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Monthly News January 2015

South Korean president nominates new pri...

South Korean president nominates new prime minister

SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-hye has nominated ruling party lawmaker Lee Wan Koo to replace Prime Minister Chung Hong-won nearly 10 months after Chung offered to resign over a ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people in April last year. Presidential official Yoon Du-hyun said in... read more »

US officials detail Islamic State kills,...

US officials detail Islamic State kills, but hard part ahead

LONDON: The US and its allies sought to put a good face on the coalition’s deliberate campaign to roll back the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria on Thursday, boasting of having killed thousands of militants while acknowledging that ousting the group from key cities remains a distant... read more »

Historic move: UK begins transfer of pow...

Historic move: UK begins transfer of powers to Scotland

LONDON: The British government began a historic transfer of powers to Scotland on Thursday, keeping a pledge it had given to persuade Scots to reject independence as renewed nationalist support surges. The draft bill, to be enacted after a general election on May 7, will further dismantle... read more »

Probe into Neruda’s death to be reopened...

Probe into Neruda’s death to be reopened

Chile will reopen an investigation into the death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda to determine if the poet was poisoned more than 40 years ago by a military dictatorship, after tests on his exhumed body in 2013 found no evidence to back the claims. Neruda, famed for his passionate love poems and... read more »

Tiger population is on rise in North East

Tiger population in North Eastern hills and Brahmaputra flood plains has increased to 201 in 2014 from 148 in 2010, according to the latest status report on tigers. Assam registered the... read more »

Obama wants to clinch climate change deal with India during his visit

WASHINGTON: Beyond all the optics and symbolism of the US president being chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations, President Obama is arriving in New Delhi with his eye on... read more »

2 Killed, 14 Injured in Bomb Explosion at Bihar Court

Two persons, including a woman, have been killed in a bomb explosion in a court in Arrah in western Bihar this morning. The police said a woman was carrying the bomb and was killed when it... read more »

Thai caretaker PM refuses to step down

Former Thai Leader Impeached, Reawakening Tensions

BANGKOK — Dormant political tensions re-emerged in Thailand on Friday when the military junta’s handpicked assembly impeached the country’s former prime minister, Yingluck... read more »

Barack Obama’s India trip: US analysts cautiously optimisti...

Washington: President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to India could well lead to deeper cooperation between the two countries as it was in their mutual interest, analysts suggested though some... read more »