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Obama Administration Denies Using SECRET Government Emails Accounts

Obama officials have denied the accusations that some of President Barack Obama's political appointees are using secret email accounts to conduct official business. According to a review by The Associated Press, the pretext for using these emails accounts was the necessity to prevent their inboxes from being overwhelmed with unwanted messages. One of the officials accused of using a different account is Health and Human ...

Pakistan election results 2013: Nawaz Sharif wins the Third Term as Prime Minister

Looking at the media projections, former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif has declared his win in the Pakistan Elections 2013. It is reported that Mr. Sharif was seen celebrating is approaching victory with his supporters. Mr. Sharif's Muslim League is expected to have a big lead this time. Good turnout was seen at the poll. However, violence was also seen during the ...

Live updates: Pakistan national assembly election results 2013

The counting has started for the Pakistan general assembly elections 2013 which were held today May 11, 2013. The results are expected to start coming in at around 10:00 p.m. Pakistan time (1700 GMT). The elections for 342 seats were held to elect the members of the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament and 728 seats in the four provincial assemblies ...

Karnataka Elections Results 2013 live: Congress wins majority, BJP decimated

Finally, Congress has done it again. It was able to dethrone the ruling BJP in Karnataka. The counting of the votes for Karnataka Assembly Elections began early morning under stringent security at 36 centres. It has been able to achieve a majority on its own in Karnataka. Even the exit poll suggested a win for the Congress. From the beginning the trends ...

Live updates: Karnataka assembly election results 2013

The results of the Karnataka assembly election 2013 which was held on May 5, 2013 will be announced today by the Karnataka Chief Electoral officer. The future of around 3,000 candidates who contested for 223 assembly seats will be decided when the counting begins at 8:00 a.m. The results are expected to be out by 12 noon. The counting is on the ...

Karnataka Assembly Election results 2013 on May 8

The Karnataka Assembly elections results 2013 are scheduled to be declared on May 8. We will bring you live updates of the results here on Wednesday morning. The elections saw 70.3 percent voter turnout on Sunday. The ruling party BJP seemed to lose its position against a renascent Congress. The voting started early morning at 7:00 a.m. The turnout receded in the ...

Exit polls: Karnataka assembly elections 2013, Congress to get clear majority

The Economic Times India reports on May 6, 2013, that according to three exit polls, the Congress has bright chances to win the elections in Karnataka defeating the ruling BJP. It seems that the Congress would win by a simple majority, proclaims the survey conducted by C Voter, Today's Chanakya and CNN IBN-The Week. The estimates of C Voter survey state that ...

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 5 years imprisonment

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt’s conviction in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case has been upheld by the Supreme Court of India. As per the verdict delivered today, the actor will have to subject himself to a commuted jail sentence of five years, instead of six awarded by the TADA court. Dutt has been given four weeks to surrender. According to the verdict ...

DMK withdraws support to Congress-led UPA over Sri Lanka issue

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party of Tamilnadu has withdrawn its support to the Indian Union Government over crimes against Tamilians in Sri Lanka and other issues on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. The decision to pull-out of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance coalition was in protest against Indi'as stand on a US-backed United Nations resolution on war crimes against the Tamilians ...

Photo: Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under fire for hugging Hugo Chavez’s mother

NDTV.com reported on March 13, 2013, that Iran President Ahmadinejad was scolded for hugging the mother of Hugo Chavez. Mahmoud was consoling her at the funeral of the late Venezuelan president. Physical contact with a woman other than his wife is considered a sin under Iran's strict Islamic laws. The photo of Ahmadinejad hugging Chavez's mother went viral on the internet invoking ...

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