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Dublin  - The president of Ireland's Olympic Council, Pat Hickey, said Thursday that there's no question of the Irish team boycotting the opening ceremony of the Olympics in China this summer.

New Delhi, Apr 10 : President Pratibha Patil has appointed Additional Judge

Amman  - Jordan's largest political party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), on Thursday demanded an "independent investigation" into charges by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) that prisoners delegated

Wellington - Receivers took control of New Zealand's Lombard Finance & Investments Limited on Thursday, making it the country's 17th finance company to collapse or default on payments to invest

Amman  - Jordan's largest political party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), on Thursday demanded an "independent investigation" into charges by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) that prisoners delegated

Kiev  -  Ukraine's parliament on Thursday gave its approval to entering the World Trade Organization, giving a decisive victory to reform politicians in the former Soviet republic.

The national legislature the Verhovna Rada in a rare show of agreement between its pro-Europe and pro-Russia factions, voted 411 in favour of the measure, out of 449 legislators present.

The only opponents of WTO membership was the minority Communist party and a few left-wing independents, who abstained from casting ballots.

The vote was a dramatic success for the thin pro-Europe majority currently in control of Ukraine's government, which for months had failed to push approval of the WTO through the legislature, in the face of the pro-Russia opposition.