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100Boris Johnson's “foreign embassies” in Delhi and Mumbai have been mothballed amid claims the move will cost London millions of pounds of new business, it emerged today.

Agencies New Delhi, Feb 8: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday asked aloud if the government's decision to start foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan was the 'upshot of a powerful nudge from Washington'.

The London Conference on Afghanistan held recently has evoked differing reactions in the Indian media. At one extreme it has been welcomed as providing an effective solution to the Afghan problem, even though it may entail the return of Mullah Omar to power in Afghanistan, and at the other extreme it has been criticised not only for paving the way for the return of the Taliban but also for ...

Yanukovych leads Ukraine election

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday asked aloud if the government's decision to start foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan was the 'upshot of a powerful nudge from Washington'.

A 12-feet 3.5 ton black granite statue of entertainment icon Michael Jackson has been etched in India and the creators want to donate it for display at Neverland Valley Ranch (Santa Barbara county, California, USA), according to reports.

New Delhi, Feb 8 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday asked aloud if the government's decision to start foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan was the 'upshot of a powerful nudge from Washington'.

External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday said with his re-election as the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa would utilize this opportunity to work for a settlement with all ethnic minorities in his country.

Sri Lankan military officials have ordered the arrest of the former Army commander who lost the presidential election.

With the re-election of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, India’s largest power generator, NTPC, hopes the implementation of a 500-Mw imported coal-based power project in that country should begin by the end of this month.

The result of Ukraine’s presidential run-off on Sunday – a slim victory by opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych – is being seen by some analysts as an indictment of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution of five years ago, at the very least a political full-circle that will now see the country move closer towards Russia. That could spell bad news for the EU’s Eastern Partnership programme as well as for ...

In Ukraine, presidential elections look to have brought the country full circle. Voters have apparently returned to support Viktor Yanukovich, the villain in the country’s democratic "Orange Revolution" of 2004.

Mr Yanukovich says he faced down his arch-rival Yulia Tymoshenko, with exit polls suggesting he scraped home by just 3%. But the last time he won the election, in 2004, he was accused of corruption a...

The likely presidential winner, Viktor Yanukovich, was once the villain of the 'Orange Revolution.' He needs to bridge deep divisions at home and abroad -- and revive a badly beaten economy.

Prime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko refused to concede the presidential election to Viktor F. Yanukovich.

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lankan military police arrested General Sarath Fonseka , the opposition candidate defeated in last month’s presidential election, the Defense Ministry said.

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Viktor Yanukovych , the Ukrainian opposition leader whose first presidential election victory was overturned by the courts after the 2004 Orange Revolution, won yesterday’s vote on a promise to end years of turmoil.

Ukraine's pro-Moscow presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich has declared victory in the country's fiercely contested elections, sparking fears of a repeat of the country's Orange Revolution.

The Fourth District Court of Appeal will hear attorneys' arguments Tuesday in Gerry Goldsmith's appeal of a judge's decision upholding the result of the town's February 2009 mayoral election and recount.

Even before the polls closed Sunday in Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential election, supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko were warning that the vote was once again being stolen by her old antagonist from the 2004 Orange Revolution, Viktor Yanukovich.

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