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India-flagged cargo ship adrift in North Pacific
India-flagged cargo ship adrift in North Pacific By RACHEL D'ORO Associated Press Writer More News An India-flagged bulk cargo freighter with a failed engine was adrift Sunday in the North Pacific, being tossed about by stormy seas and fierce winds, the
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China blasts claim it 'hijacked' climate talks
She said the comments by an individual British politician - not mentioning Miliband by name - were an attempt to "shirk the obligations of developed countries to their developing counterparts and foment discord among developing countries, but the
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India emerges as world leader in super-compact car sales and production, overtaking Japan
MUMBAI, India - India has emerged the leader in small cars, overtaking Japan, as declining sales in Western markets coupled with robust growth in Asia redraws the global map of the auto industry faster than many expected.
It's well known that China
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Gambhir-Kohli combo eases India to victory
Kolkata: Looking back, there should never have been any doubt that India would chase down Sri Lanka’s 315 for six. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli played strokes of great skill and daring, reflecting the mental makeup of modern-day batsmen.
Their
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Vatican's top cleric in Arabia walks a thin line
In this image taken Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009 Archbishop Paul Hinder, top Roman Catholic cleric walks out of his residence at the Christian compound next to a mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. As the top Roman Catholic cleric in the heart of the
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More than 40 feared dead in India bridge collapse
JAIPUR, India - Rescuers have recovered the bodies of 12 workers from the site of a bridge that collapsed while under construction in western India, and they fear 30 others still missing could be dead, police said Saturday.
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Play called off in India
The final one-dayer between India and Sri Lanka was called off due to unfit playing conditions at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi on Sunday.
Sri Lanka was put in to bat on a surface that had an uneven sprinkling of grass on it, and its was 5-83 in
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Pirate claim: $4 million paid to release Chinese ship
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A band of Somali pirates split a $4 million ransom to release a Chinese cargo ship and 25 sailors after two months in captivity, one of the hijackers said Monday.
The EU Naval Force said the bulk carrier De Xin Hai was released
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Miss. officials seek cause of fire that killed 9
STARKVILLE, Miss. - An early-morning fire tore through a unit in a rundown apartment complex yesterday killing three women and six children, including several family members who were taken in because they had nowhere else to go, officials and neighbors
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Stamps to honor Mother Teresa, more
Mother Teresa, the Catholic nun who devoted her life to the sick and poor of India, was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. A stamp in her honor will go on sale on her birthday, Aug. 26.
Bill Mauldin was one of the nations favorite cartoonists
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Wolverhampton on world's worst list
The list, topped by the US city of Detroit and based on traveller feedback, saw the West Midlands city deemed to be less attractive than the capital of El Salvador, as well as other "hated" cities in India, Tanzania and Mexico.
Wolverhampton was
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India and Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear facilities
India and Pakistan today exchanged lists of nuclear facilities as part of an accord which prohibits them from attacking each other’s nuclear installations.
India’s External Affairs Ministry said the lists were exchanged through diplomatic channels
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2 ships reported hijacked off Somali coast - USATODAY.com
LONDON (AP) A cargo ship and a chemical tanker have both been hijacked by pirates in the perilous waters off the coast of Somalia, bringing to four the number of ships seized in the past week, officials said Saturday.
The multiple hijackings indicate
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No tall tale: Dubai to open world's highest tower
DUBAI — Dubai is set to open the world's tallest building amid tight security on Monday, celebrating the tower as a bold feat on the world stage despite the city state's shaky financial footing.
But the final height of the Burj Dubai — Arabic for Dubai
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Third Person Crashed White House Dinner
The Secret Service says a person not on the guest list who was traveling with the Indian delegation was allowed into a White House state dinner for India's prime minister in November. The service says this person was screened at the hotel with the rest
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Honda to sell compact cars costing Rs 5 lakhs in India by 2011
New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): Japan' Honda Motor Co declared on Tuesday that it would begin the sale of its new compact car in India in 2011 at a price less than Rs 5,00,000.
Japan's No.2 automaker said it would aim to offer the model at 'affordable' price,
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Russell Brand 'proposes to Perry'
The 34-year-old comedian reportedly proposed during a spiritual ceremony in India on New Year's Eve, and the relationship was blessed by a "love guru".
Russell Brand has reportedly popped the question to girlfriend Katy Perry
The Sun newspaper
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Dhoni ton guides India home
India were struggling at 3-51 before a chasing down a challenging 297-run target with 15 balls to spare in the day-night match, thanks to a 152-run stand for the fourth wicket between skipper Dhoni (101 not out) and Virat Kohli (91).
The India captain
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PM inaugurates PBD 2010, reaches out to Diaspora
Yesterday, we held the first meeting of the Prime Minister's Global Advisory Council of Overseas Indians. Some of the best and brightest men and women working in different parts of the world in various fields happen to be people of Indian origin. This
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'Brave' man killed in muggers chase
Sukhwinder Singh, 31, was fatally stabbed trying to stop two robbers, police said.
He ran after the men after a 28-year-old woman was robbed near Barking station in east London. When Mr Singh caught up with the pair a fight broke out and he was stabbed.
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Tributes paid to have-a-go hero
Tributes have been paid to a "brave" builder who was stabbed to death after chasing bag-snatchers in east London. Sukhwinder Singh, 31, was attacked on Friday as he pursued two men who had mugged a 28-year-old woman in Barking. Mr Singh died
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Lutz: GM should be ‘solidly profitable’ down road
its worst performance in nearly three decades. Lutz said GM is predicting U.S. sales of about 11 million to 12 million vehicles in 2010, raising hopes that it could approach profitability.
DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Co. should be "solidly
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WHO survey: Half of China's births are C-sections
HANOI, Vietnam - Nearly half of all births in China are delivered by cesarean section, the world's highest rate, according to a survey by the World Health Organization - a shift toward modernization that isn't necessarily a good thing.
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Jayawardene, Sangakkara take S.Lanka to series win
Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara hit impressive half-centuries to guide Sri Lanka to a four-wicket win over India in the triangular one-day series final here on Wednesday.
Jayawardene top-scored with an unbeaten 71 and skipper Sangakkara made a
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International aid pledges for Haiti quake relief
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A glance at some of the international aid pledges for victims of the earthquake in Haiti:
- The U.S. government is making an initial $100 million relief effort and is sending ships, helicopters, transport planes and 2,000 Marines.
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New Indictment in Chicago Headley- Rana Terror Case
The 12-count superseding indictment contains the identical charges that were filed against Headley on Dec. 7, 2009, while adding Rana as a defendant in three of the counts charging material support of the terrorism plots in Denmark and India, as well
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Bangladesh vs India, 1st Test: Preview
Preview by Siddharth Vishwanathan
The contests between India and Sri Lanka over the past year have made people wonder whether there were only two nations that play cricket. They have played each other so many times that one forgot the last time India
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Tendulkar hits 13,000 despite India collapse
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot during the first day of the first Test match between Bangladesh and India at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Munir uz Zaman / AFP
India's Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to complete
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Cricket: India bowled out for 243 despite Tendulkar century
Source: ReutersIndia's Sachin Tendulkar celebrates after he scored a century
Sachin Tendulkar smashed a 44th test century for India before
Bangladesh lost three quick wickets to end the second day of the
first test on 59 for three.
Bad light forced an
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Former fnialist Ivanovic into 2nd round
MELBOURNE, Australia —
Ana Ivanovic, hoping to rediscover the form that helped her reach two Grand Slam finals in 2008, started her Australian Open campaign Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-3 win over American Shenay Perry.
Ivanovic was runner-up at the 2008
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Tributes to newly-married teacher drowned in Egypt
Luke Day, 31, died after his sailing boat capsized on the Nile in a violent storm on Monday.
His wife Sophie survived the incident at Aswan in southern Egypt and is due to fly back to the UK on Wednesday.
Mr Day had taken six months off from
his job
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Cricket: India wrap up first Test win
India blew Bangladesh away with a strong display in the field on the fifth day of the first Test matchThe tourists wrapped up a 113-run win in Chittagong to take an early lead in the seriesMushfiqur Rahim had delayed the end with101, the fastest-ever
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More than 900 car dealers try to get businesses back
DETROIT Michael Wolf is taking a big gamble that he can convince an arbitrator to give him back his Chrysler-Jeep dealership.
He's among more than 900 car dealers nationwide who have signed up to appeal decisions by General Motors or Chrysler Group to
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UN panel chief won't quit for Himalayan melt error
UN panel chief won't quit for Himalayan melt error By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press Writer Gurinder Osan U.N.s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) head Rajendra Pachauri looks on at a press conference in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 21,
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India take control
Mohammad Mahmudullah cracked an unbeaten 96 under pressure but failed to stop India from gaining an upper hand in the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Sunday.
Bangladesh were wobbling at 51-5 before posting 233 in their first innings, thanks
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Asia stocks extend losses after Wall Street tumble
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HONG KONG -- Asian stocks markets extended their slide Monday after Wall Street suffered its biggest rout since the depths of last year's financial crisis.
Most markets dropped by about 1 percent or less as the region headed for
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South Africa coach Arthur quits
Arthur said today he felt the time was right for someone else to take over amid reports the coach's relationship with South Africa captain Graeme Smith had deteriorated beyond repair.
It has been reported that former bowling coach Corrie van Zyl will
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Cricket SA boots coach and selectors - Proteas get a new coach on eve of tour to India
CLEAN SWEEP OF CRICKET: Gerald Malola has fired the entire team of selectors and "accepted the resignation" of the coach
South African national cricket coach Mickey Arthur is out of a job, not as a result of a dispute with the captain Graeme Smith but
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Hyundai’s Q4 profit nearly quadruples on China, India sales
Seoul: Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd’s net profit nearly quadrupled in the fourth quarter on higher sales following a strong performance during 2009 in the fast-growing Chinese and Indian auto markets.
South Korea’s largest automaker and a growing force in the
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Russia New Sukhoi T-50 Fighter Jet Challenges U.S. F-22 Raptor For Dominance
Russian officials have spent two decades trying to build the so-called
fifth-generation fighter and hope the T-50 can challenge the U.S. F-22
Raptor, which first flew in 1997. The Russian project has been veiled in
secrecy and no pictures of it had
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Gandhi's Ashes Scattered Off South Africa Coast
DURBAN, South Africa — Six decades after his death Saturday, some of Mohandas K. Gandhi's ashes were scattered off the coast of South Africa, where he was confronted by racial discrimination during a 21-year sojourn and developed some of his
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5-day Davos forum ends on note of humility
DAVOS, Switzerland - The world's foremost gathering of business and government leaders wrapped up a five-day meeting Sunday with widespread agreement that a fragile recovery is under way but no consensus on what's going to spur job growth and prevent
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China Rejects Demands for Greater Tibetan Autonomy
BEIJING Chinese officials have rejected demands by the Dalai Lama that Tibetan areas of China receive greater autonomy and be governed as a single region the state news agency Xinhua reported Monday.
The report came after days of meetings in China
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Police appeal over dripping-blood body
The corpse was discovered shortly before 1pm on Monday in a flat above the firm of architects in Sutton Park Road, Seaford.
A neighbouring Indian restaurant, the Moon of India, which is understood to be connected to the flat, was closed as police
said
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God is in my life, says Ringo Starr
Ringo told how he had been looking for enlightenment since he was riding high in the charts more than 40 years ago.
And in an interview with the Los Angeles Times he said his spiritual side was "more prominent" on his new album Y Not.
Ringo and the
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India offers to hold talks with Pakistan
India has offered to hold official-level talks with Pakistan, a top Indian government official said today, signalling a return to bilateral dialogue suspended after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
New Delhi blames the attacks, which killed 166 people, on
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Munich Security conference looking beyond Europe
The prestigious gathering, in which world leaders and top diplomats talk policy in an informal setting, is also expected to focus on ongoing concerns about Iran's nuclear program, instability in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the development of the A400
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Weakened India face uphill battle
Jacques Kallis struck the 34th century of his glittering career, joining with Hashim Amla to put India under pressure in Nagpur
Dominating centuries from Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla helped South Africa take a stranglehold on the first Test against
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South Africa's Amla buries India under pile of runs in first Test
South Africa's Hasim Amla made a double-hundred as India laboured in the first Test. Photograph: Gallo Images/Getty Images
Hashim Amla scored a maiden double-century as South Africa continued to bury India under a pile of runs on the second day of the
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Steyn's seven strikes lay India low
Dale Steyn celebrates the wicket of Virender Sehwag in India's second innings on day three of the first Test. Pal Pillai / AFP
NAGPUR // South Africa were eyeing victory after Dale Steyn produced a career-best haul of seven for 51 to trigger a
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South Africa thrashes India in first Test
Dale Steyn leads the victorious South African team back to the pavilion after they won the first Test by an innings and six runs. Photo: AFP
South Africa thumped India by an innings and six runs despite a fighting century by Sachin Tendulkar on the
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Nordea profit drops 30 percent in Q4
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STOCKHOLM — Nordea Bank AB, the largest banking group in the Nordic region, reported Wednesday a nearly 30 percent drop in fourth-quarter net profit, due mainly to rising costs and loan losses.
The Stockholm-based bank also said that
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Champions League dates clash with English season
Champions League commissioner Lalit Modi on Thursday asked England to adjust its domestic schedule if they wanted to take part in the Twenty20 event this year.
Modi announced on his Twitter page that the tournament, featuring the top Twenty20 club
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Olympic Luger Seriously Injured in Crash
(AP) A men's Olympic luger from the former Soviet republic of Georgia crashed during training and needed emergency treatment after an accident on the world's fastest track.
Officials said Nodar Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled Friday, went
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Official: Blast at bakery in India may be terror attack
New Delhi -- A top official says the blast on a bakery near a meditation center in western India was apparently caused by a bomb.
Federal Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said one foreigner was among eight people killed Saturday.
He said the explosion in
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India fight back after Amla, Petersen tons
Petersen made 100 and Amla scored 114 to lift the Proteas to 218-1, before India ripped through the rest of the batting to leave the tourists on 266-9 by stumps on the opening day at the Eden Gardens.
Left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan and off-spinner
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Sehwag puts India in control
Celebration: Sehwag reaches his 19th Test hundred Second Test Match Kolkata South Africa 296 (H M Amla 114, A N Petersen 100, Z Khan 4-90) v India 342-5 (V Sehwag 165, S R Tendulkar 106) Related links Teams India South Africa Players Virender Sehwag
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India pile on runs against South Africa
Half-centuries from VVS Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India build a
substantial first-innings lead on the third day of the second Test against
South Africa at the Eden Gardens.
Laxman hit a classy, unbeaten 97 and Dhoni was batting 15 runs
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South Africa saved by rain as India's bowlers turn screw in second Test
South Africa captain Graeme Smith walks back towards the pavilion folliowing his dismissal against India at Eden Gardens. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters
A steady performance from India's bowlers left South Africa battling for survival on the fourth day
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Harbhajan takes five wickets as India win
Harbhajan Singh claimed five wickets as India sealed a dramatic innings and 58-run victory on the final day of the second Test against South Africa at Eden Gardens to draw the series 1-1 and retain their place at the top of the ICC rankings.
India,
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Poll: Canada rates 1st among Americans; Iran last
PRINCETON, N.J. Canada retained its top position as the country viewed most favorably by Americans, while Iran again ranked last in Gallup's annual World Affairs survey according to results released Friday.
Ninety percent of Americans viewed
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India set to release plane spotters
A soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on his birthday was "a true hero", his family has said.
Former Cabinet minister James Purnell will stand down from Parliament at the general election.
A 20-year-old man has been remanded in custody by
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Plane spotters to be freed by India
Train services were disrupted after a man's body was found by the side of a railway.
Winter Olympics gold medallist Amy Williams was basking in glory after taking her place in history as Britain's newest sporting heroine.
The UK's human rights
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Bristol planespotters charged in India
Two planespotters from Bristol have been charged with illegally monitoring planes in India.
Stephen Hampton, who was 46 last week, from Keynsham, and Steven Ayres, 56, of St George, aroused suspicion when they asked staff at a Delhi hotel for a room
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Jail threat after Bristol planespotters admit monitoring aircraft in India
Two Bristol plane spotters have pleaded guilty to illegally monitoring aircraft in India.
Steven Ayres, 55, of St George, and Stephen Hampton, 46, of Keynsham, could face up to three years in prison for breach of India's Telegraph Act.
But they have
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India beat South Africa by 153 runs
Gwalior: India beat South Africa by 153 runs in the second cricket one day international to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series here today.
Brief Score:
India: 401 for three (Sachin Tendulkar 200 not out, Dinesh Karthik 79, Mahendra
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India, Pakistan hold first talks in 15 months
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India and Pakistan held high-level peace talks Thursday for the first time since the 2008 Mumbai attacks in an effort to rebuild confidence and reduce tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
The one-day talks in New Delhi between
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Suicide bombers strike in heart of Kabul; 17 dead
KABUL (AP) - Insurgents struck in the heart of the Afghan capital Friday with suicide attackers and a car bomb, targeting hotels used by foreigners and killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, police said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for
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Second string fail to nail clean sweep for India
Jacques Kallis on his way to a century yesterday. Ajit Solanki / AP Photo
After the Sachin Tendulkar special at Gwalior, Indian cricket fans were left to applaud, albeit grudgingly, a Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers tango as South Africa brought the
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No third party role in India-Pakistan ties: Congress, BJP
NEW DELHI/RIYADH: The Congress and the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday made it clear that there was no scope for
a third party in India-Pakistan relations.
Commenting on minister of
state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor's remarks on Saudi
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UK's Prudential buys AIG's Asian unit for $35.5B
(AP) - British insurer Prudential PLC said Monday it will buy the Asian unit of bailed out American International Group Inc. in a deal worth $35.5 billion that will allow AIG to pay back some of the money it owes U.S. taxpayers.
AIG, which was kept
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NASA radar on Chandrayaan-I detects ice deposits on moon
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Washington Scientists have detected more than 40 ice-filled craters in the moon's North Pole using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-I.
NASA's Mini-SAR instrument,
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Indian navy plane crashes, 2 pilots killed
HYDERABAD, India -- An Indian navy plane performing aerobatics at an air show crashed into a building in southern India on Wednesday, killing both the pilot and the copilot and injuring four people on the ground, police said.
Admiral Nirmal Verma,
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India Stampede Kills 63
Associated Press LUCKNOW, India—A senior local government official 63 people were killed in a stampede at a temple in north India. Ashok Kumar says dozens of people were also injured Thursday when thousands of people crowded into the compound of a
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Day the dinosaurs met their match … thankfully for us
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British PM visits troops in southern Afghanistan
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During a medevac mission by the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne's Task Force Pegasus, U.S. Marines help a wounded comrade onto a Black Hawk helicopter, left, as a chase helicopter flies for security in the background, at right, in Helmand
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Hafiz Saeed issue was strongly raised with Pakistan: India
Expressing "surprise" over Pakistan's claim that the issue of arrest of Hafiz Saeed, one of the 26/11 masterminds, was not taken up during Foreign Secretary-level talks, India today said it has been demanding action against him since the barbaric and
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Somali doctor: British yacht couple reunited
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A British yachting couple seized by Somali pirates and held in separate locations have been temporarily reunited after weeks apart, a doctor who treated the two said.
Paul and Rachel Chandler were suffering from severe anxiety
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India wants to give women 1/3 of legislative seats
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NEW DELHI — India's upper house of parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday for a historic bill that would reserve one-third of legislative seats for women, despite a boycott by socialist lawmakers.
India's ruling Congress party
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Planespotters back from India
Two planespotters are back home today after being fined for illegally monitoring aircraft in India.
Stephen Hampton, 46, of Keynsham, and Steven Ayres, 56, of St George, aroused suspicion in Delhi after asking hotel staff for a room overlooking a
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Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person
The rise of Slim, the 70-year-old son of an immigrant shopkeeper, is just a part of the emergence of billionaires in developing countries, Forbes reporter Keren Blankfeld said. She noted this year's top 10 richest also include two billionaires from
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Northamptonshire sign Virender Sehwag for Twenty20 competition
Virender Sehwag, the India batsman, has agreed to play for Northamptonshire in
this summer's Friends Provident Twenty20.
The club have announced the signing subject to approval from the Board of
Control for Cricket in India.
Northamptonshire, 2009
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New Florida case thwarts Calif. molester's release
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Members of the media watch a Florida FBI videotaped interview from March 8, 2010, of Jackie Zudis, an alleged victim of George England, as she describes living and being abused by England for over 20 years, Thursday, March 11, 2010,
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Ferrari off to flying start
Manama - Two-time former champion Fernando Alonso marked his debut with Ferrari by leading home team-mate Brazilian Felipe Massa in a resounding one-two triumph at Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
In a keenly-anticipated race including four
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Facebook opening operations office in India
MUMBAI, India—Social networking site Facebook is opening an operations office in India, its first in Asia, to help manage rapid growth in the number of users.
The office, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, will have advertising and developer
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Labour MP Ashok Kumar died from natural causes
The body of the 53-year-old was discovered on Monday afternoon after his staff
were unable to reach him by telephone and raised the alarm.
Cleveland Police said that following a post mortem examination the
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP's
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Americans suspected of terror-related activities
Americans who have been charged or suspected of terror-related activities over the past year include:
-Young Somali men from Minneapolis who left the U.S. in waves from December 2007 through November 2008 to join a Somalia-based terror group
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Chicago man accused of scouting Mumbai, India, before terror attack expected to plead guilty
CHICAGO
- A Chicago man accused of helping scout out the Indian city of Mumbai before the 2008 terrorist attack that left 166 people dead is expected to plead guilty Thursday to federal charges.
David Coleman Headley, 49, also is accused of plotting
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U.S. citizen David Coleman Headley admits role in Mumbai attacks
An American man who scouted targets for the deadly 2008 Mumbai terrorist strike pleaded guilty Thursday to a dozen criminal charges and agreed to help prosecutors and intelligence analysts probing other likely targets overseas. David Coleman Headley, 49,
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Young Buddhist Leader Will Bring Instant Karma On His Visit To Scotland
The 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, 24, will give a public talk at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, and visit the Buddhist-owned Holy Isle, off the coast of Arran.
The head of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism will also visit the Samye
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