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Former Finnish President Mauno Koivisto in Helsinki. Finlands last Cold War president Koivisto who led the Nordic nation out of the shadow of its huge neighbor, the Soviet Union, into the European Union, died. (Photo: AP)

Finland's former leftist President Mauno Koivisto dies at 93

Mauno Koivisto, born in 1923 to a ship's carpenter became the first leftist and ninth president of Finland in 1982.

13 May 2017 1:28 PM IST

Probably the most damning part of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose mystery relates to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastris surprising and mysterious death in Tashkent.

British tortured Netaji to death during interrogation, claims new book

The writer asserts that he has 'irrefutable evidence' to prove that Netaji did not die in the plane crash in Taipei on...

6 Jan 2017 8:18 PM IST

He died when his F-104 Starfighter crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. (Photo: AP)

First black astronaut honored on 50th anniversary of death

He had a great future ahead of him if he had not been lost 50 years ago.

10 Dec 2017 5:50 PM IST

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

From 1917 to 1991... End of a revolution!

Gorbachev had been aware of its capacity to do mischief, and had made it harder to obtain.

22 Dec 2016 3:28 AM IST