arm into […]
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Europe
Hundreds of ‘Darknet’ sites shut in global raid, 17 held
THE HAGUE (TIP): Police have closed hundreds of online “dark” markets selling illegal drugs, weapons and services, arresting 17 people in a massive international operation against the Tor network that allows users to be invisible […]
India
INDIA VOTES AGAINST UN DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON NPT
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): India has voted against the provisions of draft resolutions that would have required it to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying there is “no question” of it joining the treaty […]
India
Black money: NDA moves to make names public, top politicians said to be on list
NEW DELHI (TIP): The NDA government has started filing charges against individuals having illicit accounts in overseas banks, clearing the way for disclosure of names of those who have stashed black money abroad, and triggering […]