Pakistani
Radicals Set $11 Mn Bounty
on Rushdie's Head
A group of Islamic scholars in northwest Pakistan placed a $11.5
million bounty on author Salman Rushdie's head, whose knighthood in
Britain sparked an angry response across the Muslim world recently,
a report said Saturday. Read On
EU Leaders
Clinch Hard-fought Treaty Deal
EU leaders Saturday launched negotiations on a new treaty,
successfully ending a fraught three-day summit on reforming the
27-nation bloc. Leaders clinched the hard-fought deal after Poland
accepted an 11th-hour proposal delaying Warsaw's implementation of a
new voting system until 2017. Read On
Islamic
Radicals Release Chinese Captives
in Pakistan
Hardline religious students
from a mosque in Islamabad Saturday released nine people including
six Chinese women around 20 hours after they were kidnapped in an
overnight raid on a massage centre. The release of the six Chinese
women, one man and two Pakistanis came after police and political
representatives held several rounds of talks with the students who
are running a campaign against what they call "immoral activities".
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Over 80
Taliban Killed in Afghan Clashes
One US-led coalition soldier
and over 80 suspected Taliban fighters were killed and 20 arrested
in separate clashes and operations in southeastern Afghanistan,
officials said Saturday. Read On
Lesbian
Politician to open Closet
for Japan's Homosexuals
Kanako Otsuji wants to open
the closet for Japan's gay and lesbian community in order to
increase their visibility and help them gain their basic rights as
citizens. The nation's first openly lesbian politician is running
for a seat in upper house ... Read On
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Pakistan
Urged to Act Against Taliban Resurgence
• Iran
Shows Willingness
to Compromise on Nuclear Issue
• US to Move Guantanamo Inmates,
But Closure Not Imminent
• North Korea Ready to Disable
Nuclear Programmes: US
G4 No
More, India Assails US, EU
for Trade Talks Collapse
The failure of rich
nations to accept effective cuts in farm subsidies and yet ask for
greater market access for their agriculture produce in the
developing world resulted in the recent breakdown of global trade
talks in Germany,
... "It is the end of the
road for G4," Kamal Nath said in an unambiguous tone ...
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Prime
Minister's Speech at University of Mumbai
"Dear students,
distinguished ladies and gentlemen: For me it is always a pleasure
to be at a university and among students. Today, it gives me added
pleasure to be here at the 150th anniversary celebrations of the
University of Mumbai ....
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EU Move
Against Mercury
Should Be Adopted in India: NGO
A Delhi-based
environmental group Friday welcomed the European Union (EU)
Parliament's resolution to ban mercury trade which causes
environmental pollution, and urged the Indian government to do
likewise.
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Rushdie
Bashing On in Pakistan, Blair Under Fire
Traders here have announced a Rs.10 million ($140,000) reward for
anyone who beheads writer Salman Rushdie while Pakistani politicians
have condemned Britain's decision to honor him with knighthood.
Outgoing PM Tony Blair, whose government recommended the honors list
to Queen Elizabeth, has also come in for criticism.
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Indian
Arms Embargo Hits Landmine Defusing
in Nepal
An arms embargo India announced after King Gyanendra seized
power two years ago remains in place, hindering humanitarian work,
though Nepal has now embraced democracy. It was in 2005, after the
army-backed coup, Nepal's biggest arms donor India froze lethal
assistance and diplomatic ties to pressure the king into restoring
democracy. Read On
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Six
Killed in Guwahati Blast, ULFA Denies Role
The ULFA Saturday denied
triggering a blast in a market in Assam's main city of Guwahati that
killed six people and wounded 11. Read
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It's Mud Slinging,
say G.N. Patil's Supporters
• Gambhir, Ganguly Guide India to a
Facile Win
UPA
Defends Patil Against Allegations,
Criticises NDA
The ruling United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) Saturday came out in defence of its presidential
candidate Pratibha Patil against allegations of shielding her
brother in a murder case and involvement in a financial fraud. "Pratibha-tai
is one of the cleanest politicians in the country. I have known her
since 1967," NCP chief Sharad Pawar told reporters ...
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Pratibha Patil Files Nomination
as BJP Launches Vicious Attack
Pratibha Patil, the candidate of India's ruling coalition,
Saturday filed her nomination papers for the July 19 presidential
election in which she is pitted against Vice President Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) questioned her
moral right to hold the country's highest office.
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Kashmir
Lives Up To Tradition of
Hindu-Muslim Bonhomie by F. Ahmed
As thousands of migrant
Kashmiri pandits Saturday arrived here to pay obeisance at a shrine,
Muslims came out to welcome them in what looked like the return of
old times. Nearly 20,000 pandits, from Delhi, Jammu, Haryana and
other parts of the country offered floral tributes to the Hindu
deity, Mata Ragyana, at her shrine in Tullamulla town of north
Kashmir. Read On
PM
Joins Indians in Congratulating
Astronaut Sunita
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday joined millions of Indians in
congratulating Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams on her safe
and successful return to earth after spending a record 195 days in
space. Read On
• Indian
Shares Witness Fluctuations
•
Sunita Back
Home as Atlantis Lands Safely
• Guwahati Blast Kills Six
• Nagaland in Turmoil as NSCN Factions
Clash
• Rains, Flash Floods in Andhra Claim 45
Lives
• Conjoined Twins Behaving Differently
After Separation
• Patil
Files Nomination for Presidential Election
Indian
Navy Acquires US Warship
Indian Navy's first ever acquisition of a US warship reflects
the converging security priorities and interests of India and the
United States, according to the Indian Ambassador to the US Ronen
Sen as he commissioned India's second largest ship.
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Chikungunya Spreads as Funds Remain Unspent
Nearly half the central
government funds allocated to fight chikungunya last year remained
unused - mostly in southern states that, ironically, were struggling
against the mosquito-borne disease that had affected at least 1.4
million people across the country.
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Quattrocchi
Can Still be Extradited: CBI Ex-director
•
Mice, Not
Men,
The Key as Estonian Army Enters Cyber Age
• Dual Degrees - A Rising Trend in Delhi
• India Seeks Stronger UN Push for Gender
Equality
• Crimes Against Women On the Rise in
Agra
• Poor Health Practices Plague Rajasthan
Tribal Women
Sunita
Returns Home Safe
After 195-day Record Space Odyssey
 Indian
American astronaut Sunita Williams returned home after a 195-day
record space odyssey with Space shuttle Atlantis making a smooth and
safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Landing of
Atlantis marked the end of a record-setting space flight by Sunita
Williams lasting 194 days, 18 hours and 58 minutes. On June 16, she
had surpassed US astronaut Shannon Lucid's 188-day 4-hour mark set
on a mission to the Russian Mir space station in 1996.
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