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Preity Zinta files molestation complaint

One of India’s top Bollywood actresses Preity Zinta has filed a police complaint alleging that she was molested, abused and threatened by a former boyfriend at an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match, officials said Saturday. priti zintaZinta accused businessman Ness Wadia, who co-owns the Kings XI Punjab IPL team with the actress, of abusing her after the pair got into an argument while watching their team play the Chennai Super Kings on May 30, reports AFP. “We received Zinta’s complaint on Friday,” Mumbai police officer Vijay ...

India, China seek to boost economic ties in New Delhi meeting

India and China discussed boosting economic times and countering terrorism in the first formal talks between the two countries since Narendra Modi was elected the South Asian nation’s prime minister last month. China-IndiaIndia’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on attracting more Chinese investment, potentially into industrial parks, Syed Akbaruddin, an Indian foreign ministry spokesman, said today at a briefing in New Delhi. He didn’t specify if the two sides talked about border disputes in their ...

Russia, Ukrainian leaders meet in France

putin-porshenko300Ukraine’s president elect and Russian President Vladimir Putin met yesterday on the sidelines of D-Day commemorations in a 15-minute conversation which touched on key issues.

In their eagerly anticipated contact, Putin and Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko discussed how Russia could recognize the Ukrainian elections, and a possible cease-fire, an official at President Francois Hollande’s office who spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to sp...

Japan setting up anti-bribery mechanism for aid program    

Japan is planning to roll out new anti-fraud measures to ensure accountability within its foreign aid operation, after bribery allegations rocked three of its country programs earlier this year, Devex has confirmed. The anti-bribery mechanism will be rolled out in Vietnam first before potential adoption in Indonesia and Uzbekistan — the three countries where a private contractor has been accused of paying local officials roughly $780,000 to win development projects. papan's FlagAn official with Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs clar...

China signals policy easing as economy falters

China has signalled it will further ease monetary policy to kick-start the world’s second largest economy by cutting the amount of funds that some banks must hold in reserve, according to a government statement. china RMGThe State Council, China’s cabinet, announced after a meeting on Friday that it would trim reserve requirements for banks which lend to the agricultural sector and small enterprises, said the statement posted on the central government website. It gave no details of the timing or sum involved. China launched a similar, ...

Developing countries see swelling middle class: ILO

Workers in developing countries are increasingly moving to better jobs and joining the middle class, but 839 million workers still earn less than $2.00 a day, the International Labour Organization said. “The developing countries are generally in a process of catching up with the advanced economies,” ILO chief Guy Ryder told reporters in Geneva ahead of the release of the agency’s annual World of Work Report on Tuesday. Between 1980 and 2011, per capita income in the developing countries like Senegal, Vietnam and Tunisia on average grew 3.3 percent each year, which is far faster than the 1.8 percent growth seen in advanced economies, the report said.
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