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Mali readmitted into African Union

October 27, 2012

African Union (A.U.) readmitted Mali after a meeting of the A.U. Peace and Security Council [AUPSC]. Why Mali’s membership was annulled?  Mali’s membership was suspended by the African Union after a coup in the country in March 2012 when a ..

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Peugeot Citroen to get €7-billion bailout

October 26, 2012

France will provide carmaker Peugeot Citroen, a €7 billion ($9.1 billion) bailout package. Why this move? The government in France wants to rein in rising unemployment. In return of this rescue package the government is expected to demand a reduction ..

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ICRISAT-led research to improve lives of people in semi-arid tropics

October 24, 2012

The world’s largest international agriculture research coalition, the Fund Council of CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), has sanctioned two 10-year research programmes directed at improving food, nutrition and income security of billions of poor in the semi-arid tropics ..

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India, Russia put off meet by two months to resolve issues

October 24, 2012

India and Russia have postponed their high-level engagement planned for November 1, 2012 by almost two months in order to reach conformity on some debatable military and civil issues. What are the main issues? Major issues: Stalemate over liability provisions ..

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India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue

October 24, 2012

India and Japan decided to enhance cooperation key bilateral areas, including maritime, cyber, outer space security and also deliberated on regional and international security situation. It was second India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue held in Tokyo which involved discussions on foreign policy ..

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Five New Non-Permanent Member Countries on UNSC

October 21, 2012

The UN General Assembly elected five new non-permanent members to the Security Council. The New Members are:     1. South Korea 2. Luxembourg 3. Argentina 4. Australia 5. Rwanda The newly elected member countries will have 2-year term in UN body ..

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