Top News 23 December 2013 In India , International

Veteran journalist Pran Chopra died Born in 1921 in Lahore, Pran began his journalism in 1941 in civil and military gazette. 

In 1940s he served All India Radio as a War Correspondent in China and Vietnam. 

He wrote the foreword of the book If I’m Assassinated a book of former Pakistan Prime Minister, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

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Putting an end to all speculations and rumours, the founder and chief of debutant AAP, Arvind Kejriwal said he will form the government in Delhi on December 26

Mr. Kejriwal handed over a formal letter to the Lt. Governor saying a majority of the people are in favour of Aam Aadmi Party forming a government in New Delhi.

Kejriwal said, the swearing in ceremony of Aam Admi party will take place at the Ramleela Maidan. Kejriwal said, the Lt. Governor told him that the letter will be forwarded to the President for consideration.

AAP leaders said they will carry on the protests against corruption by both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.

vi. The party maintained that the decision was taken as the people of Delhi did not opt for a re-election in the State.

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Abdiweli replaced outgoing Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon. Abdi was ousted in November 2013 by the Parliament following a rift with the Somali President over policy differences.

In the voting held for the endorsement of the new Prime Minister in the Parliament, 239 votes out of total 243 were put in favour of Abdiweli.  The result was announced by the Somali Parliament Speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari on 21 December 2013.

The endorsement of Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed as Prime Minister was welcomed by the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Nicholas Kay.

Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa and its capital is Mogadishu. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on the mainland.