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Square Named After 2 BSF Martyrs In Odisha
Two Border Security Force (BSF) men who laid down their lives in the line of duty during an anti-Naxal operation in the jungles of Odisha earler this year, were today honoured with a major square in the city being named after them.
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Lebanese in Mass 'You Stink' Rally Against Politicians
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Lebanon staged a mass rally in downtown Beirut Saturday against a political class they accuse of corruption and failing to provide basic services.
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Lebanon Holds Mass 'You Stink' Rally Against Politicians
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Lebanon flocked to a mass rally today in downtown Beirut against a political class accused of corruption and failing to provide basic services.
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Opinion: How Afzal Guru, Alam Were Turned Into Martyrs
In the week that has seen Mahatma Gandhi's statue being unveiled beside Winston Churchill's in London's Westminster Square, the question surely arises: what do governments gain by jailing political dissidents? Certainly, in the end, Gandhi, the convict, won and Churchill, the jailer, lost.
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New Bust of Gandhian Erected in South Africa
A bust of a teenage martyr, who fought alongside Mahatma Gandhi in his fight against racial discrimination in South Africa, has been unveiled in Johannesburg after her statue was destroyed by vandals in a mainly Indian township.
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Final Farewell to Colonel Munindra Nath Rai, Martyred in Kashmir
Colonel Munindra Nath Rai, who died fighting terrorists in Kashmir on Tuesday, will be cremated at Brar Square in the Delhi Cantonment this morning.
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Name change for Libyan square on Google Maps
Google Inc.'s online mapping service has changed the name of a Libyan location to what it was called before Moammar Gadhafi rose to power four decades ago.
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Maharashtra Day: Raj, Athawale offer tributes
MNS chief Raj Thackeray and RPI leader Ramdas Athawale, a key player in the Shiv Sena-BJP-RPI's mega alliance, offered tributes at the 'Hutatma Chowk' (Martyrs Square) in south Mumbai on the occasion of the 52nd Maharashtra Day. The two leaders found themselves arriving at the venue almost at the same time today.
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Egypt riot police clears Tahrir Square of protesters
Egyptian riot police beat protesters and dismantled a small tent city set up to commemorate revolutionary martyrs in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday.
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Libya marks Eid, rebels proclaim 'right' to kill Gaddafi
Libya on Wednesday marked the first Eid-ul-fitr feast in 42 years free of Moammar Gaddafi's yoke, as rebels proclaimed a "right to kill" the fugitive strongman and gave his forces three days to surrender.
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Name change for Libyan square on Google Maps
Google Inc.'s online mapping service has changed the name of a Libyan location to what it was called before Moammar Gadhafi rose to power four decades ago.
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Square Named After 2 BSF Martyrs In Odisha
Two Border Security Force (BSF) men who laid down their lives in the line of duty during an anti-Naxal operation in the jungles of Odisha earler this year, were today honoured with a major square in the city being named after them.
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Lebanese in Mass 'You Stink' Rally Against Politicians
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Lebanon staged a mass rally in downtown Beirut Saturday against a political class they accuse of corruption and failing to provide basic services.
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Lebanon Holds Mass 'You Stink' Rally Against Politicians
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Lebanon flocked to a mass rally today in downtown Beirut against a political class accused of corruption and failing to provide basic services.
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Opinion: How Afzal Guru, Alam Were Turned Into Martyrs
In the week that has seen Mahatma Gandhi's statue being unveiled beside Winston Churchill's in London's Westminster Square, the question surely arises: what do governments gain by jailing political dissidents? Certainly, in the end, Gandhi, the convict, won and Churchill, the jailer, lost.
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New Bust of Gandhian Erected in South Africa
A bust of a teenage martyr, who fought alongside Mahatma Gandhi in his fight against racial discrimination in South Africa, has been unveiled in Johannesburg after her statue was destroyed by vandals in a mainly Indian township.
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Final Farewell to Colonel Munindra Nath Rai, Martyred in Kashmir
Colonel Munindra Nath Rai, who died fighting terrorists in Kashmir on Tuesday, will be cremated at Brar Square in the Delhi Cantonment this morning.
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Name change for Libyan square on Google Maps
Google Inc.'s online mapping service has changed the name of a Libyan location to what it was called before Moammar Gadhafi rose to power four decades ago.
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Maharashtra Day: Raj, Athawale offer tributes
MNS chief Raj Thackeray and RPI leader Ramdas Athawale, a key player in the Shiv Sena-BJP-RPI's mega alliance, offered tributes at the 'Hutatma Chowk' (Martyrs Square) in south Mumbai on the occasion of the 52nd Maharashtra Day. The two leaders found themselves arriving at the venue almost at the same time today.
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Egypt riot police clears Tahrir Square of protesters
Egyptian riot police beat protesters and dismantled a small tent city set up to commemorate revolutionary martyrs in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday.
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Libya marks Eid, rebels proclaim 'right' to kill Gaddafi
Libya on Wednesday marked the first Eid-ul-fitr feast in 42 years free of Moammar Gaddafi's yoke, as rebels proclaimed a "right to kill" the fugitive strongman and gave his forces three days to surrender.
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Name change for Libyan square on Google Maps
Google Inc.'s online mapping service has changed the name of a Libyan location to what it was called before Moammar Gadhafi rose to power four decades ago.
