US Senate
Moves Forward on Immigration Law
Blair to Also Quit as MP on
Wednesday
Oxford, CII Sign MoU to Set Up India
Business Centre
UN asks
Nepal for Torture Law
The UN Tuesday urged Nepal
to take measures to prevent torture, prevalent across the country
despite the fall of King Gyanendra's despotic regime, and draft a
law that would punish the perpetrators.
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Starbucks to Brew A New Story for India
▪ TB-infected Temple Bull to be Put Down
▪ World's Longest Sea Bridge Links up
East China
▪ Chaudhry Pressurized Pakistan PM for
Mercedes
▪ Indian Origin Lawyer Leads
British List of Top Earners
▪ IAEA Inspectors in North Korea
to Discuss Reactor Shutdown
Spymasters run Pakistan, Says Report
Pakistan's intelligence
agencies have gained unprecedented ascendance since President Pervez
Musharraf seized power. Their role has been the "solitary decisive
factor", particularly since 2002, says a media report citing several
instances. Read On
Indian
American Denied Admission
on Race Grounds
The parents of an Indian American girl are in shock after their
daughter was denied admission to an elite New York school for gifted
children because of its racial quota rules. Read On
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After King's Ouster, Torture Thrives in Nepal
by Sudeshna Sarkar
Though King Gyanendra's
15-month regime, marked by violation of human rights, arbitrary
arrests and a media gag ended more than a year ago, torture still
continues in Nepal with the Maoist guerrillas outdoing the army, a
report "Torture Continues: ..." said.
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Hindu Prayer
to Open US Senate
• Fire Ravages Hundreds of Homes near
Lake Tahoe
• Mizos in Israel Learning Hebrew, Local
Customs
• Nepal's Heritage Sites Out of Danger:
Unesco
• Malaysians Seize 76 Live Leopard
Tortoises
US
Hopes for Six-nation Talks with North Korea Next Month
Six-nation talks to begin
outlining a plan for North Korea's nuclear disarmament should begin
next month after Pyongyang has completed the closing of a key
nuclear facility, said a top US diplomat.
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Energy
Tops Agenda as Black Sea Summit
Convenes in Istanbul
The leaders of 12 countries
have wrapped up a summit of Black Sea region countries pledging to
increase cooperation in trade, energy and transport ties. Russian
President Vladimir Putin was among those already in Istanbul for the
15th anniversary meeting of the BSEC organization.
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Taliban
Makes Afghanistan
Global Drug Centre: UN
There is strong evidence that narcotics trafficking in
Afghanistan is linked to the Taliban insurgency, according to Gary
Lewis, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime representative for South
Asia. Read On
200 mn
People in World Use Drugs: UN
About 200 million people
around the world consume drugs each year, with cocaine, opium and
its derivatives - including heroin - topping the list of favorites,
a UN report said Tuesday. Read On
World Bank
Picks Zoellick of US as New Chief
By Tony Czuczka
Former US deputy secretary of state Robert Zoellick was Monday
confirmed as the next World Bank president, said a source close to
its governing board. Zoellick, 53, replaces former Pentagon official
Paul Wolfowitz, who is stepping down June 30 after an uproar over a
promotion he arranged for his girlfriend, a World Bank employee.
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Summit Talks
Begin in Sharm el-Sheikh
▪ Khaleda Zia Loses Control Over
Party
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EU to Boost
Cooperation With Third Countries
on Migration
Shame
of Gijon
- The day the World Cup Lost its
Innocence
Arguably one of the most
shameful football matches-ever was played in the El Molinon stadium
in the Spanish city of Gijon 25 years ago. Read On
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Kallis' 91 Gives South Africa Win Over
India
▪ India Beat Belgium in Hockey, On
Course for Finals
▪ Learn From the Past,
Antony Urges Defence Accountants
▪ Seized Fake Currency Was Printed in
Pakistan
Special
Powers Act to Stay: Antony
A controversial law giving
unlimited powers to the armed forces engaged in counter-insurgency
operations will not be repealed but can be amended to make it more
"humane", Defence Minister Antony said.
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India,
Thailand Sign Two Pacts,
Fast-track FTA Talks
India and Thailand Tuesday
signed two agreements in energy and culture and stepped up
negotiations to conclude a landmark free trade agreement (FTA) by
2010 that is expected to multiply trade and investment between the
two nations. Read On
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Tax Sleuths Raid Bangalore Builders,
Investors
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US says Nimitz is Safe, AIADMK Not Convinced
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India,
Pakistan to Begin Gas Pipeline Talks
▪ Achuthanandan, Vijayan Suspension
Endorsed
▪ 65 % Voting in Madurai By-election
Congress Seeks Natwar's Disqualification
from Rajya Sabha
The Congress Tuesday
sought the disqualification of former external affairs minister K.
Natwar Singh as Rajya Sabha member after he proposed the name of
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, backed by the NDA, for the presidential
election. Read On
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Rift in Sena-BJP Ties Over Presidential
Polls
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IAF Not Ready
for Women Combat Pilots: Major
▪ India
Seeks to Resolve Aviation Spat with Kuwait
▪ Alliance with BJP to Stay: Shiv Sena
▪ Antique Idols Recovered in Delhi, One
held
▪ Two Killings Mark Maoist 'Blockade'
in Six States
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UTL Gets Nepal Nod To Start VOIP Service
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Maoists Blast
Rail Track, Seize Train
•
Ambassadors
Sign Up to Hear Lalu
• Julie Christie to Rediscover Roots in
Assam
India-Thailand Free Trade Agreement by 2010:
Thai PM
India and Thailand have
stepped up negotiations to conclude a landmark free trade agreement
(FTA) by 2010, Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont Tuesday told
top businessmen here as he sought a greater role for India in
"bridging the digital divide in Asia."
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'No
Responsibility for Explosions': Parking Ticket
By Girish Chadha
Unlike the placid Dal Lake waters that surround him, houseboat owner
Ghulam Mohammed is an angry man - his daily earnings have dipped due
to low tourist arrivals in the Kashmir Valley this season.
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High-Tech
Firms Seek More US Visas
for the Skilled by Arun Kumar
With the revived comprehensive immigration reform bill expected
to come up before the Senate this week, several high-tech companies
like Microsoft have mounted a campaign to get more foreign skilled
workers into the United States. Read
On
Vietnam
Woos Indian Tourists in a Big Way
by Murali Krishnan
Vietnam, ranked among the top
10 countries expected to see the strongest tourism growth in the
next decade, is keen to get more and more Indian visitors, who now
number just a trickle. Read On
Offshoring Hub India May Lose to China: Deloitte
by Prasun Sonwalkar
India continues to be the global offshoring hub but is likely to
lose its share of two-thirds of offshored staff in the next 10 years
due to stiff competition from China, according to a report by
consulting firm Deloitte. The report, titled Global Financial
Services ... Read On
Research Shows Way for Drug Therapy for Autism
By K.S. Jayaraman
Indian neuroscientists are part of an international team that has
for the first time reversed symptoms of mental retardation and
autism in mice, raising hopes of drug therapy for this disorder ...
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Indian-origin Economist Poised
to Play a Key Role in Downing Street
by Prasun Sonwalkar
Shriti Vadera, currently a central figure in the Treasury
presided over by Chancellor Gordon Brown, is poised for a key role
in 10, Downing Street when Brown takes over as Britain's next prime
minister on Wed. Read On
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Rajasthan's Brahmins Now Seek Job Quotas
• NRI Trust Assists 'Poorest of the Poor'
• Rare Species of frog, Snake in Orissa
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India Intensifies Efforts
to make Hindi UN Language
India has intensified
efforts to make Hindi as one of the official languages of the UN as
it prepares to hold the 8th World Hindi Conference in New York next
month.
The three-day conference
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Invest in Village India, UK
Industrialists Told
Rural India is ripe for
investment - this was the message sent out by top business leaders
from India who met their British counterparts at a session of the
CBC Forum in London Tuesday. Read On
Gilgit Baltistan: A saga of Pakistani
Colonization
By Manzoor Parwana
Gilgit-Baltistan, also called Federally Administered Northern
Areas, was once a part of Jammu and Kashmir. But since 1947, when
India and Pakistan achieved independence, the unfortunate territory
is facing the wrath of colonization.
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Julie
Christie to Rediscover Roots in Assam
I Wanted to be an IAS
Officer: Neha Dhupia
Everything is Fine Between Us: John Abraham
Kunal Kapoor: A Poet and a Big Jaya Fan
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Asian Economic Crisis
Altered Political Landscape
by Joe Cochrane
On most evenings on a leafy
street in the Indonesian capital's exclusive Menteng district, a
running television set can be seen through the huge bay window of
the biggest house on the block. Inside sits former president
Suharto, who once saved Indonesia from an armed communist takeover
in 1965 but whose ultimate legacy is a mixed bag of massive economic
growth, human rights abuses and corruption.
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Medicines Being Diverted for Drug Abuse: UN
India faces a problem of
medicines being diverted for drug abuse and the smuggling of such
drugs to neighbouring countries is also a serious issue, says a
senior UN official. Read On
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