Shaikh Khalifa expressed appreciation of the role played by Queen Elizabeth in strengthening bonds of friendship between the two countries. He added that the UAE was looking forward to further cooperation with the UK in all fields.

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The number of very poor countries has doubled in the last 30 to 40 years, while the number of people living in extreme poverty has also grown two-fold, a UN think-tank has warned. In its annual report on the 49 least developed countries (LDCs) in the world, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said that the model of development that has prevailed to date for these countries has failed and should be re-assessed.

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Both India and Sri Lanka have an unprecedented opportunity to take the relationship forward, he noted. Besides meeting Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne to exchange views on the current political situation in the country, Mr. Krishna, along with his Sri Lankan counterpart, will co-chair a meeting of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Commission, which is being revived after a gap of five years.

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ಮಣಿಪಾಲ:ನ,25. ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಹೊಟೇಲುಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಕಿಂಚಿತ್‌ ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ಶೈಲಿಯ, ಮಣಿಪಾಲದ ಸಿಂಡಿಕೇಟ್‌ ವೃತ್ತದ ಸಮೀಪ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾದ ’ಹೈಡ್‌ ಔಟ್‌’ಗುರುವಾರದ೦ದು ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆಗೊ೦ಡಿತು. ಮಣಿಪಾಲ ಮೀಡಿಯಾ ನೆಟ್‌ವರ್ಕ್‌ ಲಿ.ನ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಾಪಕ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ಟಿ. ಗೌತಮ್‌ ಪೈ ಅವರು ’ಹೈಡ್‌ ಔಟ್‌’ ಅನ್ನು ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ, ಕನಿಷ್ಟ ಅಪಾಯ ಎದುರಿಸಿ ಹೊಸ ಸಾಹಸಗಳಿಗೆ ಕೈಹಾಕಬೇಕು. ಈ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ’ಹೈಡ್‌ ಔಟ್‌’ ಹಲವು ಯುವ ಉದ್ದಿಮೆದಾರರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರೇರಣೆ ನೀಡಲಿದೆ ಎಂದರು.

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ಉಡುಪಿ:ನ,25. ಉಡುಪಿ ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಕಲಾರ೦ಗದ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಸಮಾರ೦ಭವು ನ.28ರ೦ದು ಪೂರ್ಣಪ್ರಜ್ಞ ಸಭಾ೦ಗಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆಯೆ೦ದು ಕಲಾರ೦ಗದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ತಲ್ಲೂರು ಶಿವರಾಮ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ಅವರು ಸುದ್ದಿಗೋಷ್ಠಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

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MUMBAI: Mukesh Ambani’s Godzilla-sized home in Mumbai, Antilia, has just notched up another headline. In the one month since he moved in with wife Nita and their three children, the house has generated a power bill of Rs 70,69,488, Mumbai’s highest residential electricity bill.

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Tushar scored the winner, the only goal of the match, in the 39th minute, after the first half ended in a stalemate. By virtue of this bronze, India ended their eight year-long medal drought in the quadrennial event after having finished on the podium (silver) in the 2002 Busan Games.

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Aiming at deflecting accusations of nepotism after saving his chair, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has asked his son and daughter to shift from his official residence here immediately. "The Chief Minister asked his son B Y Vijendra and daughter Umadevi to shift from his Race Course official residence yesterday and they obliged him immediately," an official attached to Chief Minister’s secretariat told PTI.

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ABU DHABI — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip arrived in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, 31 years after their first visit to the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, the state news agency WAM reported.“During the visit Her Majesty will attend the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and pay her respects at the tomb of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan,” the UAE founding ruler who died in 2004, the British embassy said. She was hosted by Sheikh Zayed on her first visit in 1979, and was invited this time by his son and UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan.

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UAE will meet Japan in the Asian Games football final after the young side knocked out South Korea with the last kick of extra-time in their semifinal. South Korea, whose last football gold medal came in 1986, were made to pay when centre-forward Ahmed Al Abry slotted the ball past substitute goalkeeper Lee Bum-Young

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ISLAMABAD: The Taliban are "the true followers of Islamic ideology", says a Pakistan minister who also believes that "America is the biggest terrorist of the world". According to federal minister for tourism Maulana Attaur Rehman: "Ulema and Taliban are the true followers of Islamic ideology and America is the biggest terrorist of the world, which is creating hatred against them."

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Kuala Lumpur, Nov 24 : The Malaysia Hindu Sangam, an NGO, has asked the Government to ban the latest issue of Newsweek showing US President Barack Obama as Nataraja (Lord Shiva) with the caption ’God of All Things’Its Penang branch deputy chairman P. Murugiah said the November issue of the magazine is an insult to Hindus.

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Patna, Nov 24 : Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was Wednesday poised to lead his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to an emphatic win in the assembly elections, crushing long-time foe Lalu Prasad and wiping out the Congress in one of India’s most populous states.

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ಕೊನೆಗೂ ಕರ್’ನಾಟಕ’ ಅಂತ್ಯ; ಸಿಎಂ ಯಡ್ಡಿ ತಲೆದಂಡವಿಲ್ಲ... ನವದೆಹಲಿ:ನ,24.ಕಳೆದ ಹಲವಾರು ದಿನಗಳಿಂದ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೆ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಹೈಕಮಾಂಡ್ ಕೊನೆಗೂ ತೆರೆ ಎಳೆದಿದೆ. ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಬಿ.ಎಸ್. ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪ ಅವರನ್ನು ಬದಲಾಯಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಘೋಷಿಸಲಷ್ಟೇ ಈಗ ಬಾಕಿ ಉಳಿದಿರುವುದು. ಅವರ ತಲೆದಂಡವಿಲ್ಲ ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನು ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಹೈಕಮಾಂಡ್ ಮೂಲಗಳೇ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸಿವೆ.

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Udupi: Chief Planning Officer of Udupi Zilla Panchayat Vijaykumar Shetty said here on Tuesday that awareness should be created about sanitation and cleanliness in rural areas. He was speaking at a seminar on “sanitation and cleanliness” organised by the Department of Information

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Battle for Bihar: JD(U)-BJP heading for a clear victory

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The Sangeetha Parishath in association with Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan and Mangalore University will organise music festival at the Ravindra Kalabhavan here between November 24 and 28, said Parishath Secretary Manjunath Bhat.

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Decision on Yeddyurappa Wednesday morning: BJP

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Indian expats needing help anytime now have a lifeline. All they need to do is call the toll free number 800India. The helpline for the much awaited Indian Workers’ Resource Centre (800-46342) number was dedicated to the Indian expatriate community in the UAE by the president of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil in Dubai on Tuesday evening.

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Manila: A 23-year-old Filipina who was set to leave for Taiwan gave birth inside the washroom of Manila’s airport yesterday morning. A television news report did not identify the woman but said she was from Carcar town in the southern province of Cebu. A cleaner said she saw blood on the toilet cubicle’s floor where the woman locked herself up prompting her to call for help.

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