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Ukraine protesters react to defeat of no-confidence vote

Ukraine's government survived a no-confidence vote Tuesday after the PM apologised for a police crackdown on protests, while demonstrators massed outside parliament protesting the ex-Soviet state's rejection of a historic EU pact. Duration: 00:38 Dec 4, 2013
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Opposition demands Telangana and economy to be discussed in winter Parliament session

New Delhi, Dec 03 (ANI): Opposition parties in India urged the union government to discuss and debate on the bifurcation plans for Andhra Pradesh and existing economic crisis in the country at the ensuing winter session of parliament. The parties put forth their demands at an all-party meeting that was held in New Delhi on Monday evening to finalize the topics of discussions in the next session of parliament. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the government to take up the issue of creation of the new province of Telangana that it said was missing from the ruling Congress party's list. Dec 3, 2013
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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors demand justice

Bhopal, Dec 03 (ANI): Survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy held a candle light vigil and protested for justice in Bhopal. In the early hours of December 03, 1984, a pesticide factory owned by the U.S. multinational, Union Carbide, accidentally released about 40 metric tonnes of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into Bhopal's atmosphere. Protestors lit candles and torches and shouted slogans against the central and provincial government. Leader of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (Bhopal Gas Victims Women Organisation), Abdul Jabbar explained the purpose of the protest. Dec 3, 2013
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Snooping row is no more state issue: Manish Tewari

New Delhi, Dec 02 (ANI): Hitting out at the BJP and its Prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over snoopgate, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Manish Tewari on Monday said that the snooping row is no more a state issue. Talking to mediapersons in New Delhi, he also said that if BJP has nothing to hide then they should not run away from an investigation. The Centre on Sunday said that it will inquire into alleged misuse of state machinery in Gujarat in the wake of alleged "snooping" on a woman from the state allegedly at the behest of Amit Shah, a close aide of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Dec 2, 2013
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BJP condemns Shinde's call for probe in snooping case

New Delhi/ Lucknow / Ahmedabad, Dec 02 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday criticized Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for calling an inquiry into alleged misuse of state machinery in Gujarat in the wake of alleged “snooping” on a woman from the state allegedly at the behest of former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah, a close aide of BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Dec 2, 2013
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Bhopal gas tragedy victims demand punishment to guilty

Bhopal, Dec 02 (ANI): Survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy in Madhya Pradesh burnt effigies and demanded punishment to guilty. An NGO, Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pensionbhogi Sangharsh Morcha (Bhopal Gas Victims Destitute Pension Front) staged a protest on Sunday and demanded severe punishment for people whose negligence caused the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal. On December 03, 1984, a pesticide factory owned by the U.S. multinational, Union Carbide, accidentally released about 40 metric tonnes of deadly methyl isocyanate gas. Dec 2, 2013
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Conservationist urges action at Africa elephant summit

African ministers and experts meet from Monday in Botswana to find ways to curb a spike in the killing of elephants for ivory. Ali Kaka, from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, says action is urgently needed to prevent extinction. Dec 1, 2013
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