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Here’s why Abhishek Singhvi’s
sex video isn’t shocking-Politicos may speak of
values, and come across as people who are extremely devoted to
eradicating fraudulent activities that exist in the world
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US intensifies
pressure on North Korea after rocket launch-The Obama
administration condemned North Korea’s attempted launch
yesterday of a three-stage rocket and suspended the provision of
240,000 tonnes of food aid under an agreement reached with
Pyongyang on February 29.
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Israel breaks
up ‘fly-in' protest -Israel deployed hundreds of police on
Sunday at its main airport to detain activists flying in to
protest the country's occupation of Palestinian areas in
defiance of vigorous Israeli government efforts to block their
arrival. At mid-afternoon, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said
a total of 27 activists had landed at Ben-Gurion International
Airport.
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Maoists set
96-hour deadline for govt to meet their demands-A day after
Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced the names of 27
persons to be set free from jail in exchange for the release of
Italian citizen Basusco Paolo (55) and MLA Jhina Hikaka (37)
from Maoist captivity, rebel leader Sabyasachi Panda issued a
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Egyptian Muslim
Brotherhood nominates presidential candidate-Last Saturday,
the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) announced it would run its
deputy supreme guide, billionaire tycoon Khairat al-Shater, in
the Egyptian presidential elections on May 23 and 24.
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Pentagon clears
way for military trial of five charged in 9/11 attacks-The
Pentagon formally charged Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other
detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba
Wednesday in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks
on New York City and Washington.MORE |
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The real face
of the European Union-On March 25 of this year, the European
Union celebrated the 55th anniversary of its foundation with the
passing of the Treaties of Rome.MORE |
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Students and
academics protest job cuts at the University of Sydney-As
many as 1,000 students, academics and general staff members
demonstrated at the University of Sydney on Wednesday to voice
their opposition to the planned destruction of up to 340 jobs by
next semester.MORE |
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Eurozone
unemployment hits all-time high-At least 17 million people
are jobless across 17-nation eurozone, the highest level since
euro was introduced in 1999.MORE |
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Changes in IT
laws to hurt investment, not just Vodafone: UK-Batting for
Vodafone, Britain on Monday said India's proposal to recover
from the British telecom major Rs11,000 crore tax for the
Hutchison-Essar deal of 2007 will badly hurt the country's image
among investors.MORE |
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Plane crash in
Siberia kills 31 of 43 on board-MOSCOW: A passenger plane
crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off on Monday morning,
killing 31 of the 43 people on board, Russian emergency
officials said. The 12 survivors were hospitalized in serious
condition.
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US-led
conference backs Syrian puppet group, threatens war-Meeting
Sunday in the Turkish city of Istanbul, the so-called “Friends
of Syria” conference stepped up the US-led campaign to
destabilize and oust the government of Syria through a
combination of diplomatic maneuvers and direct military
interference.MORE |
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German police
killing of unemployed woman at job centre-On May 19, 2011,
39-year-old Christy Schwundeck was shot and killed by a female
police officer in an employment centre in the Gallus city
quarter of Frankfurt am Main. Christy Schwundeck came from
Nigeria. She was the wife of Peter Schwundeck and mother of a
12-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.MORE |
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Clashes as
Palestinians mark 'Land Day'-Israeli security forces use
water cannon and tear gas in clashes with protesters at
flashpoint Qalandiya checkpoint.MORE |
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Political outrage over army chief's leaked letter, parties
demand action-New
Delhi: The chief of the Indian army General VK Singh may have
skidded past the point of no-return on his collision course with
the government. A letter from him to the Prime Minister, warning
that India's security is at risk, has been leaked to the media.MORE |
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RJD, SP demand
dismissal of army chief-RJD
and Samajwadi Party on Wednesday sought the dismissal of Army
Chief Gen VK Singh for making public his reported letter to the
Prime Minister expressing concern over the state of preparedness
of the army with Lalu Prasad advising him to remain within
limits.MORE |
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Iran says
nuclear talks to resume on April 13-TEHRAN —
Long-stalled talks between Iran
and world powers are to be revived on April 13 at a place yet to
be agreed, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi announced
on Wednesday.MORE |
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Australian watchdog accuses Apple of mis-selling iPad 4G-MELBOURNE:
IT giant Apple has been accused by Australian Competition &
Consumer Commission (ACCC) of misleading consumers by selling
the latest version of 4G enabled iPad, which cannot connect with
the 4G mobile network in the country.
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**Ban vs Pak: Pakistan beat Bangladesh in thrilling final to
clinch Asia Cup-Pakistan held their nerve to beat Bangladesh
in a nail biting final at Mirpur to clinch the Asia Cup trophy
on Thursday.MORE |
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Ban vs SL: India out of Asia Cup, Bangladesh to meet Pakistan
in final-MIRPUR: India were knocked out of the Asia Cup
after minnows Bangladesh continued their giant-killing act by
upsetting Sri Lanka by five wickets in the last league match.
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Fighting and bombings in Syrian capital-Gun battles broke
out in a western suburb of Damascus Monday morning, following a
double car bombing Saturday that killed 27 people and injured
more than a hundred.
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Afghanistan massacre: The product of a criminal war-Since
the naming last Friday of the soldier charged with massacring 16
Afghan civilians, the media has sought to make this horrific
crime comprehensible by delving into the history and personal
problems of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, while studiously ignoring
the criminal nature of the war itself.
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Gunman kills four at Jewish school in Toulouse, France-An
unidentified gunman killed four people yesterday at the Ozar
Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse, in southwestern France. The
victims included a young religious instructor, Jonathan Sandler,
and his two small children, and a seven-year-old girl, Myriam
Monsonego.MORE |
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Cambridge University suspends PhD student for peaceful
protest-Cambridge University has imposed an unprecedented
seven-term (two-and-a-half-year) suspension on a PhD student,
Owen Holland, for his part in a peaceful protest last November.MORE |
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Rail Budget 2012 row: Trivedi, TMC in an open war -New
Delhi: The exit of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi looks
imminent with internal pressure mounting on him to quit.
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee spoke to Dinesh Trivedi
and asked him to put in his papers. "I had suggested an
honourable exit for Trivedi. He knows the party doesn't want
him," Kalyan Banerjee said.
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Army: Soldier accused of killing Afghan civilians arrives in
United States-A U.S. soldier accused of a shooting rampage
that left 16 people dead in southern Afghanistan has been
identified by officials as Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, a
decorated combat veteran who once exhorted against the killing
of civilians. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a military
source and a senior defense official told CNN that Bales was the
suspect in the killings of the Afghan civilians, including nine
children.MORE |
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Jaya Bachchan files her nomination for Rajya Sabha-New
Delhi: After almost a two-year political sabbatical, Jaya
Bachchan is now once again making an entry into active politics.MORE |
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China 'concerned' over North Korea rocket launch plan-China
has expressed its concern over North Korea's plans to launch
what it called a rocket-mounted satellite. North Korea will
launch the rocket to mark the 100th birthday of its late Great
Leader Kim Il-sung in April, state media reported. |
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US Afghan strategy unravels in wake of Kandahar massacre-The
political reverberations continue to grow from last Sunday’s US
massacre of 16 Afghan civilians, the majority of them children,
in Kandahar province. Thursday saw the Taliban breaking off
talks with Washington and President Hamid Karzai demanding that
US-NATO forces withdraw to their main bases.
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Akhilesh Yadav starts on the wrong foot-The chattering
classes, the Delhi media, and anyone else who thought Akhilesh
Yadav was the greatest thing to have happened to Indian politics
since the spinning wheel were in for a rude shock on Thursday as
Raghuraj Pratap Singh — whom readers would know better as Raja
Bhaiyya — was sworn in as a minister in UP.MORE |
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Union Budget 2012: Growth, fiscal consolidation top
challenges-NEW DELHI: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will
present the budget for 2012-13 on Friday against the backdrop of
a sharp slowdown in growth, deteriorating fiscal conditions,
continuing inflationary pressure and political turbulence.MORE |
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Taliban suspend Afghan talks but US stays
'committed'-Washington: The United States on Thursday
confirmed its commitment to Afghan reconciliation despite the
suspension of talks by the Taliban.
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Baby Falak dies after battling for life for 2
months-After battling for life nearly two months, the
two-year-old girl, who had been brought with severe injuries to
the AIIMS Trauma Centre by a teenaged girl, died on Thursday
night. She had undergone five brain surgeries, survived a severe
bacterial infection and three cardiac arrests.
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Across Mexico: Chasing an impossible dream :Latin
American migrants risk life and limb to reach the US border in
search of the American dream.MORE |
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Obama: Syria military intervention premature-US president
and British prime minister discuss humanitarian aid to Syria,
and stress unity on Afghanistan and Iran.MORE |
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The Kandahar massacre and fight against war-Statement by
Jerry White, SEP candidate for US president
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New bid for UN resolution aimed at Syrian regime-change
fails-On Monday, Russia and China refused to sign a new
draft resolution put before the United Nations Security Council
condemning the regime of Bashir al-Assad, on the grounds that it
could be used to justify military intervention in support of the
Syrian opposition.MORE |
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Rail Budget 2012: Mamata asks PM to sack rail minister, seeks
fare hike rollback-NEW DELHI: Railway minister Dinesh
Trivedi appeared to be on the brink of losing his job within
hours of presenting a budget that was hailed by Congress as
"forward looking" but savaged by his own party, Trinamool
Congress, as "anti-people" for proposing an across-the-board
passenger fare hike.MORE
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Obama hails jobs report despite nearly 13 million unemployed-The
Obama administration hailed the February jobs report, released
by the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Friday morning, although the 227,000 net new jobs made only a
slight dent in the army of nearly 13 million unemployed in
America, including 5.5 million unemployed for more than six
months.MORE |
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Unarmed man shot dead by police in English village-In a
shopping precinct car park, a man sits in a car. Suddenly, he
finds his car blocked in by another vehicle. Rounds of fire from
a shotgun disabled the car tyres.MORE |
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UK government seeks deportation of Muslim cleric Abu Qatada-The
British government is continuing its efforts to deport Muslim
cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan.MORE |
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Obama budget funds war, repression and Wall Street-The
$3.8 trillion budget proposal issued by the Obama administration
Monday is a revealing document, despite the political propaganda
being pumped out by the White House, its Republican opponents
and the corporate-controlled media to disguise the bipartisan
agreement to impose drastic social cuts on working people.MORE |
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Tens of thousands in Germany protest against ACTA’s attack on
the Internet-Last Saturday, tens of thousands took to the
streets in about 60 German cities to protest against the
multi-national Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which
threatens freedom of expression on the Internet, among other
abuses. The largest protests were held in Munich and Berlin,
where over 10,000 demonstrated in each city.
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Indonesian government shaken by corruption scandal-The
Indonesian government faces a new political crisis as the
corruption trial of Muhammad Nazaruddin, the former treasurer of
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Democrat Party (PD),
continues.MORE |
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Syria: Liberation or catastrophe?-The time for preventing
all-out sectarian warfare appears to have passed.Washington, DC
- One could make a compelling case that the situation in Syria
is developing into everyone’s worst-case scenario, a disaster in
which no one wins, and everyone loses - in Syria, in the wider
region, and beyond.MORE |
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London: Indian student stabbed; 11 arrested -London: An
Indian student, Pravin Reddy, doing an MBA at the London
Business School was stabbed on Friday in the London borough of
Newham Scotland Yard on Saturday said.
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MCD engineer attacked by goons New Delhi, Feb 8, 2012,
An executive engineer, employed at Municipal Corporation of
Delhi was attacked by two bike-borne assailants at Indira Gandhi
Stadium bus stop in central Delhi on Tuesday night, police said.
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Afghan civilian death toll hits 'record high'-UN mission
in Afghanistan says 2011 was fifth straight year that number of
dead has risen, with 3,021 civilians killed.MORE |
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Obama urges action on Syria as UN vote nears-Security
Council to vote on Syria resolution, despite threat of Russia
veto and amid reports of hundreds killed in Homs.MORE |
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Manning to face court martial over WikiLeaks-Accused of
leaking more than 700,000 secret documents, private in US army
faces possible life imprisonment.MORE |
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Gaddafi-era envoy 'killed' by Libyan militia-Omar Brebesh,
Libya's ex-ambassador to France, was detained and tortured by
Zintan armed group, Human Rights Watch says.MORE |
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Indian Army preparing for limited conflict with China: US
intel chief-WASHINGTON: Noting that India is increasingly
getting concerned about China's posture on its border, a top US
intelligence official on Wednesday said that the Indian Army is
strengthening itself for a "limited conflict" with China.
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India to buy 126 Rafale jets for $ 10.4 billion-The race
for the world's biggest fighter jet deal which ended on Tuesday
saw the French Rafale fighter emerge as the winner. The Indian
Air Force will buy 126 fighters from France for Rs 52,000
crores.MORE |
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Shah Rukh Khan, Shirish Kunder's drama ends-Slapathon
turned into a hug-fest at SRK's Mannat, as the dramatis
personnae of the big fight became one big 'happy family' again.
The inside story of how the soap-style finale was worked out
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Sonia, Mayawati hit campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh today-The
battlelines are drawn and the top commanders are preparing to
take the fight for Uttar Pradesh to the masses.
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Obama outlines plan to put higher education on rations-In
a speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Friday,
President Obama outlined his proposed changes to federal college
financial aid programs. Presented as a program for college
affordability, Obama’s plan in fact sets the stage for further
attacks on the right to quality higher education at a time that
millions of students are drowning in debt.MORE |
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France rules out rapid Afghanistan withdrawal-President
Nicolas Sarkozy will keep French troops in Afghanistan despite
rising popular opposition in France to the NATO occupation
following the January 20 deaths of four French soldiers, killed
while they were training Afghan soldiers.MORE |
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Has the Arab League failed in Syria?-As violence
continues despite the presence of Arab League observers, we ask
if it is time for the UN to step in.
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African Union holds first post-Gaddafi summit-Benin's
president takes the helm of the 54-nation bloc as AU leaders
meet for two-day summit to resolve multiple crises.MORE |
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Syrian army in offensive near Damascus-Fighting forces
people to flee as military tries to regain control of suburbs on
the eastern edge of the capital city.MORE |
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Pakistan claim series after England collapse for 72-Abu
Dhabi: England suffered one of their most disastrous batting
collapses in Test history as they disintegrated against
Pakistan's spinners to lose the second Test in Abu Dhabi and
with it the series.
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Afghans blast French plan to withdraw troops early-KABUL,
Afghanistan (AP) — France's plans to withdraw its combat troops
from Afghanistan a year early drew harsh words Saturday in the
Afghan capital, with critics accusing French President Nicolas
Sarkozy of putting domestic politics ahead of Afghans' safety.MORE |
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Apple, Google Must Face Employee-Poaching Ban Antitrust
Lawsuit-Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) were among
seven technology companies that must face a lawsuit claiming
they violated antitrust laws by entering into agreements not to
recruit each other’s employees, a federal judge said.
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UP polls: Vote for SP, Shahi Imam tells Muslims-Lucknow:
Throwing his weight behind Samajwadi party supremo Mulayam Singh
Yadav, Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Maulana Ahmad Bukhari
on Saturday appealed to Muslims to vote for SP candidates in
upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
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Deaths in attacks on Iraq's Sunni districts-At least 17
killed in attacks across the country, including 10 in a bombing
attack in Hamia area.MORE |
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7-phase poll for UP from Feb 4, results on Mar 4-New Delhi:
The Election Commission on Saturday announced the dates for
the Assembly elections in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab,
Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
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Court orders websites to remove offensive content by February
6-New Delhi: In a major blow to 21 social networking
websites including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and
YouTube, a Delhi court on Saturday asked them to remove
derogatory content by February 6, 2012.
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Muslim quota: UP BJP to hold statewide protests-Lucknow:
Protesting the UPA government's proposal of Muslim reservation
within the 27 per cent OBC quota, Uttar Pradesh BJP on Saturday
said it will hold statewide demonstrations against it on
December 27, the day when the Bill would be tabled in
Parliament.
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North Korea: Kim Jong-un hailed 'supreme commander'-Kim
Jong-Un, son of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, visiting
the construction site of a power station in Jagang Province,
North Korea The move puts Mr Kim at the head of North Korea's
vast armed forcesMORE
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All pigs to be screened in capital for JE virus-New
Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) To check spread of Japanese Encephalitis in
the city, Delhi Government today ordered screening of all pigs
which are primary reservoirs of virus causing the disease.
Health Minister A K Walia, at a meeting with top officials of
his department as well as civic agencies, also issued direction
for regular lifting of blood samples of pigs to ascertain
prevalence of the virus.MORE |
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Republican Candidates Can’t Run From Iraq War: Jonathan Alter-Dec.
16 (Bloomberg) -- All U.S. ground troops will be out of Iraq by
Dec. 31, and soon this sorry conflict will fade quietly into the
past, the second-dumbest war in American history. Yet the Iraq
War has been missing in action during the Republican
presidential campaign
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Banks demand deeper cuts following EU summit -The
emergency summit of the European Union held December 10 in
Brussels endorsed an inter-governmental treaty constitutionally
requiring all countries using the euro to balance their budgets
on the backs of the working class.
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Bal Thackeray granddaughter marries a Muslim guy :MUMBAI:
The granddaughter of Hindu extremist political party Shiv Sena
chief Bal Thackeray has married a Gujarati Muslim in Mumbai,
Indian media reported.
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Britain alone in opposing EU treaty changes-While all
other 26 EU members united after marathon talks, British PM
argues he is protecting national interests.
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Palestinian dies in Israeli air raid on Gaza-Civilian
killed and at least 13 injured in air strike on Gaza City, a day
after two fighters died in Israeli air raid.
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Israel moves towards curbing civil liberties:Knesset
debates wave of government bills that would allow for harsh
penalties to be imposed on media and NGOs.MORE |
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Drone 'shot down' in Iran may belong to US:NATO-led
military force in Afghanistan says the unmanned aerial vehicle
had gone out of control late last week.MORE |
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Islamists sweep early results in Egypt vote :Muslim
Brotherhood and hardline Salafis win more than half of seats in
first round of parliamentary election.MORE |
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The battle of Cairo's Muhammad Mahmoud Street:The street
battles taking place in Cairo are emblematic of its Second
Revolution: tear gas, hair gel and tramadol.MORE |
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