Rama Kant Sharma was born into a Communist family from Punjab, India in 1933. As a young boy, he became active in politics in 1944 as a student freedom fighter against British colonial rule. Sharma joined the Communist Party of India in 1949 and work...
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Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants freed a cameraman for the Philippines' largest TV network, but his two colleagues remained captive on a southern island, officials said Friday. Abductors released ABS-CBN's Angelo Valderama late Thursday, negoti...
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Kidnapped British TV reporter appears unharmed; Blair says he's doing everything he `possibly can' Jun 02, 2007 04:30 AM Oakland Ross Middle East Bureau JERUSALEM–Alan Johnston, the British TV reporter kidnapped in Gaza by Palestinian milit...
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By The Rediff Special/P V Ramana People's War Group Andhra Pradesh state secretary Akkiraju Haragopal Ramakrishna, currently in Hyderabad to participate in the maiden talks with the AP government on Friday, October 15, dismissed reports of the Nax...
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Saturday, November 25, 2006 (Tijuana, Mexico): Crusading Mexican journalist Jesus Blancornelas has died of a chronic illness in Tijuana, his newspaper said. He relentlessly investigated drug cartels and government corruption despite an attem...
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HONG KONG : November 19, 2006:A U.S. photojournalist detained while covering a southern Chinese village protest, where riot police freed officials held hostage by residents protesting the arrest of an anti-corruption activist, says he has been releas...
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Thursday:09 November,2006: By SCOTT LINDLAW and MARTHA MENDOZA, AP: In a remote and dangerous corner of Afghanistan, under the protective roar of Apache attack helicopters and B-52 bombers, special agents and investigators did their work. The...
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GAZA CITY - A Spanish photographer working with the Associated Press news agency was kidnapped Tuesday in the increasingly lawless Gaza Strip by unknown gunmen, witnesses said. The photographer, Emilio Morenatti, was seized by four armed and maske...
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Sunday, August 27, 2006 (Baghdad):A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of a government-run newspaper in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 30. At least 25 cars caught fire in the blast in the parking lot of the al-Sabah ...
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Sunday, August 27, 2006 (Gaza City): Two Fox News journalists were released on Sunday, nearly two weeks after being seized by militants. The release ended the longest-running drama involving foreign hostages in the Gaza Strip. Cameraman Olaf...
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