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South Africa
Trounce India, Clinch Series
India could offer little resistance as South Africa went on to beat
the visitors with five wickets in hand on the fifth day of the third
and final Test, clinching the series 2-1.
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Court Urged to Try Uphaar Accused for Culpable Homicide
Only Capitalism can Solve Poverty:
Narayana Murthy
nfosys Technologies chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy says
capitalism is the only resort for India to solve its problem of
poverty, even as he finds "serious crisis of moral dimension" in
most Indian leaders. The non-executive chairman of one of India's
largest and most admired software companies also advocates some
radical economic reforms such as hire and fire policy, privatization
and foreign investment in retail trade industry.
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Congress Reaches
Out to the BJP: Sign of a New mindset?
by Amulya Ganguli
Has the Congress experience in running a coalition made it more
amenable to wider consultations? Otherwise, it is difficult to
explain why Prime Minister Manmohan Singh suddenly reached out to
the BJP, the main opposition party, to seek its view on various
issues. Not long ago, he had summarily rejected a set of proposals
on the budget submitted by the BJP and had taunted L.K Advani, on
his prime ministerial ambitions.
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Manmohan Singh Discusses Foreign Policy with Left
US, Britain Upset with Pre-poll Tremors in Bangladesh
The US and Britain have issued separate appeals to the Awami
League-led alliance to reconsider its decision to boycott the Jan 22
polls and also asked the caretaker government and Election
Commission to "act swiftly and impartially" to create conditions for
the elections to take place. "Our own support and observation
missions will depend on whether such conditions are created," a
statement issued by the US embassy in Dhaka said.
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Presidential Reference Can Save Bangladesh Polls
More Violence in Assam : Massacre Toll Rises to 55
Assam witnessed a day of bloody violence Saturday with the death
toll rising to 55 in different incidents as separatist groups
targeted Hindi-speaking people, government employees and policemen.
A police spokesman said five policemen and two government officials
were killed when tribal militants triggered a landmine blast near
Donghat village in eastern Karbi Anglong district, 260 km from
Assam's main city of Guwahati. Read On
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British Oil Major to Survey in Bihar
British exploration major
Cairn Energy Search Ltd (CESL) is to begin a survey in Bihar's
Ganges basin for oil and natural gas in the next two to three weeks,
the first such exploration in the state. "The much-awaited work for
oil exploration in Bihar would start in January. Everything is ready
for an aero magnetic survey, which would be followed by other
surveys and database collection," Energy Minister Vijendra Prasad
Yadav said Saturday. Read On >>>
Iranian Clause may hold in India-US Bilateral Nuclear Deal
Nandigram Villagers form Body to Resist Land
Acquisition
Sonia visits Nithari, Police do not Rule out
Cannibalism
Suspected Militant Went to Pakistan for Training
India, China Growth Not Too Pro-poor:
World Bank
The post-reform economic growth in Asia's two "awakening giants"
India and China has not been balanced across regions or sectors, nor
has it been particularly pro-poor in either country, according to a
World Bank study. In both countries, there has been a marked
geographic unevenness in the growth process, with numerous lagging
regions, including some of those that started off among the poorest,
say Bank's Shubham Chaudhuri and Martin Ravallion in their paper on
"Partially Awakened Giants: Uneven Growth in China and India".
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US, UK Struggle to Crack Pakistan's
Terror Pipeline: Newsweek
Authorities in the United States
and the United Kingdom are facing several hurdles as they crack down
on a "pipeline" of operatives, supporters and financiers that
shuttles terrorists from Pakistan, according to Newsweek. This, the
American newsmagazine reported in a web exclusive, became apparent
from the case of Mohammed al-Ghabra, a 26-year-old London man who
was named as a major organizer for Al Qaeda and other terror groups,
including Iraqi insurgents, by the Bush administration just before
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Killers Ate Flesh? Police Don't Know
The Uttar Pradesh Police said Saturday they were not sure if it was
true that the two men arrested for the killings of several children
in Noida ate the flesh of their victims. News reports claiming that
one of the men had confessed to feasting on the liver of his victims
after being brutally done to death seem to have left the police
aghast. Read On >>>
Killer Man's Cook Kept her son Away from Him
Maoists Issue Fresh Warning to Nepal Government
Angered by the government's delay in implementing a new statute,
Nepal's Maoist guerrillas have given a fresh warning to Prime
Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, threatening to start a fresh
agitation from mid-January. Maoist supremo Prachanda, who made a
surprise visit to remote Dolakha district in northern Nepal, told a
meeting Friday that unless the seven-party government implemented
the new constitution by the end of the Nepali month of Poush (Jan
14), his party would start a fresh protest movement.
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Assam on Alert after 19 Hindi-speaking
People Killed
A maximum security alert has been sounded in Assam Saturday after a
string of overnight separatist attacks killed 19 Hindi-speaking
people and wounded 25, officials said. "Security forces have been
put on high alert across the state after the attacks on innocent
people by militants," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told IANS.
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