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Rivals brawl in Ukraine's Crimea as Putin orders drills

Brawls erupted between rival factions on Ukraine's volatile Crimean peninsula as the former Soviet nation's new leaders prepared to unveil a unity cabinet and Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered snap military drills. Duration: 01:08

Feb 27, 2014

St Peter's colonnade unveiled after five-year restoration

Scaffolding around the famous 17th-century marble colonnade on St Peter's Square designed by architect and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini was taken down this week following a five-year restoration. Duration: 00:41

Feb 27, 2014

'Shocking' scenes in besieged Syria refugee camp

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees spoke Tuesday of the "shocking" conditions he had seen inside a Syrian camp which has been under siege and bombardment for months.

Feb 27, 2014

Ukraine to unveil unity cabinet, disband riot police

Ukraine's new pro-Western leaders pledged to unveil a unity cabinet Wednesday after disbanding the feared riot police as they sought to build confidence in the splintered and economically ravaged ex-Soviet state. Duration: 01:23

Feb 27, 2014

Oscar-nominated film holds mirror to Indonesia's dark past

Joshua Oppenheimer's Oscar-nominated documentary 'The Act of Killing' turns its cameras on to the perpetrators of massacres that claimed the lives of at least 500,000 people in Indonesia in 1965. Duration: 01:07

Feb 27, 2014

Abu Dhabi Air Expo kicks off for third year

The third Abu Dhabi Air Expo kicked off on Wednesday with a trade show of executive business jets, exhibits from over 170 companies specializing in aviation services and an aerobatic air show.

Feb 27, 2014

Italy's captain Schettino returns to site of disaster

Residents of Italy's Giglio Island reacted with mixed emotions on Wednesday to the first return visit by captain Francesco Schettino since a tragedy in which 32 people on his Costa Concordia cruise ship died. Duration: 01:08

Feb 27, 2014

Russian gay couple marry in Buenos Aires

Dimitri and Alexander Zaitsev Eremeev, a couple of Russian homosexuals who left the country before the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, were married on Tuesday in Buenos Aires, where they intend to live now and denounce anti-gay Russian legislation.

Feb 27, 2014

Development work will solve people's problems: Rajasthan PWD Minister

Sawai Madhopur, Feb 26 (ANI): Rajasthan's Public Works Department Minister Yunus Khan during his Sarkar Aapke Dwar or 'Government at your door step' campaign recently visited more than a dozen villages like Morpa, Barnala, Dabur, Khedli, Sitod, Koela in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan. During his visit, Khan enquired about the problems of the area and while talking to villagers said that the government is with them in their day to day problems

Feb 26, 2014

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Submarine INS Sindhuratna Mishap: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral DK Joshi Resigns

The government has accepted the resignation of Admiral Joshi with immediate effect, a statement from Press Information Bureau stated.

Feb 26, 2014

Telangana: Congress Insists for TRS Merger

Congress might be expecting the merger of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) once the party-headed UPA government annouced the Telangana state. But TRS cadre are not willing to lose the identity of TRS, which has been fighting for the Telangana state formation for 13 years.

Feb 26, 2014

Development work will solve peoples problems: Rajasthan PWD Minister

Sawai Madhopur, Feb 26 (ANI): Rajasthan’s Public Works Department Minister Yunus Khan during his Sarkar Aapke Dwar or ‘Government at your door step’ campaign recently visited more than a dozen villages like Morpa, Barnala, Dabur, Khedli, Sitod, Koela in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan. During his visit, Khan enquired about the problems of the area and while talking to villagers said that the government is with them in their day to day problems

Feb 26, 2014

Opinion Polls are manipulated: Congress

New Delhi. Feb 26 (ANI): Congress leader Ajay Maken on Wednesday said that Opinion Polls are manipulated and 70-80% black money is used in it. Maken was speaking in the context of a sting operation conducted by a news channel which claimed that some of the agencies which conduct opinion polls before elections are willing to twist their findings for money.

Feb 26, 2014

Kejriwal raises questions on Opinion Polls

New Delhi, Feb 26 (ANI): Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and AAP chief on Wednesday said that his party has been saying that there is an opinion poll scam and a sting operation conducted by a news channel proved it right. The sting operation claimed that some of the agencies which conduct opinion polls before elections are willing to twist their findings for money. Kejriwal also said that every week there is an opinion poll and asked that how such a huge survey is done within a week. He further said that a special investigative team should verify the tapes and if they are genuine then strict action needs to be taken. He also asked how much money has BJP and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi given to various opinion poll agencies.

Feb 26, 2014

Hong Kong ex-editor in press freedom row critical after attack

The former chief editor of a Hong Kong newspaper whose removal from his post triggered protests over press freedom and Beijing's influence is critically ill after being attacked with a cleaver. Duration: 01:27

Feb 26, 2014