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London, November 24: A 16-year-old girl is thought to have become the first person to speak from the House of Commons despatch box in the British parliament while wearing a hijab, The Times newspaper reported Saturday. Sumaiya Karim a biology, chemistry, history and maths student, was speaking as the Youth Parliament held its annual session in the lower house's chamber, where Britain's MPs gather

Islamabad, November 22: Twenty people have died in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city when a powerful explosion ripped through a Shia procession, police said Thursday. The attack took place around 11.40 p.m. Wednesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of worshippers, Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner Saqib Zaffar said. Over 1,500 Shia Muslims took part in the procession. Nearly 50 others

London, November 21: Amid a raging debate on the country's strict abortion laws, Ireland's Catholic bishops have said that the church “has never taught that the life of a child in the womb should be preferred to that of a mother”. Reacting to the death of Savita Halappanavar, the standing committee of the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference said on Monday night that her passing, along with her

Phnom Penh, November 20: "India is a big part of my plan," US President Barack Obama told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday after he was congratulated for winning the presidential election. Obama made the remark when the two met and shook hands briefly on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in this Cambodian capital. Separately, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon met his American

United Nations, November 20: India was among the 39 countries that voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death penalty, saying every nation had the "sovereign right" to determine its own legal system. The non-binding resolution called for a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty. It was adopted yesterday at the General

Washington, November 19: The small Indian-American community - constituting just about one per cent of the US population never had it so good as under the Obama administration, with a record number of community members being roped in to head top administrative positions. President Barack Obama recognising the immense talent and potential of this community numbering about 3.1 million, not only

Houston, November 19: Record-setting Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams along with two other cosmonauts returned to Earth Sunday, after four months in orbit. Williams ceremonially handed over the command of the International Space Station to fellow NASA astronaut Kevin Ford on the eve of her departure from the complex yesterday. Williams along with Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace

Bangkok, November 18: Myanmar local security forces killed Muslim villagers and assaulted people trying to flee a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence in western Rakhine state last month, a rights watchdog said Sunday. Local forces killed ethnic minority Kaman Muslims in the town of Kyauk Pyu while government troops "stood by and watched", according to New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Washington, November 15:President Obama said in his victory speech last week that “elections matter.” On Wednesday, he made clear how much the election matters to him — and to the way he intends to govern in his second term. Appearing in his first post-victory news conference, the customarily cautious Obama spoke like a politician with nothing to lose after winning the last race of his life. Over

Tokyo, November 14: A military squad has safely removed a 250-kilogram World War II bomb found two weeks ago near the runway of a major airport in northern Japan. The team defused the rusty bomb today and then transported it away from Sendai Airport. More than 30 flights were cancelled while they worked. Sendai Airport was heavily damaged by last year's tsunami and the bomb was uncovered in