Tag: Rival
Rival rallies as Erdogan opens mega mosque in Cologne
COLOGNE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to open one of Europe's largest mosques in Cologne on Saturday as he wrapped up a controversial...
Deal reached with Palestinian rival ‘Fatah’ says Hamas chief
CAIRO/GAZA: Palestinian rival factions Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal over political reconciliation, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement on Thursday...
Nepal’s former Maoist PM announces rival new party
Nepal’s former Maoist prime minister Baburam Bhattarai announced a new political party on Sunday in an attempt to attract legions of voters disillusioned with...
Modi’s rivals should go to Pakistan: BJP leader
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BJP leader from Bihar Giriraj Singh on Sunday told an election rally in Jharkhand that those who want to stop Narendra Modi from becoming...
Egypt’s constitution approved in vote, say rival camps
A constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly was approved by a majority of Egyptians in a referendum, rival camps said on Sunday, after a...
Rival Mali rebels agree to suspend fighting
Two rival rebel groups in Mali have agreed to stop fighting, a day after the United Nations Security Council voted on a French-drafted resolution...
Rival militias clash in Libyan capital
Rival Libyan militias fired guns and rocket-propelled grenades at each other in Tripoli on Sunday and set fire to a former intelligence building, one...
Microsoft unveils ‘Surface’ tablet in iPad challenge
Software giant Microsoft unveiled its first tablet computer, the Surface, on Monday, in a major hardware launch clearly designed to take on long-term rival...
Pakistan’s Irish coach aims high
Pakistan's new rugby coach Justin Fitzpatrick said Monday his players had the passion to rise quickly in the game as the team prepares to...
Romney holds frontrunner pace as rivals attack
Republican US presidential candidate Mitt Romney weathered sharp attacks from his rivals in a Saturday night debate and pushed full speed ahead towards New...
Sarkozy closes gap on rival as French poll nears
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has closed the gap in voting intentions on his opposition Socialist rival Francois Hollande just four months before their election...
India opens rival bids for huge war plane deal
India on Friday opened rival bids from France's Dassault and the Eurofighter consortium, which are competing over an estimated $12 billion contract to provide...
Two killed by rival group
A 45-year-old man and his nephew were shot dead on the Grand Trunk (GT) Road while they were returning to their homes after appearing...
Rival troops battle in Yemen capital
Six people died as rival troops battled in the streets of the Yemeni capital for a fifth straight day Thursday, following the failure of...
Indian investigators examine rival claims to Delhi bomb blast
Indian federal investigators on Thursday examined two unverified claims by militant groups that they were behind a deadly bomb blast at New Delhi’s High...
Facebook to offer free online music to rival iTunes
Facebook’s 750 million users will soon be able to listen to music through the site - sharing songs in the same way that users...
Amazon tablet seen as worthy iPad rival
With Amazon reportedly poised to launch a tablet computer, technology research firm Forrester is predicting the device could be the first legitimate challenger to...
