Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 19:33
Over 1,600 prisoners were released across the country Friday under an amnesty order of President U Thein Sein, local media reported.
Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 09:57
The Myanmar government pardoned some inmates as a gesture to mark the country`s Independence Day which is falling on Saturday, according to an order of the President`s Office.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 12:12
The US government has begun phasing out the familiar 60-and-40-watt light bulbs, and starting from 1st January 2014, US will see the end of a seven-year effort to outlaw the ordinary lightbulb.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 20:39
Pope Francis told members of his favourite Buenos Aires football team on Wednesday that he would visit his native Argentina in 2016 for the 200th anniversary of its independence, the club said.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 09:21
Thirteen people have been killed in four attacks in Kenya during week-long celebrations to mark the country`s 50th anniversary of independence, including the first attack on tourists in two years.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 11:35
Kenyans mark half a century of independence from Britain on Thursday, celebrating progress of the regional economic powerhouse but also struggling to shake off a legacy of corruption, inequality and ethnic violence.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 12:00
The police also smashed down the barricades that the protesters had put up around the square and ripped down several of their tents.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 00:50
The Puducherry administration has constituted a nine-member committee under the chairmanship of a former Madras High Court judge to go into the plea for declaring November 1 as Independence day of Puducherry.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 19:23
The BJP on Thursday accused the Congress of keeping many of its own party stalwarts of the Independence Movement like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the shadows while promoting "only one family".
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 15:06
The Scottish government on Tuesday unveils its legal argument for independence from the United Kingdom, but nationalist leaders face an uphill battle in convincing voters to end the 300-year union.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 23:02
Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari Thursday defended his ministry`s advisory to TV news channels over the "denigration" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s Independence Day speech.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 3, 2013, 12:50
Rebel ethnic armed groups in Myanmar have formed a 13-member nationwide ceasefire coordination group to make a peace deal with the government, Xinhua reported.
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