Libya announces ceasefire

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Cairo/Washington, Mar 18: Buckling under global pressure, Muammar Gaddafi today announced a ceasefire and halted all military operations, hours after the UN authorised a no-fly zone over Libya and US and allies readied plans for a military action which France said could come "within hours".  More

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31 protesters killed in Yemen

Sanaa, Mar 18: Yemeni security forces firing from rooftops and houses shot at tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators, killing at least 31 as the protesters entered a downtown square in the capital to demand the ouster of their autocratic president. Today's violence is the harshest More

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Iranians march in support of Arab revolts

Tehran, Mar 18: Thousands of Iranians marched today in Tehran in support of the revolts rocking Bahrain, Libya and Yemen, state television reported.Chants backing the protests in Bahrain, who are challenging the dynasty's 200-year-old grip on power, dominated the demonstration which unfolded in More

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Japan raises accident severity level at N plant

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Fukushima/Tokyo, Mar 18: Japan today raised the threat level at its quake-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant as it battled to prevent a meltdown of overheating reactors and sought the US help to contain the atomic crisis described by the IAEA as "extremely serious." The accident severity level More

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Bahrainis protest after Friday prayers

Sitra (Bahrain), Mar 18: Thousands of Bahrainis today defied martial law to renew their pro-democracy protests, as they gathered after prayers and to bury a victim of the security forces' bloody crackdown."We sacrifice blood and soul for Bahrain," they chanted, alongside calls for restraint and More

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Saudi king offers package

‘UNREST’ IN KINGDOM

Cairo, Mar 18: Saudi Arabia's king promised a multibillion dollar package of reforms, raises, cash, loans and apartments today in what appeared to be the Arab world's most expensive attempt to appease residents inspired by the unrest that has swept two leaders from power. He also announced More

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Parliament rocked again, PM rejects bribery charge

WikiLeaks FALLOUT

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New Delhi, Mar 18: Parliament was today rocked for the second day notwithstanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's categorical rejection of allegations of bribery to MPs in the 2008 trust vote and confrontation escalated with Congress and opposition planning privilege moves against each other.& More

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Protests across Pak over Davis' release

REZAUL H LASKAR

Islamabad, Mar 18: Students, political parties and radical groups like JuD today staged protests in cities across Pakistan against the release of suspected CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who was arrested  in January for gunning down two men in Lahore. The largest protest took place More

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