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Children risk their lives for gold in Burkina Faso

Between half a million and 700,000 adolescents and younger children are caught up in the mining sector in Burkina Faso, according to the UN Children's Fund (Unicef.) Duration: 02:18

Mar 26, 2014

Chinese leader in France to sign major business deals

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to sign a series of major business deals on the second day of a state visit to France. Duration: 01:08

Mar 26, 2014

Obama at EU headquarters for talks on takeover of Crimea

President Barack Obama pays his first visit ever Wednesday to European Union headquarters, cementing US-EU opposition to the takeover of Crimea after slamming Russian expansionism as a "sign of weakness." Duration: 00:29

Mar 26, 2014

Nitish Kumar targets Modi, says BJP ignoring senior leaders and establishing fascism

Patna, March 26 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday lashed out at BJP and Narendra Modi and said that the party who are neglecting and sidelining their own senior leaders, can never succeed in running a country successfully. He said that BJP has become a one-man party and that they are trying to establish fascism in the world's largest democracy.

Mar 26, 2014

Rakhi Sawant to contest election from Mumbai

Mumbai, Mar 26 (ANI): Bollywood actress, Rakhi Sawant, on Wednesday announced that she will contest general election from entertainment capital Mumbai for main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. Sawant added that she never wanted to contest election but this time she decided to fight for the rights of people.

Mar 26, 2014

Deposit Rs. 10,000 crore to grant bail to Subrata Roy: SC tells Sahara Group

New Delhi, Mar 26 (ANI): The SC on Wednesday set a condition of depositing Rs 10,000 crore by Sahara Group for granting bail to its Chairman Subrata Roy. The apex court agreed to defreeze bank accounts of Sahara companies to raise Rs 10,000 crore. The court adjourned the case for Thursday, asking the group to give details of the bank account numbers which are to be defreezed.

Mar 26, 2014

Ramkripal Yadav files nomination from Pataliputra

Patna, March 26 (ANI): Former RJD leader Ramkripal Yadav who recently joined the BJP on Wednesday filed his nomination from the Pataliputra constituency. Yadav had parted ways with the JD (U) when party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav had decided to field his daughter Misa Bharti from the constituency. Earlier on Tuesday, Misa also filed her nomination from Pataliputra.

Mar 26, 2014

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Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Kejriwal Says Modi is Avoiding Debate on Development Issues

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejrival on 26 March rebutted Narendra Modi's allegations that he is helping Pakistan.

Mar 26, 2014

Infrastructure mega-projects seek to remake Istanbul

Turks go the polls on Sunday in local elections. One of the crunch electoral issues is urbanisation: a tunnel beneath the Bosphorus, a third bridge, and a third airport. But opinions are divided on the value of the huge works. dURATION: 02:29

Mar 26, 2014

US landslide death toll rises to 24

Rescuers digging through the debris of a monster US landslide have found another 10 bodies, bringing the death toll to 24 with potentially more than 170 still unaccounted for. Duration: 00:57

Mar 26, 2014

Ukrainian marines return to Kiev from Crimea

A brigade of 130 Ukrainian soldiers arrive at the presidential guards base in Kiev after receiving orders to evacuate their post in Crimea. Duration: 00:56

Mar 26, 2014

Myanmar needs a modern and strong military: president

Myanmar President Thein Sein stresses the importance of a modern and strong military in a speech to mark the anniversary of taking power. Duration: 01:22

Mar 26, 2014

Technical hitch delays US-Russia crew's ISS docking

A US-Russian three man crew Wednesday faced an unprecedented two day delay in their docking with the International Space Station (ISS) after their Russian Soyuz spacecraft suffered a technical glitch on its approach in orbit. Duration: 00:30

Mar 26, 2014

SC rejects Centre's plea opposing SIT to probe on black money

New Delhi, March 26 (ANI): Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Centre's plea against setting up SIT to monitor and probe the issue of black money inside and outside the country. The SC said that the court has witnessed Centre's failure to take steps during last six decades for bringing back black money deposited in foreign banks. the court also said that if brought back, black money can stabilize the dwindling economy and can lessen the load of price rise and taxes on common man.

Mar 26, 2014

Congress releases Election manifesto, politicos react

New Delhi, March 26 (ANI): Political leaders criticized Congress' election manifesto released on Wednesday in the presence of party President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. BJP Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Congress has a number of scams during its governance and they should rather have released 'scam letter' than election manifesto. AAP leader Ashutosh said that people have lost their faith in the Congress party and any manifesto will not work for the party. JD (U) leader KC Tyagi said that the promises in the manifesto are impractical and there is no way that these can be fulfilled. Further, CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat said that Congress repeated its old unfulfilled promises, which is a cruel joke on people.

Mar 26, 2014